AMU1O, Grade 9, Music
AMU1O COURSE OUTLINE
Course Title: Music
Grade: Open
Ministry Course Code: AMU1O
Course Type: Open
Credit Value: 1.00
Course Hours: 110
Department: Guidance and Career Education
Revision Date: N/A
Policy Document: The Ontario Curriculum Grades 9 and 10: The Arts, 2010
COURSE DESCRIPTION
AMU1O online emphasizes the creation and performance of music at a level consistent with previous experience and is aimed at developing technique, sensitivity, and imagination. Students will develop musical literacy skills by using the creative and critical analysis processes in composition, performance, and a range of reflective and analytical activities. In AMU10 online, students will develop an understanding of the conventions and elements of music and of safe practices related to music and will develop a variety of skills transferable to other areas of their life.
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
Creating and Performing:
• A1. The Creative Process: apply the stages of the creative process when performing notated and/or
improvised music and composing and/or arranging music;
• A2. The Elements of Music: apply elements of music when performing notated and improvised music
and composing and/or arranging music;
• A3. Techniques and Technologies: use a variety of techniques and technological tools when performing
music and composing and/or arranging music.
Reflecting, Responding, And Analyzing
• B1. The Critical Analysis Process: use the critical analysis process when responding to, analysing, reflecting on, and interpreting music;
• B2. Music and Society: demonstrate an understanding of how traditional, commercial, and art music reflect the society in which they were created and how they have affected communities or cultures;
• B3. Skills and Personal Growth: demonstrate an understanding of how performing, creating, and critically analyzing music has affected their skills and personal development;
• B4. Connections Beyond the Classroom: identify and describe various opportunities for continued engagement in music
Foundations
• C1. Theory and Terminology: demonstrate an understanding of music theory with respect to concepts of notation and the elements and other components of music, and use appropriate terminology relating to them;
• C2. Characteristics and Development of Music: demonstrate an understanding of the history of some musical forms and of characteristics of types of music from around the world;
• C3. Conventions and Responsible Practices: demonstrate an understanding of responsible practices and performance conventions relating to music.
OUTLINE OF COURSE CONTENT

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EVALUATION SCHEME
A final grade (percentage mark) is calculated at the end of the course and reflects the quality of the student’s achievement of the overall expectations of the course, in accordance with the provincial curriculum.
The final grade will be determined as follows:
Seventy percent (70%) of the grade will be based on evaluation conducted throughout the course. This portion of the grade should reflect the student’s most consistent level of achievement throughout the course, although special consideration should be given to more recent evidence of achievement.
Thirty percent (30%) of the grade will be based on a final evaluation administered at or towards the end of the course. This evaluation will be based on evidence from one or a combination of the following: an examination, a performance, an essay, and/or another method of evaluation suitable to the course content. The final evaluation allows the student an opportunity to demonstrate comprehensive achievement of the overall expectations for the course.





