Ballads
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Ballads
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify the key features of a ballad.
- Perform a ballad using actions.
- Sing in time and in tune with a song and incorporate actions.
- Retell a summary of an animation’s story.
- Write a verse with rhyming words which tell part of a story.
- Perform their lyrics fluently and with actions.
Suggested prior learning
Archived unit: Myths and legends
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: What is a ballad?
- To use musical vocabulary to explain the stylistic features of a ballad.
Lesson 2: Performing a ballad
- To explore how actions can impact performance.
Lesson 3: The story behind the song
- To plan a musical structure inspired by a story.
Lesson 4: Writing lyrics
- To create lyrics that match a melody.
Lesson 5: Singing my ballad
- To show awareness of style, structure and features to perform a ballad.
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English
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- draft and write by: composing and rehearsing sentences orally
- develop their understanding […] by: choosing nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition’