Music Theory Lesson Plan

1. Music Theory Lesson Plan
Ian Haywood

2. Class Information
 Subject: Music Theory
 Topic: Basic Music Elements
 Lesson Title: “What do you hear?”
 Level: Introductory
 Subject level: Form 1
 Lesson Duration:45 mins

3. Music Theory
 Date: Tuesday 24th November 2014
 Prerequisite skills/knowledge: A primary school
understanding of what Music is/sounds like.
 Lesson Objectives: At the end of this lesson,
students should be able to:
 1. Recognise & define basic music vocabulary.
 2. Identify the categorization of musical instruments
 3. Use music vocabulary to analyze basic rhythms or
popular songs

4. Activities
 Initial Focus: Diagnostic test, to see
how much vocabulary students
actually know. (15 mins)
Major Task & Group Activity:
 Match the instrument to its category
game. On White board. Class will be
split into teams and each team given
a instrumental category (Percussion,
Wind, String) (30 mins)

5. Resources & Materials required
1. Laptop, Projector (maybe), Speakers
 2. Tambourine, Violin, Guitar, Drum
 3. Stationary (Board Markers, eraser,
pens etc)

6. Debriefing & Evaluation
 Debriefing: Each team must present
something that they have learned from the
Board game, and explain their instrumental
category to the rest of the class. State 2
differences from each category of
instrument to their own.
 Homework (Evaluation): In groups,
students will select a favourite song, and
analyze it using vocabulary. They will
present their analysis to the class, in the
following lesson.

7. References
 Government of Trinidad and Tobago,
Ministry of Education. (2008)
Secondary SchoolCurriculum Forms
1-3: Visual and Performing Arts.
Couva, Curriculum Planning
andDevelopment Division.