Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Year 7 Unit 1
Year 7 Unit 1
Dare to Achieve
Examples and Models The teacher will need to model a lot of the notation tasks in this unit of work, before asking
students to participate in performances. The teacher should also model notation in smaller
groups to correct mistakes or misconceptions of how the music goes. The teacher will also
need to show how to develop some improvised rhythms to students.
Questioning and Check Questioning should form no hands up policy, make use of pose, pause, pounce, bounce and
For Understanding should test students on their knowledge of the task at hand and helping them to link what
they have learnt in the sequence of lessons. The teacher should also check understanding by
asking students to perform to each other and the rest of the class.
Scaffolding Resources
SEND/EAL/Access
Homework
Lesson Flow
Lesson 1. Prepare for Learning:
Intro Students will be presented with an image of a crotchet and a crotchet rest on the board. Working
collaboratively, they need to identify the names of the notes and their note value. They will have approx. 30
seconds to discuss this with their partner before being asked what they mean.
Students will then be asked to discuss what they think the term pulse means. They will be instructed to try
to find their pulse and will be asked to explain what it is doing. Students will then define the musical
definition of pulse.
Construct Meaning:
Task 2
Students will then be asked to perform a call and response march. The idea of this task is that students
march on the spot, setting the pulse. They then have to repeat the verse on the board whilst marching.
Students will have a short Q&A to establish what their fit were doing during the march and what role the
vocals had to play in the performance.
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Music @ Emrys: Schemes of Learning
Dare to Achieve
Task 4
Students will now have time to demonstrate what they have learnt and begin to put their knowledge into
action through performance. Working in the rows that students are sat in, students will perform a pulse
whilst one student from the row creates an improvised rhythm. Once they have finished, they then clap the
pulse whilst the next person in the row creates a contrasting improvised rhythm etc. The objective of this
task is to perform an improvised rhythm that is in time with the pulse. At least one group should
demonstrate their improvised rhythms to the rest of the class.
Once finished, students should then move onto the last performance task. This will introduce a new
concept called call and response. Performing in the rows that they are sat in, one student will improvise a
rhythm (the call), which the rest of the group will then repeat back to them (the response). Students will
then move round each member of the row, who will need to devise a different rhythm from the one that
was just performed. The objective of this task is to perform an improvised rhythm using call and response
and to practise performing accurately, fluently and in time with each other.
Extension:
Students can further develop their call and response piece by creating more improvised rhythms. Each
student in the room should perform two contrasting rhythms each time it is their chance to improvise and
lead the group.
Review:
Students will then need to perform their rhythms to the rest of the class. The teacher should lead a Q&A
session after each performance using WWW and EBI model. The teacher may have to help students
structure relevant answers and should try to encourage good use of musical vocabulary.
Homework:
Students should watch a short video of Steve Reich’s ‘Clapping Music’ and be prepared to discuss what is
happening to the different rhythms in this piece of music - https://youtu.be/lzkOFJMI5i8
Lesson 2. Link Back: Review/retrieval practice: Reteach? More Practice?
Develop Move Forward: Next steps of instruction and practice.
Task 2
Music @ Emrys: Schemes of Learning
Dare to Achieve
Students will be presented with a body percussion notation grid. Each row will be assigned a different body
percussion action and will then perform their action in a round, making sure they’re in time to the music,
building up the piece; the teacher will tell them when to perform each part. The teacher will then ask the
students what they can do to make the piece more interesting. The second time it is performed, the class
should add some dynamics, gradually getting louder and then quieter again.
Construct Meaning:
Task 3
Students will then be presented with a new notation grid but this time they have several actions. Once
again, they will need to read what the notation grid is asking them to perform and present their piece as a
round. Sufficient time should be given for students to practice this and one group could show the rest of the
class how to perform it. The teacher should then test AfL through WWW and EBI.
Students will be told that they have each just performed an ostinato and will be asked to devise what this
word means. Students should be given some time to discuss/think about what an ostinato is before
answering.
Task 4
Students will now perform another body percussion grid, but this time will also use quavers to make the
piece more interesting and more complicated. The teacher should begin this task by explaining what a
quaver is, what it looks like and it’s note value. The teacher should give a demonstration of how quaver
beats are divided from crotchet beats. The teacher should again give parts out to students sat in rows.
