Lesson Plan Five

Creating a song in groups

(Friday 1
st
Week)

Objective: Students will create a G.D. song with their group. They will
describe in their own words what it was like to live through the G.D.
Students will give examples or details from their reading in their songs.

Common Core Standards: http://www.cde.ca.gov/.
Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and
Technical Subjects 612

2. Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical
events, scientific procedures/experiments, or technical processes.

b. Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts,
extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information
and examples appropriate to the audiences Knowledge of the topic.

4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development,
organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Technology standards: www.iste.org
1. Creativity and innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and
develop innovative products and processes using technology
b. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression

2. Communication and collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and
work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual
learning and contribute to the learning of others.

d. Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve
problems



Material needed for this lesson
iPads
app pages
GarageBand
Teachers email
Ms.cruzn@gmail.com

Teacher preparation/ instruction Students activities/ assignments
Step 1: Teacher will instruct one
student from each group to get the
ipads.

Step 2: Teacher will have students
use the App pages to create a G.D.
song. Teacher will give
instructions. Each student will be
responsible to create a part of the
song.
Step 3: Teacher will instruct
students to brainstorm with their
group. They will ask what will our
song be about? What is our main
focus?

Step 4: Teacher will instruct each
student to work on their portion of
their song. Teacher will than
instruct student to bring the songs
together within their group. They
will than add the background
music they created the day before.

Step 5: Teacher will instruct
students to email their portion of
their song.
Step 1: Student will send one
person from their group to get the
iPads.

Step 2: Students will open app
pages.

Step 3: Students will brainstorm to
brainstorm. These are the two
questions groups will answer. 1)
What will the song be about? 2)
What will be the main focus of
their song?


Step 4: Students will work on their
portion of the song. They will
bring it together with others in the
group. They will add the
background music they created the
day before. Students will make any
changes they need at this point.


Step 5: Students will email their
portion of the song to the teacher.










Rubric for song
1 2 3 4 5
Student
wrote a
song but it
does not
relate to
G.D.
Student
wrote a song
it is more
than four
sentences
and it has
noting to do
with the
G.D.
Student
wrote a song
only two
sentences
and but it
relates to the
G.D.
Student
wrote song it
is five
sentences.
Four of the
sentences
relate to the
G.D.
Student
wrote a song
with five
sentences.
All five
sentences
relate to the
G.D. it also
detailed of
that time.