Learning objective
- To improve and perform a piece of music based around ostinati.
Success criteria
- I can improve my piece so it sounds
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National curriculum
Music
Pupils should be taught to:
- Use
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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 perform one of the easier ostinatos.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could use the Activity: Performance planning sheet with staves for notation; could take an active role in organising their group.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: creating and performing a piece with
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Vocabulary definitions
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Vocabulary for this lesson has already been covered in Lesson 1–4.
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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