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The purpose of this lesson is to have groups perform their original

busking piece and assess both the piece and the performance
according to the grading rubric.
Essential Question: How do we judge the quality of musical work(s)
and performance(s)? (Responding: Evaluate)
Perform busking routines in front of an audience.
Evaluate other group performances based on specific
criteria.
Name two reasons why live performances are important for
music students.

Materials
Normal Pencils
30-45 min NCCAS: Cn10.0.6a, Video recording device
Cn11.0.6a, Pr4.3.6a, My Busking Project Book
Pr6.1.6b, Re9.1.6a Quaver Busking Star certificates The Feedback Song
Busking Assessment Response
Extended NAfME: 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9 sheet
30-45 min Instruments
Project Instruments

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1 . The Busking Project Performance 1-2 min

Have The Feedback Song playing as students enter your classroom.

Take attendance, if needed.
Be prepared for the groups using backing tracks by logging into Quavermusic.com
before the lesson.

Hint: To get the fastest internet speeds, preview all your screens ahead of time so they are
pre-loaded in your computer and close all open windows except for Quaver.

2 . Goals of The Busking Project 4-5 min

Welcome students to the last day of the project.

Congratulate them on their hard work for the project.
Remind students of concert/performance etiquette.
Welcome audience members (parents, teachers, administrators).
Have one or more students explain the project to the audience by going through
the project goals (slide 1-4).
Emphasize the importance of teamwork and creativity.

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3 . How Will I Be Graded? (The Busking 5-7 min

Project)
Allow the audience to watch intelligently by explaining the grading rubric.
Students can evaluate each other's presentations based on the same criteria.
Point out the importance of a live performance to the audience and students.
Live performances can help develop important characteristics, such as confidence,
teamwork, presentation skills, and creativity, that students will need throughout life.
How do we judge the quality of musical work(s) and performance(s)? (Essential
Question)

4 . Busking Performance 19-29 min

Invite groups, one by one, to present their routine, starting with a short introduction
about their project.
Grading evaluation aside, openly praise something great about each group.
Feel free to use the audio button on the screen with crowd applause!
If a group is using a backing track, have one of their team members log into
QGrooves or QBackBeat (whichever they are using).
Toggle the screens between the Busking Routine screen and QGrooves/QBackBeat
(if being used), pressing play when performers are ready to begin.
Be sure to do a video recording of each routine.

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5 . In today's lesson, we learned to... 1-2 min

Click on the bullet points to highlight and review the learning objectives.
As time permits, allow students to journal about today's lesson on page 21 of their
project books.
How do we judge the quality of musical work(s) and performance(s)? (Essential
Question)

6 . Evaluation Time 10-15 min

While acknowledging all their hard work, ask students to evaluate their own project
and other's projects (based on the grading rubric).
Emphasize that evaluations need to be honest, positive, and constructive. Criticism
needs to be expressed in a positive, helpful way. Remember the "feedback
sandwich."
Ask students to reflect on what they learned from doing this project by writing on
page 13 of their project book.

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7 . Busking Routine Awards 8-10 min

Give awards to every group member based on categories that you create.
An alternative option (or addition) would be to give awards to every individual
based on "crazy categories" such as "most creative use of a Boomwhacker....Jon
Smith."
Awards will be a great culmination of the project. Students can keep the awards in
their Project Files or take them home.

Quaver Busking Project Certificate can be downloaded from Worksheets.

8 . 6th - Module 2 - Busking 5-10 min

Assessment
Assess students' knowledge of the history of busking.

If you have chosen to look at some of the historic and musical history elements of
the project, you can assess your students' knowledge by doing this 10 question
assessment.

Busking Assessment Response Sheet can be downloaded in Worksheets.

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9 . More Performance Venues 3-5 min

Encourage students to brainstorm busking opportunities. Here are some suggestions:

1. Go to a local elementary school and have busking groups set up around the
gymnasium. Create pretend red "start buttons" that can be pressed by an
elementary student. This starts the routine for the elementary students to
watch.
2. Students could talk about and perform their routines in an elementary school
assembly.
3. As part of a school carnival, student groups can be spaced around the school
and will only perform when money is placed in their cup.
4. With teacher's supervision, the busking groups can travel downtown to an
appropriate square/pedestrian area and perform for a gathered audience for
donations to a local charity or school funds.
5. Students can upload videos of their routines to YouTube with permission
from parents and school; whichever group gets a thousand views first wins a
prize.
Discuss with students other ways their work can be performed/showcased.

10 . The Busking Song (Lyrics) 4-5 min

Perform The Busking Song in front of a live audience.

If students have enjoyed The Busking Song, have them practice and perform it as a
group for a live audience.
Alternatively, teach the audience the four rhythm parts in the song.
Have the audience clap them during the C section of the song.

The The Busking Song melody is printed at the end of the Lesson Plan. The score and lyrics
can be downloaded from Worksheets.

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