Arts Lesson Plan

Date submitted: 7/14/2008 

Author:

School:


Frith Stevenson



Christine Donnell School of the Arts


Title:

Grade Level:

Arts Discipline:

Listen...What do you see?

6-8

Visual Arts

Lesson Overview/Description:

Students will select a piece of music and create a drawing that represents the music.


Idaho Content Standards:

Humanities: Specific Content Standard goals/objectives achieved in lesson

Standard 1: Historical and Cultural Contexts

Standard 2: Critical Thinking

Standard 3: Performance

 

 

6-8.VA.2.1.2
6-8.VA 1.2.2
6-8Mu.2.1

Integration Focus: What is the reason for integrating these disciplines?

7.LA.2.3.2
7.LA.4.1


 

Learning Targets:

What you want students to know and be able to do as a result of learning process

Assessment Criteria:

The observable traits and dimensions of meeting the learning target—what it looks, sounds, or feels like when the student demonstrates this newly acquired knowledge or skill.

 

Make and explain a drawing of a piece of music using the elements of art.


Description will use elements of art to explain their drawing.


Incorporate their ideas into a group made story.

 


Problem solve in groups to incorporate ideas in a meaningful way.



 




Responding/Reflecting: Guiding Questions before, during and after the lesson activity that help students build critical thinking skills, link big ideas with historical/cultural resources, and reflect on and assess their own and other’s art.  

1. Describe

2. Analyze

What type of lines, shapes, colors... would represent this music?

Why do you think the composer wrote this piece of music?

How can this piece of music be represented in your drawing?

Does this picture represent the theme of the music?

Describe the mood of the music. How can you show that in your drawing.

What instruments are used and why?

3. Interpret

4. Evaluate

Did you incorporate the important details?


Learning Sequence: Indicate steps needed to achieve learning targets

Note Idaho Humanities Content

Standard/student artistic process

element addressed in each step

1.                                                                                                      


Choose and listen to an instrumental piece of music

  Check for understanding by: In-process assessment of student learning through questions, self reflection, teacher scan, peer sharing, checklist, or other assessment tools 


 


 


 


 

2.                                                                                                     


Identify how the elements of art match with the music.
Discuss ideas in small groups.

 Check for understanding by:




 


 


 

3.                                                                                                      


Create a picture of the music

 Check for understanding by:




 


 


 

4.                                                                                                      


Create a story map based on the group's pictures.

 Check for understanding by:




 


 


 

5.                                                                                                     

Check for understanding by:



 


 


 

6.                                                                                                      

Check for understanding by:



 


 


 


Responding: Closing Reflection with Students

Did you achieve the learning targets? How effectively did you meet each assessment criteria for the lesson?
What changes are you willing to make to create a group story?

 

 


Key Vocabulary: Arts and Integration-focused

Arts Historical/Cultural Resources: Artists, artwork, performances, music, websites, DVDs, books...

Materials, Equipment, Space: Art or classroom supplies, tools, instruments, props, special classroom set-up arrangements

Elements of Art

 

Music for Creative Movement CDs

CD player per group
Paper, drawing materials

 

 




 











Top of Page