Schedule and General Lesson Plan:

High School Music Theory and Composition

1. LESSON # 25: Final Class of the Quarter: Finish and Present Composition Project

PEDAGOGY THREADS: Note names, key signatures, meter, triads, melody, countermelody, harmony, song
structure, phrasing

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:

VDOE HM.1 The student will demonstrate creative thinking by composing and arranging music within specified
guidelines
Wound Forward objective
VDOE HM.1 The student will demonstrate creative thinking by composing and arranging music within specified
guidelines
c) Improvise variations on a simple melody
Wound Background objective
VDOE 8.1 The student will demonstrate creative thinking by composing and improvising original music. a)
Improvise sixteen-measure melodic and rhythmic phrases.

Assessment Strategies:
Throughout this rehearsal I will engage in formal assessment by:

Grading Mid-Semester Composition

Throughout this rehearsal I will engage in informal assessment by:

Start Timings Activity or Piece Developmental Hierarchy Differentiations

Time Totals Level/Chunks, Plan and Sequence

Time: x 45:00 Finish Composition Chunk 1: Finish and Prepare!

Project

Size: Students can

Composition Project Requirements: At least 35 measures (can be longer), has to include a
use Sibelius
melody, a countermelody and harmony. Can be written in Garageband, Sibelius, MuseScore,
or on paper and can either be performed in class, recorded in the studio, or recorded on the
respective software used. Color: Students can
use Sibelius
Chunk 1: 45:00
Pacing
● Students finish up their composition project and prepare for performance or Students work on
presentation about their piece their own pace to
● Students submit their assignments at the end of the 45 minute chunk finish their
compositions and
Wind Forward: Students work on their 2nd composition prepare for the
performance
Wind Backward: Students work on their composition project
Modality
Visual- Students
can see their
composition
Aural- Students
can hear their
composition
Kinesthetic-
Students work on
their composition
projects at their
own pace

TRANSITION WITH: Performance time!

Time: x25:00 Performance!

Size: Students can

use Sibelius
● Students perform and present their projects to the class

Color: Students can

Wind Forward: Students perform their first project and present the beginning of their second use Sibelius
project

Wind Backward: Students work on their composition project Pacing

Students work on
their own pace to
finish their
compositions and
prepare for the
performance
Modality
Visual- Students
can see their
composition
Aural- Students
can hear their
composition
Kinesthetic-
Students work on
their composition
projects at their
own pace