Basic 3 Creative Arts Term 1 Week 8 Lesson Plan

Use questions and answers to revise the previous lesson with learners. Engage learners to play games and sing songs to begin the lesson Show pictures of people performing a dance to learners’ Let learners observe and talk about the pictures

The easiest way to understand and appreciate a performance is to develop a relevance and appropriate criteria or checklist Guide learners to create a checklist or criteria for appreciating and appraising a performance; - Creative process - Subject matter - Selection and use of instruments and elements - Styles and techniques - Originality or creativity - Use of space - Selection and use of costumes - Symbolism and cultural relevance - Aesthetic qualities - suitability Lead a discussion to explain the criteria with learners. Now let learners use the checklist to appreciate and appraise a previous art performance in class. Put learners into groups of 2 or 3 depending on the size of the class. Invite each group to perform any dance learnt as others will be observing. Set up a three member judge to use the checklist or criteria to appraise the performance of each group. For this activity, learners use locally made drum, gourd shaker and kente cloth sample to perform a short piece and discuss how the instruments and costume support its meaning.

Use questions to review learners understanding of the lesson. Ask learners to tell the class what they have learnt. Call learners to summarize the main points of the lesson.