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Day 68 · Compose an original contourFoundation Music · T2 W13–14 · Day 68 lesson

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Foundation / Music / Term 2 / Weeks 13 14

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Target/codes: author four LOW/HIGH pitch choices and a three-join reader key with an intended musical effect; AC9AMUFD01, AC9AMUFC01. Prepare: F maker board, Practice F, broad LOW/HIGH and SAME/UP/DOWN cards.

  1. Welcome · 3 min. Offer four empty places on two raised rails; one planned tone per place. Same pitch throughout is allowed if intentional.
  2. Model · 4 min. Adult invents HIGH HIGH HIGH LOW and reads SAME/SAME/DOWN. This is a model, not the fresh S or T source.
  3. Try together · 5 min. Child changes at least one adult mark in a practice copy and reads any changed join.
  4. Child choice · 7 min. Child authors their own four-place contour, creates a three-join key, and says/shows an intended effect through AAC, drawing, pointing or neutral scribe. Optional approved sound is separate.
  5. Notice · 4 min. Save child's first authored score, key and reason, including response route. No guessed acoustic success.
  6. Close · 2 min. Let the maker decide whether to show it privately tomorrow.