During the music workshop, we looked at all of the valuable components that music has to offer and how it aids and supports other subjects. We were then split up into separate groups and we each had a different subject to look at. My group was given literacy, then we had to read a passage and create a mind map noting the key advantages of music in relation to literacy. This is the mind map that was produced by group.
After this, every group had to read out and discuss their findings with the rest of the class in order to consolidate learning and make sure that everyone had some knowledge of every area.
Leading off of this, we were looking at how to make and fill in a lesson plan for a certain music activity. I found this highly beneficial as it something that all of us students will hopefully have to fill out in the future, and having more of an idea the layout and format of what a lesson plan looked like, as I had never seen one before. Also, being taught a lesson plan at this stage will be highly beneficial for our five week placement in semester 2 as we are going to have to make use of them on the daily. It also allows us time to get accustomed to the layout and gives us a chance to complete more practice in writing an effective one.
As it was our first dance class of the semester I was very apprehensive and scared to enter the class as I am not co-ordinated in the slightest and always hated when we had to dance throughout primary and secondary school.
Firstly, we were introduced to the 10 key skills to master in order to deliver an effective dance lesson. These are; hop, jump, reach, twist, turn, gesture, slide, roll, kick and balance. When given these skills, we had to create our own dance incorporating all of these skills. I was really scared to get started as I really did not want to make a fool out of myself.
Even when practicing the dance in the small group that I was in, I felt embarrassed, uncomfortable and to hide this I feel that I just laughed a lot and shrugged it off. I know that I will really need to work on this in future workshops in order to become more confident and gain the skills in order to teach the subject in the future without being too shy or apprehensive.
