Learning objective
- To listen for and recognise some basic elements of music.
- To listen for and recognise some basic elements of music and understand their impact on the music.
Success criteria
- I can recognise differences in dynamics.
- I can recognise
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National curriculum
Music
Pupils should be taught to:
- listen
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Cross-curricular links
- Nothing relevant to this lesson.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1: Lesson plan
An area for you to put useful resources from the previous lesson
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support:
Should use visual aids showing instruments and dynamics symbols; could give a limited selection of colours and shapes when representing the music.
Pupils working at greater depth:
Should be encouraged to use musical terminology when describing the music; could be challenged to give their own definitions of these terms and explain them to their peers.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: correctly identifying some instruments and changes
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Vocabulary definitions
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composer
A person who writes music.
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Example work
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In this unit
Lesson 1: Space soundtrack
Lesson 1: Shosholoza a cappella
Lesson 1: The singing river
Lesson 2: Listening to space
Lesson 2: Playing Shosholoza
Lesson 2: The listening river
Lesson 3: Comparing planets
Lesson 3: The Shosholoza show
Lesson 3: The repeating river
Lesson 4: Planet motif
Lesson 4: Drumming away to Africa
Lesson 4: The percussive river
Lesson 5: Journey to space
Lesson 5: Eight-beat breaks
Lesson 5: The performing river