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TeacherName:
Content&GradeLevel:
UnitTitle:
StephenSpottswood
HighSchoolOrchestraGrades9&10
PlayingTogetherMeansBowingTogether
LessonTitle:
DayofLesson:
DurationofLesson:
LengthofClassPeriod:
ImplementingWhatWeveLearnedaboutBowings
Lesson4of4
Lesson4willtake1day
45minutes
EssentialQuestion(s):
Howdowecommunicateasanorchestratoperformwith
appropriatepedagogicalaspects?Whatgoalsdowewant
toreachasanorchestraandhowcanweachievethose
goalscollectivelyandindividually?
Howdoweperformwithpropertechniquetoensure
correctrhythmicaccuracy,bowings,andalignment?
Howdoweimplementwhatwevelearnedinwarmups
andpriorlessonstoensurestudentgrowth?
UnitQuestion(s)
Addressedinthis
lesson:
CommonCore/State
Standards:
NationalContent
Requirements:
MeasurableLesson
Objectives:
4PRDemonstratetechnicalaccuracy,appropriatetone
quality,articulation,intonationandexpressionfortheworks
beingperformedwithgoodpostureandbreathcontrol
CriticalandCreativeThinking:Studentscombineandapply
artisticandreasoningskillstoimagine,create,realizeand
refinemusicalworksinconventionalandinnovativewaysand
tounderstandtheworksproducedandperformedbyothers.
N/A
Studentswillbeabletoperformingvariousbowstrokes
stringcrossingswithpropertechniqueandbowings.
Studentswillbeabletoimplementperformanceskillsand
contentvocabularyasitrelatestobowings,rhythmic
accuracy,andintonation.
Materialsand
Resourcesneeded:
Speaker,hiphopbeatoniphone
Prerequisite
KnowledgeandSkills:
Studentmustbeappropriatelygradelevelproficientin
theirinstrumentarea.
AnticipatorySet:
Frontloadstudentsbyaskingthemtoraiseiftheytook
theirinstrumenthometopracticeovertheweekend.My
purposewastoimplythattheindividualstudentmust
demonstrateproperperformanceskillsbypracticing
outsideofrehearsal.
Proceduresand
Researchbased
Instructional
Approaches:
Frontloadstudentsbyaskingthemtoraiseiftheytook
theirinstrumenthometopracticeovertheweekend.
WarmupbyperformingGmajorscale.Incorporate
variousbowings,tempos,andbowstrokestoscaffold
studentlearnersfortheformativeassessment.
Performstringcrossingexercisesusingdifferentnotes
andvariationstoscaffoldstudentlearnsfortheformative
assessment.
Instructstudentlearnersonthepropertechniqueusedto
demonstrateperformanceskills.Explaintheimportance
ofthetunnelforstudentlearnerstoperformstring
crossingseffectively.Studentlearnersmusthavea
relaxedlefthand,theirfingersmustbecurve,andtheir
scrollmustbelocatedparalleltothenose.
Explaintheuseoftherightarm,elbow,andwristto
ensureastraightbow.Usephysicalmodellingonthe
violintodemonstrateproperandimpropertechnique.
Questionstudentlearnersonthemodelledtechnical
accuracytodeepenknowledge,skills,andcontextual
understanding.
Explaintostudentsthatastraightbowwillensurea
qualitytone,hence,enhancingtheperformanceskillsof
thestudentlearner.
Usemetaphorofaseesawtoexplaintheroleofthe
righthandpinkyandindexfingertoensureproper
techniquewhenperformingstringcrossings.
Formativeassessmentwillbelisteningtostudentlearners
performMozartCreepininColumbuswithproper
performanceskillsincludingtechnique,tonequality,
bowings,intonation,andrhythm.
PerformSectionCofMozartCreepininColumbus.
Instructstudentlearnersinthebasssectiontoperform
theselectedpassagewithcorrectbowings.(Down,up,up)
Thenotesmaybewrong,Ijustwantrightbowings.
Physicallymodelcorrectbowingswithpencil.Model
incorrectwaytobowtheselectedmeasureandfollow
withthecorrectwaytobowtheselectedmeasure.
Differentiation:
Physicallymodelproperperformanceskillsbyperforming
themusicontheviolinsothatstudentlearnersmaysee
thepropertechniqueapplied.
LessonClosureand
Wrapup:
ImplementcontentlearningbyperformingMozart
CreepininColumbuswithproperbowings,technique,
rhythm,andtonequality.Usehiphopbeatasmetronome
toreinforcetempoandpromoterhythmicaccuracy.
Assessmentof
LearningObjectives
Formativeassessmentwillbelisteningtostudentlearners
performMozartCreepininColumbuswithproper
performanceskillsincludingtechnique,tonequality,
bowings,intonation,andrhythm.
LessonRelationshipto
Summative
Assessment
WarmupbyperformingGmajorscale.Incorporate
variousbowingsandbowstrokestoscaffoldstudent
learnersfortheformativeassessment.
Performstringcrossingexercisesusingdifferentnotes
andvariationstoscaffoldstudentlearnsfortheformative
assessment.
LessonReflectionand
Revision
Lessonwaseffective,becausestudentswereontaskand
developingknowledge,skills,andcontextual
understandingsofproperperformanceasitrelatesto
bowings,tonequality,intonation,andrhythmicaccuracy.
Studentlearnersaskedteacherquestionsregarding
bowindiscrepanciesinselectmeasuresofMozart
CreepininColumbus.Thisisevidencestudentsmetthe
learningobjectives,becausetheyacquiredcontextual
understandingasitrelatestoproperbowings.Student
learnersalsodemonstratedgrowthinperformanceskills
suchasrhythmicaccuracy,tonequality,bowings,and
intonation.
Adaptationsfor
N/A
Studentswith
Exceptionalities:
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