Taalas, Pamela Grace B.

Lesson Plan No.1 / Grade 4

The Shapes of Music
I.

Objectives : At the end of the class , the students will be able to:
1. Define what a unison, binary, and ternary form in music by
listening and giving samples.
2. Analyze simple songs that has a unison, binary and ternary form.
3. Experience performing one form in class by pairs through singing.
4. Realize the importance of identifying the forms of music by
participating in class activities.

II.

Content
A. Theme : The Shapes of Music
B. Concepts : Musical Forms
Unison Form
Binary Form
Ternary Form
C. Context : Jingle Bells
Mary had a Little Lamb
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Minuet in G
D. Audio Visual Aids : Pictures of stars, a boat, a bucket, picture
of Johann Sebastian Bach
E. Other materials : Laptop, Projector, Speaker
Whiteboard marker, Tape, Manila Paper,
F. Reference : MAPEH for a Brighter World (book)
https://books.google.com.ph/books?
id=DBzVePNwDw4C&pg=PA31&lpg=PA31&dq=ternary+f
orm+songs+for+children&source=bl&ots=vZAuwLfn9y&si
g=6WVwkUv4P1hXFrRNHpkrfaR_TeM&hl=en&sa=X&ve
d=0ahUKEwj0yaSn9_KAhUKGZQKHRquAs8Q6AEIPDAG#v=onepage&q=tern
ary%20form%20songs%20for%20children&f=false
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_form

III.

Pre requisites
1. The students can carry a tune.

2. The students have basic knowledge about the quarter, half and
eighth notes.
3. The students can follow instructions.

IV.

Instructional Procedures
Teachers activity
I. Introduction

Students activity

Greeting Song: Good Morning Children

My name is Teacher Pam and I will be your
music teacher for several weeks. I will group
you into 4 groups for our class. And at the last
meeting, the group with the most stars will get
a reward. I expect you to be quiet and to
participate in our activities.
(Teacher groups them)
Now that I have grouped you, may I request
everyone to please stand and we will pray.
Let us all bow our heads for prayer.
(Teacher praying)
Amen!
You can now take your seats.
II. Motivation
Now, let us all be quiet and listen very
carefully. You can close your eyes if you
want. What do you hear? Sound? What
sounds?
You can now open your eyes.
Do you hear any music?
Do you know that music is sound?
III. Lesson Proper

(Some students are running around and

are noisy)
(Students stand)

(Students listen)

(Some students close their eyes)

Kath: I can hear the wind teacher.
Sarah: I can hear the birds chirping.
(Students open their eyes)
Students: Yes teacher.

Do you know how birds make their nests?

Yes. Thats correct!

Bryan: They get sticks, teacher.

Birds collect sticks and twigs and places them

onto a suitable branch or the main trunk.
Birds use its own spit or mud, and puts the
nest together.
Just like the birds, who make and design their
own houses. It is the composers who plans
and designs a musical piece. We call the
design musical form.
Today, we will study three types of forms in
music. They are the unison, binary or AB
form and the ternary or the ABA form.
A musical form has section or parts. One with
just one part or section is called the unitary or
unison form. An example of a unitary form is
the song, Mary had a Little Lamb.

(Some students are becoming noisy)

Can we sing it altogether?

Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb.
Mary had a little lamb. Its fleece was white as
snow.

Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb.

Mary had a little lamb. Its fleece was white
as snow.

Everywhere that Mary went, Mary went,

Mary went,
Everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was
sure to go.

Everywhere that Mary went, Mary went,

Mary went,
Everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was
sure to go.

It followed her to school one day, school one

day, school one day.
It followed her to school one day. Which was
against the rules.

It followed her to school one day, school one

day, school one day.
It followed her to school one day. Which was
against the rules.

It made the children laugh and play, laugh

and play, laugh and play.

It made the children laugh and play, laugh

and play, laugh and play.

It made the children laugh and play. To see a

lamb at school.

It made the children laugh and play. To see a

lamb at school.

Did you notice that we just sang the same

melody throughout the whole song?
Unitary form is also called strophic form,
defined by its unrelieved repetition.
Wow! Very good class. Since all of you
participated, I will give 2 additional stars in
your group.
A musical form with two sections is called
binary or AB form. They are often repeated
(AABB). In the 18-th century western
classical music, simple binary form was
often used for dances and carried it with the
convention that the two sections should be in
different musical keys but same rhythm,
duration and tone.

