Sarah Schweit

MUS 150, Stringham

April 12, 2015
Sample Lesson Plan: General Music, 6th grade
1. Objective: Student will compose a 4 beat pattern loop with beatlab over ambient
music found on YouTube, and then will correctly imitate it with body percussion.
2. Procedures/Activities:
(a) Teacher will demonstrate a sample drum beat pattern loop with beatlab over
ambient music found on YouTube.
(b) Students will imitate the pattern with body percussion (claps, pats and stomps).
(c) Students will open beatlab.com and https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=pPTYlomyo3s and will listen to the ambient music and play with the beatlab
functions for approximately 3 minutes.
(d) Students will create a 4 beat pattern to play over the ambient music in 10
minutes.
(e) Students will play their creations one at a time, and the class will echo the beat
pattern with body percussion.
(f) Teacher will explain an assigned homework activity that will be due the next class
period.
3. Assessment: Students will echo each others compositions with body percussion
and the student composer and teacher will determine if the beat was adequately
imitated. Student composer will provide corrections or feedback until the class can
correctly echo the beat. Students will also be given an assignment to be assessed
next class period.

Assignment
Instructions:
(a) Compose a 4 beat pattern loop on beatlab under the following parameters:
- One beat type must appear consistently on 1 and 3

- Beat pattern loop must have at least 3 different beat types

- Beat pattern loop must be under either fast or normal tempo marks
- Beat pattern loop must have at least one sound on each quarter note
- Beat loop pattern must use a genre that is not the original genre presented
by the website
Where to go for help:
(a) Contact me by sending me an email should you have trouble.
schweise@dukes.jmu.edu
(b) Come to period 3 (my planning period)
(c) You may ask peers questions, but all work must be done independently.
(d) Should you need help with the website, use the chat feature to ask fellow users.
Due Date:
(a) Submit a screen shot of the loop with a small paragraph of explanation of beat
pattern, and submit via canvas by April 30th, 2015.

Students will be graded on the following rubric:

RUBRIC
Assignment
was turned in
on time

Yes

1 Day Late

>1 Day Late

One beat
type appears
consistently
on 1 and 3

Yes

Consistent
beat only on 1
OR 3

No consistent
beats on 1 and
3

Beat pattern
loop has at
least 3
different
beat types

Yes

Only 2 beat
types

<2 beat types

Beat pattern
loop under
fast or
normal

Yes

No

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

tempo marks
Beat pattern
loop has at
least one
sound on
each quarter
note beat

Yes

Beat loop
pattern uses
a different
genre than
presented by
the website

Yes

No

Only 3 quarter
note beats
covered

Only 2 quarter
note beats
covered

Only 1 quarter
note beats
covered

N/A

N/A