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Allison Whitener
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Objective Alternative Method Advantages Disadvantages

Students will be able The teacher will give All three learning Though technology is
to create a 16- a step-by step styles (aural, visual, utilized heavily in this
measure loop on a interactive tutorial and kinesthetic) will method, every
drum machine. on how to create a be used. The teacher student would need
beat machine, that is in full control of to have their own
the students will how the content is device to complete
complete throughout being presented, and the tutorial. Securing
instruction. student participation all the devices may
will be vital to be a problem.
understanding.
Students will Similar to a video The biggest
experiment on an game, students will disadvantage is lack
online beat machine use trial and error to of preliminary
to determine how to determine how to knowledge to utilize
best create their 16- create correct and the online drum
measure loop. cohesive rhythmic machine. Also, if the
patterns on an online internet does not
beat machine. This work in the
uses all three types classroom or a
of learning student doesn’t bring
(kinesthetic, aural their iPad to class,
and visual). they will not be able
to participate in
class.
Students will be able After learning about Creating a rhythm is Working as a class on
to compose a simple basic note values and the most difficult creating rhythm may
melody using basic intervals in class, aspect of writing discourage some
note intervals. students will work as music, so working as student participation.
a class to write the a whole group will High achieving
rhythm of most of ease this part of the students will
their simple assignment since the confidently work, but
melodies. The focus is on the lower achieving
teacher will then give pitches. The aural students won’t have
a starting note and and visual learning the confidence. The
let them work styles are used with kinesthetic learning
individually. this method. style is not used, and
technology is not
highly used either.
Students will be The visual and The students have no
taught basic musical kinesthetic styles of way to listen to their
intervals and will be learning are used. A melody once it is
given a digital digital worksheet can created unless they
worksheet, in which be easily can play an
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they will have to accommodated for instrument of some

create melodies those who are not kind (aural). The
using the intervals able to use control of intervals
specified. technology as also limits much of
planned. When the the student creativity
teacher specifies the that can happen
intervals, assessing through this
student knowledge objective.
of intervals and
concise melodies are
much more
controlled.
Students will write a Students will first Students will have to There is not much
short set of lyrics. read sets of famous aurally and visually that this objective
lyrics to determine accomplish this task can do kinesthetically
what the theme and by creating the word for the 7th grade age
rhyming scheme is. web and saying the group. Students can
From there, after lyrics aloud. Use of easily get off task
generating a word technology is with an assignment
web based of a optional for this like this if they are
random topic, they assignment as struggling to come up
will write a short set students could use with related words.
of lyrics. Inspiration9 to create
a word web or they
can use paper and
pencil.
Students will first A template would Unfortunately,
read sets of famous give some good kinesthetic and aural
lyrics to determine examples to the learning are not fully
theme and rhyming students as to how applicable with this
scheme. The teacher lyric writing should method. When
will put the students look. This would students are working
into multiple groups appeal to the visual in groups, it is
and give them a basic style of learning. possible that some
song template and Working in groups students will do all of
topic to write about. could help students the work, and many
bounce ideas off of will do no work at all.
each other to create
a well-written final
product.
Students will be able After completing A fishbowl discussion Visual and
to discuss the song their song, students keeps all students kinesthetic learning
writing process. will participate in a actively engaged styles are not highly
fishbowl discussion through an aural applicable with this
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about their process learning style. A method. Students

and experience with teacher could may try to get away
song-writing. moderate the activity with doing the bare
to ensure that all minimum for this
students get a turn to task, and students
discuss their process. with anxiety and
stagefright may have
a difficult time
discussing song
writing in front of
their peers in an
open fishbowl
format.
I will give a lecture This is mostly Throughout the unit,
style instruction applicable to students will be
format on the song- students who are kinesthetically
writing process, and strongest in aural working to write the
students will take learning, but visual song, but
notes in a word web learners will benefit participating via
format. Students will from creating a word taking notes makes
then write a short web. A lecture style this style of learning
paragraph about the lesson would be a tad more subdued.
full process. effective in Students will learn
presenting facts, but the goal is
information in a that they do some
serious manner. higher level critical
thinking with this
objective.
Students will be able Students will Students are very Students are unable
to identify songs participate in a much finding real to play the forms for
aurally. lesson from the world application by themselves
teacher. Then they dividing their own (kinesthetic). This
will take the music favorite songs into also uses a small
and lyrics from their pieces and classifying amount, if any, of
favorite song, divide its musical form. technology.
them into small Students are using
sections, and visual and aural skills
determine the form with this method.
of the song.
Students will use All three styles of Particularly in a
smaller unpitched learning shine in this middle school, it may
percussion method. not be possible to
instruments to Kinesthetically, provide every
students are playing student an Orff
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demonstrate any instruments. Aurally, unpitched percussion

given musical form. they are listening to instrument. The
the differences students would also
between the have to willingly
sections. Visually participate for this to
they are seeing what be effective. If a
part of the song student thinks they
needs to be played. are too cool for the
Students seem to assignment, they will
enjoy this type of not be able to
involvement with demonstrate the
music. skills properly. Also,
there is no
technology used.