Summerbridge Hong Kong 2019 Lesson Plan Template

Teacher: Justine Iwata Course: Fundamentals of Date: June 23, 2019

Music - Songwriting

Aim/Objective: Students will be able to . . .

 Gain an understanding of how music can bring people together and express
different emotions.

Key Vocabulary:
Lyrics, rhythm

Materials Needed and Physical Classroom Prep:

Music (on laptop or phone), speakers, projector, print-outs of emojis (I will draw
these for the demonstration on Monday 6/24)

Procedure: Time:
Do Now/Hook: 5-10
 Students will receive physical printouts of emoji faces that min
correspond to emotions.
 I will play clips of a few popular songs of various moods/genres
(happy, sad, angry).
 Students and I will hold up the emoji of the emotion that we feel
when we hear the song.

Direct Instruction/Modeling:
 Each song created a different feeling when we were listening. We 10 min
expressed how we felt to each other visually, with the emojis,
which is an important first step in this class.
 Throughout the summer, we are going to be learning how to talk
about how music makes us feel verbally in English! We will also
learn about the different tools in songwriting (starting with lyrics
and rhythm) that musicians use to create these emotions.
Eventually, we will become comfortable enough to write our own
songs that tell our own stories.
 First, I will talk about my thoughts when hearing XYZ song to
show students what I’m expecting from them.

Student Practice/Application:
 We will discuss the following: How did you feel when ___ was
20 min
playing? Did the singer’s experiences/story come across during the
song? Can you relate to the singer’s emotions? How do the lyrics
and rhythm play into this?
 First, students will discuss in pairs/small groups for 1-2 minutes to
ease them into speaking in English and talking about their feelings.
 Then, we will reconvene as a whole class and I will ask for
volunteers to share their thoughts on each song.

Wrap up/Closure: 3 min

 Today we learned about how lyrics and rhythm can be used in
songs to convey emotion.
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 We have gained comfort talking about songs and popular music.

Clean Up 2 min

Homework:
Think of a favorite song (in English) that you would want to share with the class!

Relevance to SB Goals:
_x__ English Language Development:
_x__ Love of Learning:
_x__ Building Confidence:

Plan for Upcoming Days:

We will keep building on how music is a tool for storytelling and sharing experiences
and emotions by introducing music theory concepts, starting with rhythm.