UNIT PLAN 2014-2015 Colegio Granadino

Unit Title: Musical Aproaching und appreciation through cinematography

Email to rperskie@granadino.edu.co OR jhunt@granadino.edu.co
Teacher Germn Camilo Salazar
Grade 9
Subject Music
Quarter/Trimester Second

Stage 1 Desired Results

ESTABLISHED GOALS
Standard 5 Knows and applies proper
criteria to music and music performance
MC9.5.1 Understands aesthetics and styles
from the different historical ages in music
MC9.5.2 Identifies and judges technical
features in academic music
Standard 6 - Understands the relationship
between music and history and culture.
MC9.6.1 Identifies historical facts in music
and establish relation with current events
MC9.6.2 Knows and understands the
historical background of music across the
ages
MC9.6.4 Understands the relationship
between music and arts, politics, economics
and society.
Standard 7: Develops ear skills
MC9.7.1 Identifies easy technical elements of
music by listening to them
Transfer
Students will be able to independently use their learning to
The student will be capable to appreciate and understand any artwork with
clear aesthetic and technical criteria; he will develop creative skills to find
solutions, break models and paradigms and open his outlook to the
surrounding world; the sensibility acquired will help him to asses and value the
work and effort made by others and to work in a team. The developed
understandings will have an evident impact in his motor skills, coordination,
sense of aesthetics, use of space and time, abilities and mastery of public
speaking. The cultural and technological knowledge and understanding will
enable the student to be in the forefront of the social, academic and scientific
progress, this being a cornerstone in the training of a leader
Meaning
UNDERSTANDINGS ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
Students will understand that How can Music tell us a story?
What are the BIG IDEAS? Has the music another purposes
besides just entertaining?
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MC9.7.2 Identifies musical instruments from Music is omnipresent in all angles

the academic music by listening to them of human life, even in other art
such as cinematography
Specific content
What specific understandings
Aproaching to music through about them are desired?
Cinematography
-Understands historical facts and its influence
Music as main topic in movies in music and is able to explain them
Incidental music
Soundtracks -Understands the influence of music in
Life stories through music politics, arts, culture.
Great musicians in the movies
Musical Movies
What misunderstandings are
predictable.

In each topic studied in class its

completely necessary to understand why
are we watching this movie, which is its
relation with music and what can i learn
from it.
Acquisition
Students will know Students will be skilled at
What key knowledge will students What key skills will students
acquire as a result of this unit? acquire as a result of this unit?
Knowledge of Musical Repertory
Knowledge of cinematography through music The student is able to appreciate the music
Comprehension of music art art through other expressions.
They will learn how music is used to create
the atmosphere in a movie; how just a single
song can evocate a whole history.
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What should they eventually be

What should they eventually be
able to do as result of such
Knowledge.
-They can judge a production in a critical
way, using clear technical and aesthetical
criteria.
able to do as result of such
Knowledge?
The developed skills will enable the
student to understand a piece of art not
only as a entertainment object, but as the
highest expression of human spirit.
Each persons cultural background
defines his disposition regarding the
surrounding world

Evaluative Criteria
By what criteria will
performances of understanding
be judged?
- Accurate performance of
exercises.
- Quality and Complexity of the
exercises created by the student.
- Effort evidenced in the results of
their tasks
Stage 2 Evidence
Assessment Evidence
PERFORMANCE TASK(S):
The pianist: Life stories throughout the music, Classical music.
That thing you do: popular music across the XX century.
Black Swan: The world of the classical music.
Amelie: incidental music.
Music in Trailers: Analysis of the art and bussines of the trailes
OTHER EVIDENCE:
Through what other evidence ( e.g quizzes, tests, academic prompts,
observations, homework, journals) will students demonstrate achievement of
the desired results?

Workshops for each movie regarding its musical components

How will students reflect upon and self- assess their learning?
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In each movie the teacher will establish the most important features which should be
attend during the movie, after the movie the students will make a class discussion
about the most important angles they found in the storyline, the soundtrack or the
incidental music.
Stage 3 Learning Plan
Summary of Key Learning Events and Instruction
What learning experiences and instruction will enable students to achieve the desired results? How will the design:
W : Help the students know Where the unit is going and What is expected? Help the teacher know Where the students are
coming from (prior knowledge, interests) ?
H : Hook all the students and Hold their interest?
E : Equip students, help them Experience the key ideas and Explore the issues?
R : Provide opportunities to Rethink, and Revise their understanding and work ?
E : Allow students to Evaluate their work and its implications?
T : Be Tailored ( personalized ) to different needs, interests, and abilities of learners?
O : Be Organized to maximize initial and sustained engagement as well as effective learning?

Teachers explanation and guide.

Film projection
documentaries
Critical Music Audition
Worksheets
Class discussion