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TEACHING SCHEDULE
Live Music
Compulsory Secondary EducationMusic
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
UNIT 1Term 1 Assessment
Unit 1: It Sounds Like This
TIMING: Session 1
OBJECTIVES:
To provide students with context for the unit.
To present a summary of the content of the unit.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring prior knowledge.
Reading text aloud.
Underlining the most relevant concepts.
Completing activities in the book.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student pays attention and shows interest.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 2.
OBJECTIVES:
To understand the concept of acoustics.
To learn the different qualities of sound.
CONTENTS:
The qualities of sound.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring prior knowledge.
Looking for information in teams.
Defining acoustics and presenting the qualities of sound.
Individual reading of the information on the page.
Listening to the recorded extracts that demonstrate qualities of sound.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation:
Writing the missing vowels in the word which follows each quality of sound.
Extension:
Reading the text and choosing the correct sentence.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student understands that sound is the physical sensation produced in the ear when objects vibrate.
The student understands the four basic parameters of sound.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 3
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about rhythm in theory and practice.
To become familiar with the concepts of beat, rhythm and time signature.
To become familiar with notes and rests.
CONTENTS:
Rhythm.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Performing rhythmic echoes with body percussion.
Presenting notes, accents and time signatures.
Reading the information in the book.
Observing and memorising the terms and signs presented.
Singing the scores presented.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Looking at the scores and writing in the missing notes.
Looking at the picture and colouring it by following the code.
Extension
Looking at the scores and analysing the time signature.
Completing the bars freely.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student recognises and understands the concepts of rhythm, beat and time signature.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 4
OBJECTIVES:
To perform and create individually and as part of a group.
To read a score in order to practise items of the language of music previously studied.
To generate simple creative activities using the echo form.
CONTENTS:
The echo.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Performing the rhythmic rap texts.
Reading the scores using knowledge about the language of music already acquired.
Remembering the signs used on a musical score.
Performing texts with varied forms of expression.
Presenting the echo form.
Practising the echo form by repeating it.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Finding the musical form that has been studied.
Extension
Interpretar un ritmo que será repetido por los compañeros.
Performing a rhythm that is then repeated by classmates.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student understands and performs the echo musical form.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 5
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about percussion instruments.
To do a listening task which includes sounds of the instruments studied.
CONTENTS:
Percussion instruments.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring the students’ existing knowledge.
Reading information in the book aloud.
Underlining the most relevant concepts.
Watching a video of the instruments studied.
Presenting the composer and the work.
Doing a listening task.
Engaging in activities that deepen understanding.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Identifying images of percussion instruments.
Categorising instruments according to the materials they are made of.
Extension
Learning about the snare drum and describing it.
Writing a short essay about the instruments from the region where students live.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student learns that there are many percussion instruments and that they can be very different from each other.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
TIMING: Session 6
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
OBJECTIVES:
To perform a simple piece as an instrumental ensemble.
CONTENTS:
Body percussion.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Imitating the teacher’s demonstration.
Experimenting with the different sounds of body percussion.
Discovering the sounds of body percussion as a means of expression.
Reading the signs that appear on a score.
Learning rhythm.
Performing a piece.
Improvising rhythms and sounds using body percussion.
Memorising rhythmic patterns.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Performing the suggested activities individually at a slower speed.
Extension
Performing the piece while modifying the sound qualities.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student learns that there are many percussion instruments and that they can be very different from each other.
The student learns the different percussion instruments, categorising them in terms of the materials they are made of and the sounds they produce.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
TIMING: Session 7
OBJECTIVES:
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
To present the voice as the primary instrument of music and expression.
To learn about the differences and similarities between speech and song.
To perform a song in unison, developing articulation and vocalisation skills.
CONTENTS:
The spoken voice and the sung voice.
Performing as a group.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information on the page.
Learning about different characteristics of the voice.
Doing activities for vocalisation and for warming up the voice.
Performing a song.
Singing while focusing on breathing, vocalisation and tuning.
