Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Grade 6 Rationalized Creative Arts Lesson Plans Term 1 2026 (Spotlight). The PDF version is also available upon your request.

  The lesson plans cover a duration of 12 weeks, with each week consistently structured to contain approximately 5 to 6 distinct lessons. The lesson plans are fully aligned with the KICD-approved CBE (Competency-Based Education) curriculum.

  The document covers the following strands, sub-strands, and topics:

  • Creation and Execution
    • Indigenous Kenyan String Instruments
      • Identification of string instruments from different indigenous communities (e.g., Nyatiti, Orutu).
      • Listening to and observing pictures of stringed instruments.
      • Materials for making a stringed instrument (Fiddle).
    • Making and Playing String Instruments
      • Making a fiddle using recyclable materials.
      • Tuning a fiddle using a pitching device.
      • Functions of parts of a string instrument (body, neck, strings, bridge).
      • Care and maintenance of string instruments.
    • Drawing Techniques
      • Stippling technique: Meaning and application in still life composition of string instruments.
      • Aspects of overlapping in still life drawing.
      • Block shading technique: Creating pictures of players executing volleyball skills.
      • Materials for drawing: Identification of locally available materials and natural dyes.
    • Sports Skills (Volleyball)
      • Under-arm service: Explanation and execution.
      • Dig pass: Explanation and execution.
      • Application of skills in a mini-game.
    • Art Techniques applied to Sports
      • Tracing pictures: Identifying and tracing netball skills to create templates.
      • Applique technique: Labeling volleyball playing kit items.
    • Music Rhythm and Melody
      • French rhythm names: Interpreting patterns (taa, taa-aa, ta-te, taa-aa-aaaa).
      • Identifying words with French rhythm names.
      • Creating and composing rhythmic patterns.
      • Melodies in three and four-beat time patterns.
      • Improvising short rhythms using percussion instruments.
    • Collage
      • Meaning and creation of newspaper collage compositions based on music performances.
    • Weaving
      • Samples of woven items: Identification of items made using 2/2 twill weave.
      • Materials for weaving a mat: Identification, assembly, and preparation (sisal, maize stalks, reeds).
      • Making a wooden frame loom using mitre joints.
      • Weaving a small floor mat using the 2/2 twill technique (for use in gymnastics).
• File Size:

  164.80 KB
• Length:

  140 pages
• Category:

  Lesson Plans
• Level:

  Grade 6
• Subject:

  CREATIVE ARTS
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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