F-261 Lesson Plan

Dragonhunter
Madeline Landgrebe
December 8, 2014

Date: December 8, 2014

Type of Class/Grade: This lesson would work well in any range classroom up until about
fourth or fifth grade.

Objectives:
1. The students will be able to keep a steady pulse with at least a 95% accuracy.
2. The students will be able to anticipate entrances of instruments by using the
visual maps with 100% accuracy.
3. The students will be able to critically analyze the music with 100% accuracy.

Standards:
1. 6.7.1 Define and discuss characteristics of a variety of effective musical works such as
repetition and contrast and rhythmic and melodic interest. Identify these characteristics
in music heard in the classroom or independently
2. 6.6.1 - Describe musical elements including tonality, form, expressive qualities, and
timbre through discussion, writing, or illustration, including how these elements may
convey an expressive mood.
3. 6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.

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Dragonhunter by Richard Meyer

Pictures of dragons and knights
Colored pencils or crayons
Chalkboard and chalk

Procedures:
1. The students will play measures 1-18 to run through the piece.
2. Students will participate in an open discussion with the teacher about techniques in the
piece, enhanced by pictures of dragons and a dragon hunter.
a. The teacher will ask the students about colors seen on a dragon and descriptive
words of both the hunter and dragon.
b. The students will make a running list for the teacher on the chalkboard of
descriptive words.
c. The teacher will suggest specific techniques and styling for each descriptive
words.

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Ex: Dragon is associated with fire. Intensity and quick movements to

avoid flames from dragon is needed in the piece.
3. Teacher will ask certain sections to demonstrate certain words based off of the
descriptive words. First, a very generic version of a few bars followed by the descriptive
version.
4. The teacher will give each student a picture of a dragon and color in and label the
dragon according to the words on the chalkboard. Students will keep this picture in their
folder to refer for visual learning before they play the piece during rehearsals.
5. After several rounds of students have been asked, the teacher will ask to play measures
1-18 as a dragon and a knight.
Extra Procedure: A story can be made by the students as an extra activity if time allows.

Assessment: The students will be assessed by showing signs of understanding by writing

words to describe a piece of music for the advanced students and matching techniques or ways
to show a certain object. For younger students, an informal assessment will be given by asking
each student certain ways to make a piece more musical by giving different techniques.