Doing the activities presented on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Responding to the statements.
Extension
Completing a brief text.
Performing the song presented on the extra score.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student appreciates that the voice is complex means of communication.The student performs a song while paying attention to tuning, breathing and vocalisation.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
TIMING: Session 8
OBJECTIVES:
To do an active listening task.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
To follow a musicogramme.
CONTENTS:
The overture
The musical form.
The beat.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information in the text.
Listening to the music several times.
Presenting the composer and the work.
Looking at the images and the accompaniment.
Watching a video of the performance, focusing on the position of the orchestra and the instruments which can be seen.
Completing the musical activities.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Listening to the music and writing a summary of the plot.
Extension
Finding a different recording and commenting on it.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student engages in the active listening task.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 9
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about aspects of film music.
To perform part of a soundtrack with the score of an arrangement.
CONTENTS:
Film music.
Soundtracks.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information on the page aloud or in silence.
Choosing a film scene which lends itself to the use of a soundtrack.
Setting the narrative to sound effects and music.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Filling out a worksheet.
Extension
Completing a text.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student appreciates the role of music in film through the use of soundtracks.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 10
OBJECTIVES:
To enact an individual choreography.
CONTENTS:
Dance.
The tempo.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Listening to the recording and following the beat freely using body percussion.
Learning and enacting the choreography.
A summary of the contents of the unit in the Da Capo section.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Enacting the choreography in pairs.
Extension
Creating a new choreography with two pairs.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student carries out an individual choreography accompanied with body percussion.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
UNIT 2TERM 1 ASSESSMENT
Unit 2: Something for Everyone
TIMING: Session 1
OBJECTIVES:
For the student to engage with the context of the unit.
To present a summary of the content of the unit.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring the students’ existing knowledge.
Reading the text aloud.
Underlining the most relevant concepts.
Doing the activities presented in the book.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student pays attention and shows interest.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 2.
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about different kinds of music and musical genres.
CONTENTS:
Musical genres.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring prior knowledge.
Looking for information in teams.
Defining the content and categories.
Individual reading of the information on the page.
Listening to the musical extracts.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation:
Writing in the missing vowel in the word that follows each quality of sound.
Extension:
Finding out about wedding marches.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student understands that music is a form of expression and communication that is as old as mankind.
The student appreciates that music has had a diverse array of social functions throughout history.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
TIMING: Session 3
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about melody in theory and practice.
To become familiar with the symbols that represent pitch.
CONTENTS:
Melody.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading and looking at the information on the page.
Singing different melodic sequences.
Identifying ascending and descending sequences.
Presenting the keyboard.
Presenting and listening to sharps and flats on a melodic instrument.
Reading and commenting on sharps, flats and naturals (when indicated by the key signature and when they are accidentals).
Examples of sharps, flats and naturals, including accidentals.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Review
Looking at the scores and writing each term in its corresponding place.
Identifying each note with its name.
Extension
Learning to write the bass clef.
Writing the note names as appropriate.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student defines melody as the combination of different pitches integrated with rhythm.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 4
OBJECTIVES:
To perform and create individually and as part of a group.
To use a score in order to practise elements of the language of music already studied.
To generate simple creative activities.
CONTENTS:
Performance.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Listening to the recorded track.
Learning the song.
Looking at the score and the symbols that appear on it.
Learning the rhythm and notes.
Performing the score.
Presenting improvisation and reading a definition of it.
Improvisation based on a given theme.
Improvisation with tuned percussion or singing.
Doing the musical activities presented on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Review
Improvising with a single note using a given rhythm.
Extension
Improvising a melody.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student participates in a group performance.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 5
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about woodwind instruments.
To do a listening task that includes sounds of the instruments studied.
CONTENTS:
Woodwind instruments.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring the students’ existing knowledge.
Reading information in the book aloud.
Underlining the most relevant concepts.
Watching a video that features the instruments studied.
Presenting the composer and the work.
Doing a listening task.
