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

This file contains TEN ‘Crack the Music Code’ Puzzles *** BRITISH TERMINOLOGY and SPELLING are used in this product*** Students must identify the name of the music symbols in order to find the correct letters to answer the riddle! PUZZLE 1 is specifically for a first day/week activity. Students break the music code to reveal the following message: “Welcome to a brand new year of music and fun” PRINTABLE OR DIGITAL: Choose Your Format - These activities come in 2 different formats. 1 PRINTABLE FORMAT Print and hand it out. 2. Google Slides WHAT’S INCLUDED: TEN printable ‘Crack the Music Code’ Music Puzzles TEN Google Slides ‘Crack the Music Code’ Music Puzzles ANSWER sheet for each of the TEN Music Code puzzles PERFECT FOR: homework sheets bell-ringers music centres early finishers cover-lessons studio music teacher classroom music specialists theory review music lessons a quick check for understanding