I teach Music in a secondary school and so provide resources for both the KS3 curriculum and exam boards at KS4 (AQA, RSL). I also have a YouTube channel which provides interactive videos to learn musical key vocabulary.
I teach Music in a secondary school and so provide resources for both the KS3 curriculum and exam boards at KS4 (AQA, RSL). I also have a YouTube channel which provides interactive videos to learn musical key vocabulary.
A SOW designed around ‘The Great Composers’ focussing on Beethoven and performing Fur Elise on piano.
Resources include:
A powerpoint with lots of activities - starters, homework etc.
Sheet music for Fur Elise both pdf and Sibelius files
WAGOLL (what a good one looks like) for Fur Elise
Audio clips and YouTube video links for listening activities
Extension pieces if needed.
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Hi,
I wrote this lesson for an interview. The purpose being to enthuse students in singing and to perform ‘These Days’ by Rudimental.
It contains a lesson plan, a WAGOLL (What a good one looks like) video, a backing track and the presentation. The lesson takes into context many key words that could be learnt whilst also learning to sing a piece of music. You could print out some of the slides for students to read the lyrics and also to check their pitching on an instrument.
The interview was a 25 minute lesson, but it could be stretched out to ensure students perform with fluency.
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This SOW is based around performing extracts of film music with Keyboard, Guitar & Drums. The themes used are: Mission Impossible, Halloween & James Bond . Each is differentiated by difficulty and instrument and can also be performed together to encourage ensembles.
Resource Contains:
Do Now Activities for each lesson with WAGOLL responses
Pre Assessment tasks (if required)
Scores scaffolded for 3 levels of difficulty for guitar, drums and keyboard
WAGOLL videos & Audio examples
Support for verbal feedback
These lessons can easily be used as both cover, home learning and taught by a specialist as students can follow the information and practical tasks independently using the extensive scaffolding (see preview images) or the teacher can guide students after a pre assessment task.
More about these lessons
Scaffolding is in place in the form of Red, Amber, Green and a Blue extension pathways, enabling students to learn the skills and knowledge needed to perform a piece of music on keyboard with increasing difficulty. E.g Learning treble clef, bass clef, simpler and more complex rhythms, dynamics terms for expression etc…
Students simply click their pathway and go through the task most suited to their ability, moving on when they have completed each task. This shows clear progression as students may start in the Red pathway and move into Amber, Green etc… and this can be seen on their computer screens.
The benefits of teaching this way are:
Less musically able students get the support they need
More musically able students are challenged without wasting their time on already learnt concepts.
Information and tasks are at students’ fingertips as opposed to the teacher constantly repeating information.
The teacher can facilitate learning and instil independence.
Suggested Lesson format:
Do now task on student entry
Learning outcomes shared
Pre Assessment task - teacher to put students in a pathway (or if independent learning, students can do this themselves using the mark scheme)
Students click into their pathway and begin the tasks
Teacher can group together Red pathway students and teach the information needed before assessing again and allowing them to independently work through tasks. (Or students can work independently to learn the information needed)
Learning outcome check through performances (opportunity to see progress)
Teacher facilitates learning, checking on Amber and Green students
Final learning outcome check through performances. (Opportunity to see progress)
This SOW is based around playing The Nutcracker on a keyboard.
These lessons can easily be used as both cover, home learning and taught by a specialist as students can follow the information and practical tasks independently using the extensive scaffolding (see preview images) or the teacher can guide students after the pre assessment task.
More about these lessons
Scaffolding is in place in the form of Red, Amber, Green and a Blue extension pathways, enabling students to learn the skills and knowledge needed to perform a piece of music on keyboard with increasing difficulty. E.g Learning treble clef, bass clef, simpler and more complex rhythms, dynamics terms for expression etc…
Students simply click their pathway and go through the task most suited to their ability, moving on when they have completed each task. This shows clear progression as students may start in the Red pathway and move into Amber, Green etc… and this can be seen on their computer screens.
The benefits of teaching this way are:
Less musically able students get the support they need
More musically able students are challenged without wasting their time on already learnt concepts.
Information and tasks are at students’ fingertips as opposed to the teacher constantly repeating information.
The teacher can facilitate learning and instil independence.
Lesson format:
Do now task on student entry
Learning outcomes shared
Pre Assessment task - teacher to put students in a pathway (or if independent learning, students can do this themselves using the mark scheme)
Students click into their pathway and begin the tasks
Teacher can group together Red pathway students and teach the information needed before assessing again and allowing them to independently work through tasks. (Or students can learn independently using the scaffolding)
Learning outcome check through performances (opportunity to see progress)
Teacher facilitates learning, checking on Amber and Green students
Final learning outcome check through performances. (Opportunity to see progress)
This resource helps students practice their Treble and Bass Clef notes.
