B6 Creative Arts · Term 2 Week 1: Planning, Making and Composing

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B6.2.2.2.2 - Brainstorm and generate ideas for creating own performing artworks that reflect the physical and social environments of some communities in the world

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify and describe at least three features of the physical and social environments of communities in the world studied (for example, Japan, Brazil, Kenya, or the United Kingdom).
Brainstorm and record at least five original ideas for movement patterns, rhythms, sounds, or lyrics inspired by the physical and social environments of these communities.
Select and arrange one set of ideas to present a short performance concept (movement, sound, or rhythm) for peer review.
Give at least one piece of constructive feedback on a peer’s concept and apply at least one piece of feedback received to improve their own arrangement.
Explain in one or two sentences how their own performance concept connects to the physical or social environment of the community that inspired it.

Position in sequence: This lesson opens Term 2 and builds on Term 1 Week 12 (B6.2.2.2.1), where learners experimented with media and techniques. It focuses on brainstorming and idea generation only. The actual creation of complete artworks is scheduled for B6.2.2.3.2 in Term 2, Week 5, and global topical issues come in B6.2.2.2.3 (Term 2, Week 1, later in the week) and B6.2.2.3.3 (Term 2, Week 6). This lesson therefore stops at the concept and idea stage; it does not move into full composition or performance.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Performing Arts (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Planning, Making and Composing (2.2)
Content standard: B6.2.2.2 - Demonstrate understanding of how to organise own ideas through experimenting with available media and techniques for creating/composing artworks based on the history, culture, environment and topical local/national/global issues of other communities
Indicator: B6.2.2.2.2 - Brainstorm and generate ideas for creating own performing artworks that reflect the physical and social environments of some communities in the world
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 1 (Week 13 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Creative Arts Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 105
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- study the ideas, forms and structures that constitute the physical and social environments of some communities in the world;
- make analytical study of the ideas, forms, movement patterns, rhythms, sounds etc. that interest them;
- develop, arrange and compose own movement patterns, lyrics, sounds, rhythms, melodies from the ideas studied in the physical and social environments.
- present concepts for peer review;
- use the ideas or feedback from the peer review to improve upon the arrangements for own compositions.