Are you needing help introducing composition? Teaching Middle School and Jr. High School music students how to write a melody is not always easy. The worksheets and activities in this resource set out a step-by-step method that students will understand and enjoy. I have used the process outlined in this resource to teach music composition for many years with my classes, and it works without fail! My students call it my melody writing recipe! PRINTABLE FORMAT This product contains a PDF and a PPT version of the resource. WHAT’S INCLUDED: A NINE-page Teachers Resource that explains in detail, step by step, a process for young musicians to follow when writing their first four-bar melody. A TEN-page Student Workbook I show the slides in the Teachers Resource on a digital projector and demonstrate the information on a whiteboard as we work our way through slides 2 - 9. You may choose to have your students follow and work in their Student Workbooks as you go through the information OR have them watch the demonstration first and then work through their booklet. The students then take the knowledge and process they are learnt to compose TWO 8-bar melodies. The final TWO slides in the Student Workbook can be copied and reused for further melody writing exercises. Students will need to have a little background knowledge of keys and chords Suitable for: Years 7-11 Double click on the images above for a closer look of what’s included in the resource! ♥ CLICK here to check out more quality, ready-to-use resources from the MTR store! You may also like this Music Composition - TEN Melody Writing Projects All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License

Are you looking for an engaging resource for your Film Music unit that focuses on listening to and analysing the elements of music and has a film scoring composition project to complete the unit? This Music in Film mini-unit focuses on listening to and analyzing the elements of music with a film scoring composition project to complete the unit. Teaching slides, student worksheets, composition activities and links to videos are included. WHAT’S INCLUDED: The resource contains 26 printable pages that can be printed individually or combine to create a student workbook. Includes the following : information on the purpose and function of music in films, questions requiring students’ written response, images for the student to respond to using music terminology and a film scoring composition project! Lesson procedure overview for FIVE lessons to help present the content to your students. PLEASE NOTE: An answer key is NOT included, as student responses will vary. A content packed, valuable resource that is complete and ready to go! Suitable for: Years 7-11 Double click on the images above for a closer look of what’s included in the resource! ♥ CLICK here to check out more quality, ready-to-use resources from the MTR store! You may also like this MUSIC COMPOSITION: A Step by Step Approach All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License

Composing Music is engaging your students in creating - Bloom’s highest level of cognitive learning. This melody writing resource contains TEN music composition tasks with a student evaluation sheet for each composition task. PRINTABLE FORMAT Print and hand it out. WHAT’S INCLUDED: TEN music composition worksheets for middle school musicians! TEN music composition checklists and student review/self-evaluation pages, one for each composition task! TWO Music Composition Portfolio cover pages to choose from. FOUR blank hints and tips pages for students to note down melody writing hints and tips. FOUR pages containing blank manuscript paper. Students can use these pages to notate their ideas or any melody writing examples you give them. FIVE of the tasks are four measures/bars in length, and FIVE are 8 measures/bars. Each task has a different set of requirements for the student to fulfill when composing their melody. Double click on the images above for a closer look of what’s included in the resource! Suitable for: Years 7-11 Hand out compositions as individual tasks or use the Composition Portfolio title page and create a composition portfolio for each student.\ Have the student play their composition to the class or you the teacher choose a few to play for them. ♥ CLICK here to check out more quality, ready-to-use resources from the MTR store! You may also like this MUSIC COMPOSITION: A Step by Step Approach All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. TES-Paid License