Part1:UnitPlanandLessonPlanDescription SubjectareaofUnit TitleoftheUnit GradeLevel DescriptionofLesson Content Level1JuniorHighWindPercussion StudentasaSuccessfulPerformer Grade6 Thislessonisfocusingontheclassesculminatingactivity fromaunitbasedonstudentsasaperformer.Thestudent willhavejusthadaKiwanisperformanceandaregoingto reflectonupontheirexperiencesperforming.

Thestudents needtoknowwhatencompassessthecharacteristicsofa peakperformance,andwhatstrategiestheyneedto implementinordertoachievemusicalexcellence.

Part2:PreAssessment 1.LearningStyle: VarkQuiz Thestudentswilltakeanonlinelearningstylequiz.Theywilltakethe Varklearningquestionnaireversionforyoungerpeople.This preassessmentwillbenecessarytoinformmyselfandthestudents whatlearningstylesstrategieswillincreasetheirlearning.Byhaving bothyouandthestudentsawareoftheirlearningstyle,eachofyou becomeawareofwhatfutureinstructionalstrategieswillbemost efficient.Thisportionofthepreassessmentshouldhavebeendone earlieronintheunit,asthisinformationwouldhavealsobeenneeded foravarietyofteachingstrategies. 2.Interest: Student Questionnaire Thisactivitywillbedoneduringoneofthefirstdaysintheclassroom. Thestudentswillfilloutthequestionnaireabouttheirinterestsinschool

andoutsideofschool.Thiswillaidingettingtoknowmystudentsatthe sametimebeingabletogaininformationaboutstudentsintereststoaid infutureinstruction.Thesecondpartofthisactivity,hasthestudents posingforapicturewiththeirnameonapieceofpaper.Thisisa strategytogettoknowalargenumberofstudentsinthequickest amountoftime.Knowingastudent'snameisthequickestwaytobuild arelationship,thisisthefoundationalsteptogetstudentstobecome moreinvestedintheirlearning.

Part3:DifferentiatingtheLesson Components WhatPreassessment willIuse? Explanation Ihavechosentousethelearningstylespreassessment.Thisis toensurethatIammakingproductsavailabletothemthatwillsuit theirlearningstyle. HowwillIdifferentiate? Iamgoingtodifferentiatebyproductandenvironment,basedon learningstyleorlearnerprofile. Thecontentwillremainthesameforallthestudentsbecause, eachstudentisgoingtohaveadifferenceexperiencefor performing.Eventhoughtheyarepartofagroup,performingisan individualexperiences.Theywillbeperformingasagroupatthe KiwanisFestivalasaband. Basedoffthelearningstylepreassessment,studentswillbeable toidentifywithwhattheirmainlearnerstyleis.Fromthere,each learningstylewillbeprovidedwithdifferentopportunitiestopresent

theirlearning.Thisisdifferentiationbyproduct. Inordertoachievedifferentiationbyproduct,itisalsoimportantto differentiatebyenvironment.Inorderfortheirproducttobe successful,studentswillbeabletochoosewhatenvironmentthe deemnecessaryforthesuccessoftheirproduct.Visualstudents willrequireaquietarea,whichcanbeprovidedinthebandroom. Kinestheticlearnerswillrequiremultipleenvironments,includinga computerroomandmultiplescenesettings.Auditorywillrequirea roomwherethereislittlebackgroundnoise,sotheyareableto focusonthetaskathand.

WhatD.I.Strategy(and learningactivities)willI use? FlexibleGrouping

Theirculminatingprojectwillbetocriticallythinkandreflectabout theperformanceprocess.Theywillbeabletochoosewhatever producttheywouldliketodemonstratetheirlearningabout performanceskills,howevertheywillbelooselymatchedwitha learningstyle.Thismeansthatifastudentidentifieswiththis learningstyle,thisproductwouldbeagoodwayforthemto expresstheirlearning. KinestheticLearners: Makeavideodocumentaryoftheirperformances Designandteachalessonontheperformanceprocess CreateaHowtogiveyourbestperformancevideo

Auditory: Createapodcast

Conductaseriesofinterviewswithprofessional performers

Writeaseriesofsongsaboutperforming

Visual: Writeajournalreflection Createabrochure designaWebpage

Part4:AnchorActivity(Sponge) 1.Interest Studentswillbegivenanopportunitytoresearchafavouriteartist,and whatperformancestrategiesandtechniquestheyuse.Byallowing, studentstoresearchthemusicianoftheirchoicetoexploretheirown interestwithinmusic.Musicians,andperformersstretchacrossmany differentgenres,byincludingalldifferentgenresstudentscanchose whattheyaremostinterestedin.Moststudentshaveafavouriteartistor amusician,becausemanyofthemarecelebritiesintodayssociety. Therefore,allstudentswholistentomusic(whichallofthemshould) willbeabletodiscusstheperformanceofaparticularartist. 2.Readiness: Think,Pair,Share Usingathink,pairshareactivityallowsthestudentstocollaboratively andindividuallyreflectontheunitsbigidea.Studentswillneedto discussthetwomainthingsthattheyhavelearnedwithintheunit,this reflectsonwhattheyalreadyknow.Thisisthereadinessleveltheyare currentlyat.

Thenextwillbesomethingthattheyhopetolearnorimprovemoreon inthefuture.Thiswillgivestudentsanopportunitytohearothers studentsreadinesslevelsandcreateotherwaysthattheycanimprove theirreadinesslevelinthefuture.

Part5:RelationshipstoKnowledge,SkillsandAttributes(KSAs) KSA#Teacherapplyavarietyoftechnologiestomeetstudentslearningneeds Inthislesson,thereareavarietyoftechnologiesthatwillneedtobeusedinorderforthe producttobesuccessful.Computers,withvideoeditingsoftware,willneedtobeprovidedfor studentschoosingtocreateavideo.Camcorderswillalsobeneededforcreatingavideo.A recorder,orrecordingsoftwarewillbenecessaryforauditorystudents.Ithinkitwillalsobe importanttoallowstudentstodecidediftheywouldliketowriteouttheirworkwithtraditional pencilandpaper,orwithacomputer.Avarietyoftechnologies,alsomeansusingtraditional formsoftechnologylikewritingutensilsorcreatingposters.Studentsneedtobeableto identifythetechnologiesneededfortheirprojecttobesuccessful,andthentheteacherwill providethesetechnologies. KSA#5:Teachersidentifyandrespondtolearnerdifferences. Asateacher,anytimeweassessourstudentsitisourresponsibilitytoimprovestudent learning.Iamidentifyingtolearnerdifferencesinmypreassessmentoflearningstyles. Withoutbeingawareofwhoourstudentsare,wearenotabletoeffectivelyteachthem. OnceIhavediscoveredwhatlearningstylesmystudentsrelatemostto,Irespondtothisby givingthemopportunitiestoexpresstheirlearningintheirdesiredlearningstyle.Thisallows forstudentstobecomeengagedanddemonstratetheirknowledgeinawaythatdoesnot createlimitations.Inthislesson,theproductallowsfreedomtostudentstoshowtheir

knowledgeavarietyofways,notlimitingthemtocreateaproductthathinderstheirabilities. Becausethislessonistheculminatingactivity,thereisalargerangeoflearningobjectivethat thestudentswillneedtocoverinthecreationoftheirproject.