(Students are noisy)

Notice that the icon for the binary form is a

boat and a bucket, They represent the AB
form or the binary form.
An example of this form is Johann Sebastian
Bachs Minuet in G. I will let you hear the
piece and you will tell me if it is the A part or
the B part.
(Teacher plays the piece)

(Students listen)

Can you tell me where is the A and B part of

the piece?
(Calls Sam)
(Sam points where the A and B part is)
Very good. 2 additional stars for Sams group.

Another example of a binary form is the song

Yankee Doodle. I will sing the song first and
later you will repeat after me.
Yankee Doodle went to town a-riding on a
pony; stuck a feather in his cap and called it
"Macaroni"
Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle
dandy; mind the music and the step and with
the girls be handy.
Can I call one student and come here in front?
(Students raise their hands and are noisy)
Okay, Cris. Please come here. You can see
here is the song that we have just sung. I will
give you a yellow star and also a blue star.
The yellow star represents the A part and the
blue star represents the B part. As we sing the
song again, you will paste the star to the paper
and identify where the A and B part is.

Class, lets sing the song together again.

(Cris listens to the song)

Yankee Doodle went to town a-riding on a
pony; stuck a feather in his cap and called it
Macaroni
Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle
dandy; mind the music and the step and with
the girls be handy.

Yankee Doodle went to town a-riding on a

pony; stuck a feather in his cap and called it
"Macaroni"
Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle
dandy; mind the music and the step and with
the girls be handy.

Now, Cris. Paste the stars to where you think

is the A and B part.
(Cris puts the stars in the A and B part of

the song)
Wow, very good Cris. I will give 2 additional
stars for Cris group.

Notice that the icon for our last form is a

yellow star, a blue star and again a yellow
star. A song that follows this icon is a ternary
form.

(Students are quiet and listening)

An example of a ternary form is the song

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.
Can we sing the song together?
Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what
you are!
Up above the world so high, like a diamond
in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what
you are!

Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder

what you are!
Up above the world so high, like a diamond
in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder
what you are!

Many musical compositions have an A section

followed by a B section, and then return to the
A section. This is called the ABA or ternary
form. The repeating section helps to tie
together or unite the piece of music. The B
section provides contrast or variety. The
visual pattern in a statement (A) contrast, (B),
and restatement (A).
Lets use the activity earlier. Can I call again
another student come here in front?

(Students raises their hands)

(Eric comes in front and receives the
yellow and blue stars)

Okay, Eric. Heres two yellow stars and one

blue star. The yellow star represents the A part
of the song. And the blue star represents the B

part. We will again sing the song Twinkle,

Twinkle. Listen carefully. And later paste the
stars to where you think the A and B parts are.

(Eric listens to the song)

Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what
you are!
Up above the world so high, like a diamond
in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what
you are!
Now, paste the stars.
(Eric pastes the stars)
Wow. Very good, Eric. Additional two stars
for Erics group.

CONCLUSION:
In music, there are many types of forms. But
we have just studied three. What are those?
Yes, they are the unitary or the unison, a form
with just one part or section, the binary or the
AB form, A musical form with two sections
and the ternary form or the ABA form, where
the song starts with the A part, then goes to
the B part, then later returns to the A part.
IFL:
The skeleton of music is sometimes referred
to as musical form. It gives the overall shape
of the music. The music you hear is
organized, that is, follows a form. It is
organized or arranged in a way where the
listener can get the message of the composer.
Just as God designed us in His image when
He created Adam and Eve during the creation.

Genesis 1:26 says, And God said, Let us

make man in our image, after our own
likeness: and let them have dominion over the
fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air,
and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and
over every creeping thing that creepeth upon
the earth.
Before we end our class, I want to get one
sheet of paper and we will have a short quiz.
I will play some songs and you will write
whether that song is a unitary, binary or a
ternary form.
1. It is a form where it composes of an A part,
and a B part. - B. Binary Form
a. Unitary Form
b. Binary Form
c. Ternary Form
2. It is a form where it only has one section.
C. Unitary Form
a. Binary Form
b. Ternary Form
c. Unitary Form
3. It is a form where is has an A part, a B part,
then later returns to the A part. A. Ternary
Form
a. Ternary Form
b. Unitary Form
c. Binary Form
For numbers 4 and 5. I will let you two songs
and you will identify if the song is a binary or
a ternary form song.
4. Shoo-Fly Ternary Form
5. Three Blind Mice Binary Form

(Students are noisy and some are asking

paper form their classmates)

Please pass your papers. Goodbye class. See

you next week.

Students: Goodbye teacher!

V.

Self-Assessment:
1. Did I reach my objective?
2. Did my students learn through the teaching method I had?
3. Do I need to elaborate more and give examples?