Michael J. Sosa Cardona Thematic Unit Listening and Speaking Practice Teaching Integration: Music

Theme Literature Selection

Objectives Standards/Expectations

Attributes and Values

ECA Activities Assessment Materials Methodology Dates of Achievement

Comments Four core values

Music can give rhythm to your

life

Songs:

“Into the night” by

Chad Krugger

and Santana

and “Maria

Maria” by Carlos

Santana

L1: Recall:Through the exploration phase, the students will:

Define vocabulary words

Define the concepts that involve music

L2: Skill/Concept:Through the conceptualization phase, the students will:

Analyze and interpret the song given

L3: Strategic Thinking:

Through the application

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Willingness to risk to

communicate in English

Creativity

Respect for others

Appreciation for music

Exploration Activities:

1. The teacher will bring a handout about music to discuss it with students

Homework:The students will search for different genres of music

2. The students will discuss the homework by talking about the different genres of music

Homework:Bring the biography of Chad Krugger and Santana and search for 10 artists from different genres and a song

3. The students will discuss the homework given by the teacher

ReactionComprehens

ion Questions

DebateCreated

songRubrics

BoardMarker

NotebookPen or pencil

HandoutsDictionary

Computer & Internet

“Kill Everybody” by Skrillex

“Zero Gravity” by

Gundam Unicorn

RadioLaptop

CDUSB

Communicative Approach

Suggestopedia

Language Approach

Multiple Intelligences

Theory

Exploration:4-5 Days

Conceptualization:1 Day

Application:7-8 Days

Total proximally:

From 13-16 days

Day 1: The students will read the handout with the teacher and answer the questions in the back for reading comprehension. For more exploration, the students will search for information regarding the different genres of music and their respective information. The homework will be with guided questions.

Day 2: The students, if they did not do the homework, the teacher will come prepared with the data gathered.

Day 3: This class will be to talk about Chad Krugger and Santana and

Diversity:Appreciation for diverse genres

of music. Creativity:

Develop imagination

beyond bounds and limits for a

better and more effective

communicationLeadership:

Develop another vision of the world in order to lead society into a better future

Social Transformation

Make the difference in

society by changing the environment around into

what it should be

phase, the students will:

Compare different kinds of music genres

Critique different kinds of genres

Contrast different kinds of music genres

L4: Extended Thinking

Through the application phase, the students will:

Design create their own song

Synthesize a selected song

Apply the concepts learned

and talk about Chad Krugger, Santana, and the 10 other artists from different kinds of genres.

4.Students will write and discuss vocabulary words

Vocabulary:MusicRhythmRhymeMetaphorSimilePersonification

Conceptualization Activities:

5. Hear the song of Chad Krugger featuring Santana “Into the Night,” interpret it and analyze it

6. Explain Special Homework:Discuss rubric and guide questions for the homework: Bring a song on

other artists from different genres

Day 4: The teacher will assign vocabulary words and the students will write them down and discuss them

Day 5: The teacher will play the song “Into the Night” and the students will interpret it and analyze it.

Day 6: On this day, the teacher will take the time to discuss the special homework. The teacher will give the students the instructions, the rubric, and the guide questions.

Day 7: For application, the teacher will put different kinds of music and the students will express what do they think of them and how do they feel when they hear it. For

a CD, laptop, pen drive, or any instrument to play it, and play the music in the classroom and talk and express yourself about that kind of music using the guide questions given in the assigned date. It will be like an oral report. Nothing written will be handed.

Application Activities:

7. Students will hear different genres of music and express what they think of them (Techno, rock, hip-hop, instrumental, melody)

Homework:Students will pick one song from the ones heard and analyze it in their homes

8. Students will

homework, the students will pick one of the songs played and analyze it in their homes.

Day 8: The students will review the songs played last time. Then the teacher will give them a handout with guide questions and the students will answer them for homework. These questions will be to make a reaction.

Day 9: The teacher will bring a handout about reggaeton vs. rock and the students will read it and then answer the comprehension questions on the back.

Day 10: The debate will be based on the questions that the teacher will make the day before. Students will state if they

discuss what is a reaction

Homework:Students will react on what they think of the song selected using the guide questions given

9. Students will read a hand-out about reggaeton vs. rock

10. Students will have a debate about reggaeton vs. rock

11. The teacher will give students an assignment for the next day and the instructions of the same. This assignment will be done inside the classroom

12. Students will create a song of their own.

Homework:In case students don’t finish, they will bring the song in the

are in favor or against

Day 11: The teacher will take the time of this class to explain that the next day the students are going to write a song. The teacher will give them a template with the lines and everything where the students have to write. There will be rubric for this work and it will be for 10 pts.

Day 12: This class will be to create the song. It won’t be hard because it will not have to rhyme and the teacher will give them the pattern to do it.

Day 13: The time may be short since the students will read and when they express themselves maybe they won’t talk much. So, the teacher will stall time by

next class.

13. The students will read the song created

14. Students will bring the special homework, the song, and express what they think of the song by answering the guide questions given and the rubric.

doing a song, also, and express it to the students.

Day 14: The students will bring the special homework and discuss it. The students will bring the song, play it, and answer the guide questions orally. The teacher will evaluate based on a rubric.