Students hold up Red, Amber & Green for their answer. It can quickly give you an impression of which students know their notation and which don’t!
A lesson on learning the notes of the treble clef. The lesson is designed to encourage students’ independence and allow the teacher to focus on gaps in students’ learning.
Students do everything by navigating a PowerPoint which includes:
Do Now activity on rhythms
Differentiated objectives & outcomes
Baseline task
Information slides
Three differentiated activities
A lesson on learning rhythm values. The lesson is designed to encourage students’ independence and allow the teacher to focus on gaps in students’ learning.
Students do everything by navigating a PowerPoint which includes:
Do Now activity
Differentiated objectives & outcomes
Baseline task
Information slides
Three differentiated activities
A differentiated lesson teaching the musical elements.
The teacher tests the students on their prior knowledge using a baseline question, then teaches the content to the students with little prior knowledge. Students with prior knowledge can independently work through tasks on the student PowerPoint.
Coronation Anthems and Oratorios Scheme of Work.
Suitable for AQA GCSE Music students
A complete powerpoint, listening and assessment materials for Coronation anthems and Oratorios of Handel
Includes:
Various activities and questions to test students
Youtube links to relevant listening
Listening files
Listening tests at the end with assessment sheets and mark scheme (on ppt).
Used over several weeks, depending on the ability of the students.
See also:
Orchestral Music
Piano Music
Popular Music
Film and Computer Gaming Music
Piano Music Scheme of Work.
Suitable for AQA GCSE Music students
A complete powerpoint, listening and assessment materials for the piano music of Chopin and Schumann.
Includes:
Various activities and questions to test students
Adapted pieces for students to play
Youtube links to relevant listening
Video explaining piano pedals
Listening tests at the end with assessment sheets and mark scheme (on ppt).
Used over several weeks, depending on the ability of the students.
Relevant resources:
Coronation Anthems and Oratorios
Orchestral Music
Popular Music
Film and Computer Gaming Music
Orchestral Music Scheme of Work.
Suitable for AQA GCSE Music students
A complete powerpoint, listening and assessment materials for the Orchestral Music of Hayden, Mozart and Beethoven.
Includes:
Various activities (Sibelius files for performances and some composition activities) and questions to test students
Youtube links to relevant listening
Listening tests at the end with assessment sheets and mark scheme (on ppt).
Used over several weeks, depending on the ability of the students.
Relevant resources:
Piano Music
Coronation Anthems and Oratorios
Popular Music
Film and Computer Gaming Music
This resources is designed to allow students to learn a piece of Folk music by rote and then try to work out the notes.
It requires students to first watch a YouTube video and then fill in the notes by either using a keyboard, or a virtual keyboard (Information given in the resource).
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A differentiated ukulele chord chart. Useful if teaching ukulele to mixed ability groups.
Bullet points and diagram to explain how to read chord diagrams.
Chords ranked from Simple, Moderate, Difficult and Very Difficult.
I’ve printed this out in large and have it as a display, along with other useful notation reading. I also use it with classes when I introduce ukulele and with extra curricular groups.
Attached is the powerpoint in case you want to modify it, plus a pdf for printing.
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Students can’t get hold of an instrument to practice ukulele? Want them to be able to read chord diagrams ready to practice when they get back into school?
Here’s an activity which tests your student’s ability to read ukulele chord diagrams. Complete with help guide, follow up questions you might have asked if you were teaching them face to face and extension activity for keen students. Answers also provided for ease of assessment or self assessment.
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Eight full listening questions relating to each area of AoS 2 (Musicals, Rock Music, Film and Computer Game Music and Pop Music). Includes printable papers and a mark scheme. YouTube links to the extracts are given and some music is embedded into the PowerPoints.
Perfect if you are running a revision session on AoS 2 or if you want to do an end of unit listening assessment.
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How many rhythms can you fit in a bar of four?
Learn how to read basic rhythmic values.
4 beats - Semibreve
2 beats - Minim
1 beat - Crotchet
1/2 beat - Quaver
1/4 beat - Semiquaver
Video to help music teachers during the options process.
I know the struggles of showing schools and educators that Music is important. It is vital that we keep music in the curriculum and not just as an extra.
Students should study music at least at KS3, whether it is their passion or not and no school should take away the opportunity for students to study music further if they choose to.
Everyone should be able to express themselves through music and the arts.