Completing a chart with the instruments presented in different categories.
Engaging with the musical activities.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Identifying images of the instruments and their names.
Recognising all the instruments in the images and circling those of the woodwind family.
Extension
Finding information about the saxophone.
Finding recordings of the music presented.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student gains further knowledge of woodwind instruments.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 6
OBJECTIVES:
To perform the score of an arrangement as an ensemble.
CONTENTS:
The recorder.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading and commenting on the information in the book.
Learning the technique for playing the recorder.
Performing a piece of music.
Engaging with the musical activities presented on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Performing ascending and descending musical scales.
Learning simple melodies or remembering those learned in primary education.
Extension
Learning to play sharps and flats.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student reads a score to perform an arrangement as part of a group.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 7
OBJECTIVES:
To present the voice as the primary instrument of music and expression.
To learn a simple categorisation of the different kinds of human voice.
To perform a song in unison.
CONTENTS:
Categorising the human voice.
Performing as a group.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information on the page.
Exercises relating to different kinds of breathing.
A presenting with information about the song.
Learning the song through imitation.
Singing while concentrating on breathing, vocalisation and tuning.
Task using the song lyrics.
Performing the song.
Watching a music video of the song.
Engaging in the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Responding to the statements.
Extension
Doing research in order to respond to the question.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
The student understands that the voice is a musical instrument and understands how voices are categorised.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 8
OBJECTIVES:
To do an active listening task.
To follow a musicogram.
CONTENTS:
The choir.
The different parts of a piece of music.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information in the text.
Listening to the music several times.
Presenting the composer and the work.
Paying close attention to a recording and answering the questions.
Engaging with the musical activities.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Looking at the photographs of the instruments, circling the oboe and crossing out the percussion instruments.
Extension
Listening to another extract from the same work.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student engages in an active listening task.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 9
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about aspects of film music.
To perform an arrangement of a soundtrack using a score.
CONTENTS:
Soundtracks.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information on the page aloud or in silence.
Listening to the soundtrack presented.
Performing the arrangement of the melody.
Performing the percussion accompaniment.
Recording the performance.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Finding the errors on a score.
Extension
Finding information about Ennio Morricone.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student appreciates the role of music in film through the use of soundtracks. How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 10
OBJECTIVES:
To perform a group choreography.
CONTENTS:
Dance.
The ostinato form.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Rhythmic accompaniment.
Imitating echoes in pairs, facing each other.
Free movement around the class.
Learning and performing the choreography.
Silent reading of the content of the page.
A summary of the contents of the unit in the Da Capo section.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Performing the choreography but removing some of the movements.
Extension
Creating a new version of the choreography.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student participates in a group choreography.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
UNIT 3Term 1 Assessment
Unidad 3: Music for All Occasions
TIMING: Session 1
OBJECTIVES:
For the student to engage with the context of the unit.
To present a summary of the content of the unit.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring the students’ existing knowledge.
Reading the text aloud.
Underlining the most relevant concepts.
Doing the activities presented in the book.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student pays attention and shows interest.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 2.
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about different musical forms.
CONTENTS:
Musical form.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring prior knowledge.
Looking for information.
Defining concepts and categories relating to the content.
Individual reading of the information on the page.
Listening to the musical extracts.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation:
Writing in the missing vowels for the corresponding musical forms.
Extension:
Writing about the differences relating to two separate musical forms.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student understands musical form as the structuring of musical material.
The student distinguishes different musical forms according to the number of constituent parts they have and how they are performed.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 3
OBJECTIVES:
To learn more about the dot, the tie and the pause.
To become familiar with the use of symbols for lengthening time values.
CONTENTS:
Symbols for lengthening time values.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Presentation of symbols for lengthening time values.
Review of note lengths.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Review
Looking at the scores and completing them.
Colouring in the symbols for lengthening time values, following the code.
Extension
Looking at the scores and completing them.
Transforming symbols for lengthening time values on a score.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student can remember symbols for lengthening time values.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 4
OBJECTIVES:
To perform a score which contains the elements of musical language studied.
