Secondary Lesson Plan Format

Lesson Planning Framework (Use any format as indicated by your CT. This is only a guide for necessary information.)

Teacher/Conductor’s Name: Brayden Smith Rehearsal

Prior Knowledge/Skills (What do already know and can do?):

The students can connect the passages of the song Spartacus. They can play in the correct keys of E minor with accidental f
naturals. The know all the rhythms for the piece and correct bowings.

Rehearsal Objective (What will your student’s be able to do as a result of this rehearsal with you?)
The students will be able to play the selected piece Spartucus with correct notes, bowings, and style.

Assessment of the Rehearsal (How will you know if your students can do what they need to?)
The students will be assessed informally on if they can transition from each section to the next while hitting a majority of correct
notes and are using correct bowings.

Relevant Contextual Factors: Modifications/Accommodations needed:

The students have been working on the piece for 5 weeks now, N/A
this is the 8th grade ensemble with means most of them have
played for three years.

Instructional materials, resources, & Technology: Personal Improvement Objective:

Tuner/ Speaker, Music, Whiteboard, Instruments, Essential Improve on efficient communication of content.
Elements
Rehearsal Plan (A step by step plan for the rehearsal - with timing - that leads to your objective.)

Time Activity Purpose of Activity Sequence Assessment

12:35 Announcements. Informative
12:37 Tuning Tune Instruments Tune each string to a drone and Check for sections in tune during
then check in a sequence. sequence.
12:40 Finger Patterns To review the different 1. The students will play out Students will be visually
finger patterns and check of the Essential Elements assessed to see if they are
for placement and cello book 2. The songs performing the correct fingerings
shifts. features the different and patterns.
patterns on each string.
We will do a Playathon of
all the songs on the page.
12:45 Work on To connect the large 1. We will start with the last The applied sections will be
Spartacus sections of Spartacus Rehearsal number on the assessed on whether they
together. page and review the transition without losing tempo
ending. We will then and hit the right notes. The
move backwards on the questions will be assessed on
piece connecting each participation.
rehearsal number and
work on the transitions
and address any other
issues.
2. We will talk about what
the students think about
the piece. They will
answer prompted
questions on how they
individually feel when
they hear the song.
12:55 Run of Spartacus To assess the students This will be an informal
improvement and plan for assessment in which the students
the next lesson. will get verbal feedback and be
assessed for next lesson.