Music @ Emrys: Schemes of Learning
Dare to Achieve
Extension:
Students can further develop their body percussion piece by further varying the tempo of their
performance, such as using accelerando or ritardando and adding dynamics to different sections of the
piece. They should also try to improvise more complicated rhythms, whilst keeping them in time with the
pulse.
Review:
Students should reflect on their piece of music they have created this lesson and peer/self-assess their
work. They should choose one statement from the WWW and EBI categorises that best fit their efforts and
their work.
WWW:
Our/my performance was accurate and fluent for most of the performance.
Our/my performance was accurate and fluent for all of the performance.
I was able to perform my ostinato in time.
I made minimal mistakes during my body percussion performance.
I made some mistakes during my body percussion performance but was still able to maintain my
part.
My body percussion had varying rhythms to make it interesting.
I was able to perform crotchets, quavers and rests as part of my body percussion.
EBI:
I need to try and perform with more fluency and accuracy during my body percussion.
I need to make sure that I am in time with the other members of my group.
I could further my performance by using quavers more consistently.
I could further my performance by using more varying rhythms.
My group need to communicate more with one another to improve our performance.
I could include some changes in the tempo of our performance to make it more interesting.
Homework:
Students will be asked to download the Steve Reich Clapping Music app. They need to try and perform this
piece, choosing their own level of difficulty (tempo) to perform the piece of music to. The highest score in
the class will receive a reward - https://londonsinfonietta.org.uk/clapping-music-app
Music @ Emrys: Schemes of Learning
Dare to Achieve
Lesson 3. Bigger Scope Retrieval: More application; more synoptic questions; more extended task.
Develop
Prepare for Learning:
Students will be shown a quaver triplet. They will be asked what the quaver triplet is and what it’s note
value is. Students will have a short time to discuss this before the teacher asks students at random to
respond to the questions.
Construct Meaning:
Task 2
Students will practise performing quavers and quaver triplets on their own using their hands to play on their
chair/table/surface. They will play four bars of quavers and then 4 bars of triplets. Once students are able to
do this, they should then practise four bars alternating between the two different rhythms. Students will
then need to show their performance of these rhythms to their peers. When performing, students should
use the ‘hands’ in the video to perform accurately.
The teacher is then going to show the chorus to Believer and how to perform this. Students will then be
requested to try and join in to model how the rhythms are performed, before having time to practise them
on their own. Students should be trying to follow the notation grids whilst performing accurately, fluently
and in time with the music.
Mini-Plenary:
The teacher should ask different students to play the first verse or chorus sections to the rest of the class to
see how they are managing with the task, to allow some peer assessment to take place and to correct any
misconceptions or common mistakes from students, before allowing them to continue rehearsing.
Extension:
Once students have managed to perform the first verse and the chorus, they will then need to learn the
second verse and repeat the chorus section again.
Review:
The teacher should put on the video once more to allow the whole class to join in with the performance.
Music @ Emrys: Schemes of Learning
Dare to Achieve
The teacher should identify several whole class WWW and EBIs, giving students verbal feedback as to what
they can do to improve their performance work.
Lesson 4. Bigger Scope Retrieval: More application; more synoptic questions; more extended task.
Further
Development Prepare for Learning:
Students now need to start understanding what texture means and how it is used in body percussion music
to make the music interesting. On the board they will see a picture of an onion and will be asked to answer
the following Thunk: ‘How can an onion help you to describe the texture of a piece of music?’ Students will
also listen to Bach’s Fugue in G Minor to help them understand that a piece of music can have different
layers all playing at once - https://youtu.be/p1XD1MSES_8
Task 3
Once students have completed this, they should move onto the next task, which involves some longer
rhythms. The teacher should model these rhythms to the class, then allocate students a part and give them
time to rehearse their part. They should then be given adequate time to practise this together in their rows.
Review:
Students should then be expected to perform their notated rhythms to the rest of the class. Peer
assessment should follow, using WWW and EBI, guided by the teacher. Students should be asked about
how accurate and fluent their rhythms were, whether they were in time and whether they performed using
an appropriate tempo.
Extension:
Students should now attempt to create their own three-part polyphonic rhythms to perform within their
small groups. They should build upon what they have already learnt in this unit, considering texture, tempo,
different notations, different ways in which to perform their rhythms and rests.
