Lesson Plans

Colour Key:

Multiple means of representation

Multiple means of expression

Multiple means of engagement

Lesson Plan 1

Topic area: Music/ Stage of Learner: Stage 4/ Yr. 7 Syllabus Pages: 12-23
Introducing the Orchestra

Date: Location Booked: Music Room 1 Lesson Number: 1/3

Time: 50 minutes Total Number of students Printing/preparation

30 YouTube
Print out
Spotify Playlist
 Tim Organisation Teaching Strategies
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5
Mark Roll Ask students to be seated quietly, workbooks taken out and writing in
the date and topic of the day (already written on the board)

5 Explain the order of today’s lesson, learning intentions and success

Review of lesson
criteria whilst also writing them on the board.

10 Orchestra Diagram
Explain sound sources and the families of the orchestra and why
certain instruments are designated in that family. Start off with own
example and then the for the following instruments, ask students if
they know what families they belong to.
Hand out the diagram of the orchestra family and have students
colour in each family a different colour for memorisation while
discussing pre-topic knowledge.

15-20 ‘Introduction to the

Instruments of the
Orchestra’ YouTube Watch video and identify the instruments. Ask students to identify the
Video popular songs each instrument plays.

Have students after each instrument has played say what kind of
sound they believe the instruments are playing using tone colour
words. Write answers on the board.

Provide students with the Spotify playlist of orchestra music via

Music playlist
10 google classroom.

Encourage discussion about the orchestra and favourite instrument.

Lesson Plan 2

Topic area: Music/ Stage of Learner: Stage 4/ Yr. 7 Syllabus Pages: 12-23
Introducing the Orchestra
Date: Location Booked: Music Room 1 Lesson Number: 2/3

Time: 50 minutes Total Number of students Printing/preparation

30 Print outs
MP3 Excerpts
Rhythm Game
Tim Organisation Teaching Strategies
e
5
Mark Roll Ask students to be seated, workbooks taken out and ask students to
think about the instruments within the string family.

5 Answer the question.

Review of lesson
Explain the order of today’s lesson, learning intentions and success
criteria whilst also writing them on the board.

5-10 Worksheet
Multiple choice ‘Musical Instruments’ Worksheet 3. Student are to
complete multiple choice questions on the orchestra instruments,
choosing what families they belong to.

Extension work or H/W: research an orchestral instrument not on the

list and write/verbally explain what family it belongs to and how it is
similar/different to instruments of its family.
10-12 Instrument Pictures ‘Match the sound to the Instrument’: students will all be given a
MP3 excerpts
physical copy of pictures for orchestral instruments and are to write
down which excerpts they believe match.

Enter a discussion about concepts studied with each excerpt, possibly

give these throughout as hints.

Rhythm Game Students form a circle and are assigned a number, clapping in counts
15
of 4, and passing the beat to a random person and answering an
orchestra question. Whoever goes out of timing or is incorrect goes to
the front of the line.

Class discussion and review on today’s content.