Basic 5 Creative Arts Term 1 Week 8 Lesson Plan

Use questions and answers to review the previous lesson with learners.

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 performed in class. e.g. playing musical instruments to create a rhythmic pattern. Put learners into groups and let them play musical instruments to create a rhythmic pattern as others observe. 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.