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Form in Listening, Composition, and

Performance

Fall 2015 Student Teaching Lamp Presentation

10 Day Unit
Curriculum Project Taught to 6th Grade General Music
at Fall Creek Intermediate

Kelsey Georgesen!
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Table of Contents
Purpose of Project
Standards
Specific Objectives
Vocabulary
Unit Timeline
Individual Lesson Plans
Supplemental/Communication Items
Plans for Display of Work
Student Assessment Tools
Technology
Differentiation, Modification, and Accommodations
Pre-Test Student Copy and Teacher Copy
Post-Test Student Copy and Teacher Copy
Comparison Graphs
Unit Narrative
Instructional/Assessment Narrative
Results/ Data Interpretation
Final Statement
Project Rubric and Self Evaluation

Purpose of Project
Form will be used as a tool for listening and understanding music, and then
connecting composed music to personal composition ideas. Students will directly
apply this knowledge and corresponding skills to composition and performance
projects as a means for learning other musical knowledge and skills about notation,
genre, styles of music, composing, and performing. Practicing patterns and
following a map helps early adolescents develop skills that are necessary to
understand, create, and perform music, and these skills are also necessary in other
subjects and life skills, including writing and reading, and in navigation skills.
Standards
Indiana State Music Standards:
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
6.2.1 Play melodic, rhythmic, and chordal patterns by rote and by reading.
6.2.3 Play I, IV, and V chord patterns independently or as part of an
ensemble.
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
6.3.1 Improvise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic accompaniments to songs
using pitched and non- pitched classroom instruments and electronic sound
sources.
4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
6.4.1 Compose short melodic and rhythmic patterns for voice or instruments
within established guidelines.
5. Reading, notating, and interpreting music
6.5.2 Identify and notate rhythms and melodies from aural examples.
6.5.5 Identify examples of non-standard notation.
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
6.6.1 Describe musical elements of form through discussion, writing, or
illustration.
6.6.2 Identify musical forms in aural examples such as AB, ABA, theme and
variations, and rondo.
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National Association of Music Education Standards:
MU:Cr2.1.6a: Select, organize, construct, and document personal musical ideas for
arrangements and compositions within AB or ABA form that demonstrate an
effective beginning, middle, and ending, and convey expressive intent.
MU:Cr2.1.6b: Use standard and/or iconic notation and/or audio/ video recording to
document personal simple rhythmic phrases, melodic phrases, and two- chord
harmonic musical ideas.
MU:Cr3.2.6a: Present the final version of their documented personal composition or
arrangement, using craftsmanship and originality to demonstrate an effective
beginning, middle, and ending, and convey expressive intent.
MU:Pr4.2.6a: Explain how understanding the structure and the elements of music
are used in music selected for performance.
MU:Re7.2.6a: Describe how the elements of music and expressive qualities relate to
the structure of the pieces.

Indiana Literacy Standards:

6-8.RT.4 Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific
words and phrases as they are used in a specific technical music context relevant to
grades 6-8 texts and topics.
6-8.RT.5 Analyze the structure an author or composer uses to organize a text,
including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to an understanding of
the topic.

Specific Objectives
Students will be able to compose and record in ABA form using their dubstep
apps.
Students will be able to identify ABA form when presented in a musical
example.
Students will be able to identify and perform in call and response form.
Students will understand how to count and create an 8 measure phrase when
composing.
Students will create a personal notation system for their composition and will
be able to explain it.
Students will be able to identify and label rondo form.
Students will be able to write blues lyrics using the appropriate lyric
structure.
Students will be able to identify verse and refrain by reading or listening to a
music example.
Students will be able to define, create, and perform an ostinato.
Students will be able to understand and perform with D.C. al Fine and Fine
in music.
Students will be able to write about the use of form by composers and
performers in music.

Vocabulary Terms and Definitions

ABA: A three-part form
Blues Form: 12-bar blues harmonic form using I, IV, and V chords or lyric form
using the structure of AAB and rhyming the last word
Call & Response: a question & answer pattern in which a group responds to a
leader
D.C. al Fine: the head to the end
Fine: the end
Form: the structure and design of a composition, incorporating repetition, contrast,
unity, and variety
Ostinato: a repeated musical figure may be rhythmic, harmonic, or melodic
Phrase: a musical thought- a series of pitches or rhythms that makes sense
Refrain: the repeating lyrics of a song, or choruses
Repeat sign: a symbol that indicates performing that section again
Rondo Form: a composition consisting of a recurring theme alternating with
contrasting sections
Theme and Variation: a musical form in which a melodic idea is stated and then
varied in a succession of statements
Verse: differing sections of lyrics in a song, or stanzas

Unit Timeline
Day 0

Pre-Test

September 25th

Day 1

Listening for Same and

Different: Strophic

September 25th

Day 2

Listening for Same and

Different: Call &
Response and Rondo

September 28th

Day 3

Ostinato: Introduction to
Live-action Incredibox

October 13th

Day 4

Introduction Dubstep
Composition

October 19th

Day 7

Blues Harmonic Form

November 9th

Day 8

Blues Harmonic Form

December 1st

Day 9

Blues Lyric Form, 2 days

December 2nd

Day 10

Blues Band Assembly

December 3rd

Day 11

Post-Test

December 4th