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1.2 Components of Creative Arts and Sports
Creative Arts and Sports · Grade 8 · 8 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Elements of a verse: character, theme, setting
- Endurance as a component of physical fitness
- Agility as a component of physical fitness
- Pitch: bass staff, ledger lines, middle C
- Piano keyboard, accidentals, and the scale of G major
- Note values on the bass staff; grouping music notes in 3/4 time
What you will be able to do
- describe elements of verse
- perform activities that enhance endurance and agility in physical fitness
- write note values on the bass staff
- name pitches on the bass staff
- group music notes in 3/4 time
- construct the scale of G major on a staff
- appreciate the basic elements of Creative Arts and Sports
Key questions
“What are the components of Creative Arts and Sports?”
Lessons
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Elements of a verse
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizA verse has character, setting and theme, written in lines and stanzas rather than as a full plotted story.
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Endurance in physical fitness
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizEndurance is staying with a moderate effort for a longer time; practise skip, shuttle or step-ups with a talk test.
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Agility, and fitness to music
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizAgility is changing direction quickly under control; practise cone zigzags and link both fitness components to a musical pulse.
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The bass staff and ledger lines
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDraw the bass staff, name lines GBDFA and spaces ACEG, and place middle C on a ledger line above the staff.
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Keyboard, accidentals and middle C
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizMap bass pitches onto a piano keyboard, find middle C, and use sharp, flat and natural as accidentals.
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Note values and grouping in 3/4
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizReview semibreve, minim, crotchet and a pair of quavers, then group them so each 3/4 bar totals three crotchet beats.
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Construct the scale of G major
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizBuild G major as G A B C D E F# G on treble and bass, with a one-sharp key signature.
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Components working together
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizVerse, endurance, agility, bass pitch, 3/4 grouping and G major are components of one learning area; appreciate how they meet.