Andrew learning journey Spring 2015

Music Targets “I Can” StatementsEvidence: How I achieved this? Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts I can sing in the Gospel Choir confidently I can sing Gospel well by tack a deep breath and sing I can sing solos confidently Use voices and instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control, expression I can do actions in time with the songs that we sing I can sing sensitively, paying attention to volume, and the style of music I can tell whether my voice is a “Soprano” or “Alto I think my voice should be an Alto I a lower voice Improvise and compose music for a arrange of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music I can compose music using live instruments and technology I can improvise a drum kit accompaniment to a piece of hip hop music I can create sound effects to create a particular mood for a song By listening to the song to help me to sing conferly

Targets “I Can” StatementsEvidence: How have I achieved this? Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory I can sing and remember harmony parts confidently in a choir By looking at my lyric and cover and practice at home I can remember all of the words to the songs Use and understand staff and other musical notations I understand and can compose using visual notation Appreciate and understand a wide range of live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians I can describe the sounds in a composition I can describe the form and structure of a composition

Targets “I Can Statements” Evidence: How have I achieved this? Other things that I can do I can play the drumsThe drums are called African drums The play the recorder Other things that I would like to do play the violin

7 January 2015 Lo.To practise logging into LGFL and sending and and make a composition Assessment Today I log in to my LGFL to send to Mr Salazar and I log in to my soundation and took a screen shot.

This my screen shot

My LGFL login screen shot This my login to LGFL

I send a to Mr Salazar Here is my to Mr Salazar

Mr Salazar’s Comments Your work looks excellent. You completed all parts of the assignment: Sending the , logging in to soundation, and creating the Powerpoint Please review the spelling issues on the previous slide. i did thank you Were you able to begin composing on soundation? Yes I did

Gospel choir The song we did was Jump, Happy, Let the sun shine, Hold on to your faith, Rather be

Respond to Mr Salazar I respond to Mr Salazar in orange pen

Mr Salazar’s Comments Andrew, thank you for responding to my marking and for fixing the spelling errors. Can you give me more information about your experiences in the choir? Did you enjoy the singing? Yes I do Was any part of the choir challenging? Singing high

21 January Learning Objectives – To respond to marking from last week – To think about which “I Can” statements I can achieve in music

21 January: Assessment Today I was able to – Respond to all of Mr Salazar’s comments from previous weeks Completed – Highlight the “I Can” statements that I am able to do in music Partially Completed, edits required – Add additional “I Can” statements that I would like to achieve in music Attempted, more detail required

Mr Salazar’s Comments Andrew, thank you for responding to all of my marking and for beginning work on the I Can statements. I left a few notes on the I Can statements that I need you to read and respond to. Can you add more detail to the Evidence columns on the I can statements

28 January 2015 Learning Objective – To describe musical form Definition of “Form” – How the parts of a song are put together – The structure of music

Music form What are the different parts of music? (Add your own definitions) – Verse: It when the fist part of the song has stared Is the verse only at the beginning? – Chorus: it keep on coming back after the bridge Does the chorus change? no – Bridge: it after the choure and you have to hold it What does it lead to? choures On the next slide, you will listen to the song “Happy” and add notes regarding the verse and chorus. The first two sections are completed for you.

Happy: Musical FormLyricsInstrumentsVocals Verse 1“It might seem crazy….” Drum Kit, SynthesizerFemale Soloist Chorus“Because I’m Happy…” Drum Kit, SynthesizerFemale Soloist; Background vocals Verse 2You come back newsDrum kit, SynthesizerFemale soloist No background vocals during bridge ChorusBecause I am happy bring me done Drum kit SynthesizeFemale soloist background vocals BridgeHaaaaapyDrum kit Synthesize No synthesizer, what other instrument do you hear? clap Female soloist background vocals ChorusBecause I am happy bring me doun Drum kit SynthesizeFemale soloist background vocals ChorusBecause I am happyDrum kit synthesizeFemale soloist background vocals BridgeHaaappyDrum kit synthesizeFemale soloist back ground vocals ChorusBecause I am happyDrum kit synthesizeFemale soloist background vocals ChouresBecause I am happyDrum kit synthesizeFemale soloist background vocals

Mr Salazar’s Comments 12 February Your work is really good. Just a couple of things to check. Please answer the questions about definitions on page 17. Please check the notes about form on slide 18.

Mr Salazar’s Comments 27 February Andrew, thank you for creating your movie of the song Happy. You have placed all of the sections in the correct order. Well done. Was it difficult to make that movie?

I check Kye work 11 March Who checked your work? There are a few things that still need to be corrected in your presentation. Did you find any mistakes that you could help Kye fix?

Learning Objectives To define musical texture To describe texture in music DefinItion layers of sound

Charanga Today in music I created my own Charanga account. My username and password is Andrew 5 and my password is A*******03. I here is my screen shot.

6 May Here is my screan shot from charanga I listend to the nosie.