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1.2 Components of Creative Arts and Sports

Creative Arts and Sports · Grade 7 · 8 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Elements of a story: character, setting, plot and theme
  • Components of fitness: coordination
  • Components of fitness: strength
  • Note values and their rests: semibreve, minim, crotchet, a pair of quavers
  • Pitch: treble staff, lines and spaces, ledger lines
  • Pitch: keyboard and the scale of C major
  • Grouping music notes in 2/4 time
  • How the components of Creative Arts and Sports inter-relate

What you will be able to do

  • describe elements of a story
  • perform activities demonstrating the components of fitness
  • write note values on a treble staff
  • name pitches on treble staff
  • group music notes in 2/4 time
  • appreciate the components of Creative Arts and Sports

Key questions

“How are the components of Creative Arts and Sports inter-related?”

“How are components of Creative Arts and Sports applied?”

Lessons

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  1. Story elements: character and setting
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    A story needs a who (character) and a where-and-when (setting), named before plot and theme.
  2. Story elements: plot and theme
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Plot is the ordered path of events; theme is the idea the story leaves, such as teamwork or honesty.
  3. Fitness: coordination
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Coordination is using body parts together on time; practise clap-step, catch and skip to music.
  4. Fitness: strength
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Strength is muscle force for pushing, pulling or holding; practise wall push-ups and a safe carry, then say how it meets coordination.
  5. Note values and rests
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Write and clap semibreve, minim, crotchet and a pair of quavers, each with its rest of the same length.
  6. The treble staff and ledger lines
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Draw a five-line treble staff, name lines EGBDF and spaces FACE, and place middle C on a ledger line.
  7. Pitch, keyboard and C major
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Match treble-staff letters to white keys and sing or play the scale of C major from middle C.
  8. Group notes in 2/4 and see the components meet
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Fill 2/4 bars so each adds to two crotchet beats, then notice how story, fitness and music share one performance.