KS3 - Performance Keyboard SOW - Year 8 - The Entertainer

This is a performance module that i do on the keyboards for roughly half a term with Year 8. (I do Fur Elise with Year 7)

There are 4 levels of The Entertainer that i have arranged. The easiest level is 'Foundation' which is basically just the main theme played with the right hand. The next hardest is 'Advancing' which is the same as the foundation but with added bass notes in the left hand, to allow the students an easy progression to playing with 2 parts at the same time. Secure is the next level up which adds in the introduction and the final 'Excellence' adds a few chords into the left hand part.

The idea is that students start on the level they are comfortable with but with practice and over a series of lessons, even if they start on foundation they can still graduate up through the levels to a more difficult part.

All parts have the note names on the music.

I add in a review at the start and end of each lesson to allow students time to reflect on what they have learnt that lesson and what they need to work on the following lesson. This is the Performance Log.