Course Outline template

Course Outline template
Middle Years Programme

Syllabus or Course Outline
Horizontal Planning Document: In two pages or less, the MYP course outline
required for application form, part B should be a document that may be shared with the
school community (Back to School Night, Open Houses, etc.). Parents and students
should come to understand how the MYP is implemented in the course. Teachers of
the same subject and level should work together to create an outline that describes
their course. This applies across partnership schools.
I. DESCRIPTION:
Middle School Instrumental Music
Ms. Loni M. Elley-instructor
Students will learn to play various instruments. They have the opportunity to decide
on a single instrument. They will decide on an instrument from the following instrument
families: Strings, Woodwinds, Brass or Percussion. Students will learn to play these
instruments individually and within a group. They will learn the importance of “teamwork,”
responsibility, self creativity, and how to take risks as critics and as performers. This of
course fitting in with the IB Learner Profile: The IB learner will strive to be an Inquirer,
Knowledgeable, Thinker, Communicator, Principled, Open-Minded, Caring, Risk-taker,
Balanced and Reflective.
II. How will this course use MYP Aims and Objectives and yet meet National and State
Standards?
Listed in the table below is how all three, MYP Aims and Objectives, National and State
Standards stand alone and yet relate to each other.
*some items are doubled to show correlation*
MENC
National Music Standards
COLORADO
State Music Standards
MYP Aims and Objectives for
the Arts
(listed out of order)
1. Singing, alone and with
others, a varied repertoire of
music.
STANDARD 1: Students sing or
play on instruments a varied
repertoire of music, alone or
with others.
Experience the process of
making art in a variety of
situations.
2. Performing on instruments,
alone and with others, a varied
repertoire of music.
STANDARD 1: Students sing or
play on instruments a varied
repertoire of music, alone or
with others.
Experience the process of
making art in a variety of
situations.

3. Improvising melodies,
variations, and accompaniments.
STANDARD 3: Students will
create music.
• Experience the process
of making art in a
variety of situations.
• Explore, express and
communicate ideas.
4. Composing and arranging
music within specified
guidelines.
STANDARD 3: Students will
create music.
Develop self-confidence and
self-awareness through art
experiences.
5. Reading and notating music. STANDARD 2: Students will
read and notate
music.
Become more effective learners,
inquirers and thinkers.
6. Listening to, analyzing, and
describing music.
STANDARD 4: Students will
listen to, analyze, evaluate, and
describe music.
• Become informed and
reflective practitioners
of the arts.
• Explore, express and
communicate ideas.
7. Evaluating music and music
performances.
STANDARD 4: Students will
listen to, analyze,
evaluate, and describe music.
Become more effective learners,
inquirers and thinkers.
8. Understanding relationships
between music, the other arts,
and disciplines outside the arts.
STANDARD 5: Students will
relate music to
various historical and cultural
traditions.
• Understand how the
arts play a role in
developing and
expressing personal and
cultural ideas.
• Appreciate lifelong
learning in and
enjoyment of the arts.
9. Understanding music in
relation to history and culture.
STANDARD 5: Students will
relate music to
various historical and cultural
traditions.
Appreciate how the arts innovate
and communicate across time
and culture.
III. In accordance with the MYP Areas of interaction (Approaches to Learning, Community

and Service, Human Ingenuity and Health and Social Eduaction), we will use various
materials help us learn within these approaches. Most often, students will need a method
book (each grade level/class will require a different one-see handbook), concert music, an
instrument, and a Developmental Workbook (provided). All of which will have an equal role
in assisting each student with learning.
VI. Methods of assessment :
Students will be assessed in various forms. Because this is a performance based class, most
often individual and ensemble performances will be used assessment. However, written
projects, quizzes and writing assignments within their developmental workbooks will be
taken into account to assess each students’ knowledge and understanding of materials and
concepts.
VII. Grading policy including the use of MYP criteria- IN PROGRESS