Learning objective
- To create and perform an ostinato.
Success criteria
- I can create a simple ostinato.
- I can play
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National curriculum
Music
Pupils should be taught to:
- Improvise
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Cross-curricular links
- None.
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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
Could be given a sentence to use to generate their ostinato rhythm; could write the rhythm directly under the words, copying the way notes look from the Presentation: The percussive river; could choose their own way to notate the rhythm.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could create a longer ostinato pattern; each person in the pair could create a separate ostinato which could then be played together.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: creating an ostinato and representing it
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Vocabulary definitions
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layer
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ostinato
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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