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This set of lesson plans is aimed at students within year groups 7 and 8. The plans have been tested on a class of year 7 students with an ability range of NC levels 3-5. There are no specific timings for the plans and you may wish to shorten or lengthen certain activities to suit your teaching. Please read the Overview document before using any of the lessons. This provides a more detailed description of what to expect from the activities and will allow you to make a judgement about their suitability for your students. The lessons in this unit can be downloaded in Word or PDF format. Each lesson is supplied in a folder containing the documents and any necessary music files. Simply click on one of these links: If you experience problems downloading or unzipping the files, please contact us and we will email the plans to you separately. |
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| Lesson 1 | Creating
and sequencing rhythms Starter: identifying the structure of a rhythm Activity: create own rhythm using the rhythm grid Activity: create own rhythm using Riff Plenary: peer evaluation of the rhythms |
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| Lesson 2 | Choosing
sounds and writing a melody Starter: identifying instruments Activity: creating a melody Activity: creating a call and response melody Plenary: self evaluation of the sequence |
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| Lesson 3 | Creating
a melody and adding a harmony Starter: what does a harmony do? Activity: creating a melody and a harmony Plenary: peer evaluation of the sequence |
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| Lesson 4 | Combining
rhythm and melody from the bottom up (Pt 1) |
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| Lesson 5 | Combining
rhythm and melody from the bottom up (Pt 2) Starter: copying the clips to create a sequence Activity: creating variations in the tuned instrument clips Activity: creating a clip for a second tunes instrument Plenary: self evaluation worksheet |
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| Lesson 6 | Combining
rhythm and melody from the bottom up (Pt 3) Activity: developing areas identified in Lesson 5 |