Homework:
Students should watch the following videos on texture to recall what they learnt in today’s lesson.
https://youtu.be/teh22szdnRQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbT7eTS16T8
Lesson 5 Link Back: Review/ retrieval practice: Reteach? More Practice?
Consolidating Move Forward: Next steps of instruction and practice for getting ready for assessment.
Knowledge
Through Prepare for Learning:
Application Students are going to participate in a practical body percussion warm up. Students will have a crotchet, two
joined quavers and a crotchet rest on the board unlabelled and will need to tell the teacher what the notes
are, using their correct names and demonstrate how to perform them to the rest of the class. Once
students have done this, they are going to join in with the warmup followed by the teacher. The second
time that this warmup is played, students will be focusing on the notation to guide them instead of the
visual prompts for the correct movements - https://youtu.be/y8Dr6Oj7_oI
Some students can identify notations from memory, whilst performing with accuracy, fluency and
minimal mistakes.
Construct Meaning:
Task 1
The whole class is going to use body percussion and their notation reading skills to perform Up Town Funk.
The teacher will model each part for the class before everyone attempts all of the parts together. Students
need to make sure that their performance is accurate, fluent and that there are minimal mistakes -
https://youtu.be/9NdF4Ruf-Ts
The class will then perform this piece together again. This time, they will need to select two objectives to
work towards from the list:
Review:
Students should then be expected to perform their notated rhythms to the rest of the class. Peer
assessment should follow, using WWW and EBI, guided by the teacher. Students should be asked about
how accurate and fluent their rhythms were, whether they were in time and whether they were able to
maintain their part.
Extension:
Students should now attempt to create their own body percussion rhythms to fit with the song Dance
Monkey. These should be more complicated than the crotchets and quavers that are used in the majority of
the song. Any groups who get to this stage should be modelled how to change the rhythms to make them
more complicated.
Lesson 6 Bigger Scope Retrieval: More application; more practice ready for assessment, putting knowledge into
Preparing for action, demonstrating skills.
Music @ Emrys: Schemes of Learning
Dare to Achieve
Assessment
Prepare for Learning:
Students are going to listen to their final piece of music that they will prepare for their assessment -
https://youtu.be/D6Sef1qttvM Once they have listened to the song, the teacher will ask them some
questions regarding the notation of the song. This could include some of the following (list not exhaustive):
Review:
Students will perform the piece once again as a whole class. Pupils will be asked to discuss with their
partner where they think they are with their performance and what they could do to improve, using the
WWW and EBI model. The teacher will ask students to respond to the rest of the class to share what they
discussed with their partner.
Homework:
Students should watch the YouTube video of their assessment piece and should practise the song at home.
Part A has a dotted quaver. Can anyone remember the note value of a dotted quaver?
Part B has quite a few semiquavers. How long does a semiquaver last?
What can we do to remember how to play part B to minimise mistakes?
What type of notes have we got at the beginning of Part C? Can anyone remember their name?
Music @ Emrys: Schemes of Learning
Dare to Achieve
Construct Meaning:
Task 1
The teacher will play the piece of music again and students should use their music to follow and join in
practising the song. If this song is able to be performed using drumsticks and buckets depending on
resources, students will need to know the correct hands to use when playing each part, which will be
included on the notation worksheets; the teacher will also demonstrate this to the class. The teacher will
need to explain the criteria for assessment to the class, so that they know what they need to do to meet
their targets/objectives.
Task 3
The teacher will remind students of the assessment criteria and what they are looking for when students
perform. The teacher will begin to go round each of the groups to commence assessment.
Extension:
If students can play their part consistently within their group, the challenge is to get them to play all the
parts to the piece, all the way through from beginning to end. If students aren’t able to do this after being
assessed, this should now be their focus. Further extension materials should be available for students to
practise.
Review:
Students will perform their assessment to the teacher. Verbal feedback is to be given about WWW and EBI
for each student/group. Students will check their progress against the assessment criteria near the end of
the lesson. They should also consider what they could do to improve upon their work for next lesson.
Choices and
options.
Music @ Emrys: Schemes of Learning
Dare to Achieve
Flipped Learning:
Pre-reading; prep
tasks?
Wider reading:
parallel areas of
study/ stretch?