Learning objective
- To select appropriate sounds to match events, characters and feelings in a story.
Success criteria
- I can select appropriate timbres to represent characters.
- I
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National curriculum
Music
Pupils should be taught to:
- Experiment
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Cross-curricular links
English
Reading – comprehension
Pupils should be
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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 discuss their character and how they would feel at each part of the story with the group or an adult; could be given an instrument appropriate for their character (e.g. drum for the Wolf; wooden guiro or snare drum for the Huntsman); could use the Knowledge organiser to support their use and understanding of musical vocabulary.
Pupils working at greater depth:
Should be challenged to capture greater detail from the story in their music; could, in addition to dynamics and tempo, use a tuned instrument to create a simple theme for their character.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: creating a piece of music with
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Vocabulary definitions
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timbre
The character or quality of a musical sound.
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dynamics
The volume of a piece of music.
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In this unit
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 30th April, 2024