To generate simple creative activities.
CONTENTS:
Performance.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Performing with a score.
Listening to the recorded track.
Presentation of the symbols of musical language.
Singing the melody.
Presentation of the ostinato form and reading the definition.
Practising the ostinato.
Improvising ostinatos.
Engaging with the musical activities presented on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Review
Finding the musical form studied.
Extension
Creating ostinatos.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student participates in a group performance.
The student understands that music is a means for expressing and communicating feelings and ideas.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 5
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about metal wind instruments.
To do a listening task which presents sounds of the instruments studied.
CONTENTS:
Metal wind instruments.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring the students’ existing knowledge.
Reading information in the book aloud.
Underlining the most relevant concepts.
Watching a video which features the instruments studied.
Listening to examples of each instrument.
Engaging with the musical activities.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Recognising the images of the instruments and their names.
Recognising the images of all the instruments and categorising them into woodwind and metal wind.
Extension
Researching a piece of music and the instrument it features.
Researching the biography of the inventor of the saxophone.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student develops knowledge relating to metal wind instruments.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 6
OBJECTIVES:
To perform an arrangement as an ensemble.
CONTENTS:
Performing using class instruments.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Listening to the recording.
Learning the song.
Doing rhythmic echoes.
Looking at the score and identifying the parts.
A rhythmic reading of the score.
Singing melodic sequences in the scale of F major using the echo procedure.
Learning the song melody.
Performing each of the parts on descant recorders.
Performing the piece with all three parts.
Performing as an ensemble.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Performing the parts using body percussion.
Extension
Performing the song vocally or instrumentally.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student performs the song adaptation as part of an ensemble.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 7
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about and accept one’s own vocal register.
To appreciate the voice change process during puberty.
CONTENTS:
The vocal register.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information on the page.
Performing the song.
Doing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Responding to the statements.
Extension
Performing the song again but as a canon.
Discovering one’s own vocal register.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student understands the voice change process during puberty.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 8
OBJECTIVES:
To do an active listening task.
To follow a musicogramme.
CONTENTS:
Musical themes.
Dynamics.
The suite musical form.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information in the text.
Listening to the music several times.
Presenting the composer and the work.
Following a recording attentively and completing the tasks.
Engaging with the musical activities.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Finding the two instruments which are not represented on a score.
Extension
Listening to the music again and writing a text.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student participates in an active listening task.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 9
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about aspects of film music.
To perform an arrangement of a sound track.
CONTENTS:
Soundtracks.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information on the page aloud or in silence.
Listening to the soundtrack presented.
Performing the melodic arrangement.
Performing the percussion accompaniment.
Performing as an instrumental ensemble.
Performing with an accompaniment.
Recording the performance.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Reading a text and writing in the missing words.
Performing with body percussion.
Extension
Individual improvisation.
Performance of the complete version.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student appreciates the role of music in cinema through by engaging with soundtracks. The students learns that films set during Christmas feature Christmas songs and carols in their soundtracks.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 10
OBJECTIVES:
To perform a choreography of Scottish origin.
CONTENTS:
The dance.
Following the beat.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Listening to the recording.
Learning and performing the choreography.
A summary of the contents of the unit in the Da Capo section.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Performing the choreography but removing some of the movements.
Extension
Creating a new version of the choreography.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student takes part in a group dance.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
UNIT 4TERM 2 ASSESSMENT
Unit 4: Classical Music
TIMING: Session 1
OBJECTIVES:
For the student to engage with the context of the unit.
To present a summary of the content of the unit.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring the students’ existing knowledge.
Reading the text aloud.
Underlining the most relevant concepts.
Doing the activities presented in the book.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student pays attention and shows interest.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 2.
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about the important periods of classical musical.
CONTENTS:
The important periods in the history of music.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring prior knowledge.
Looking for information.
Presenting the periods and their different characteristics.
Individual reading of the information on the page.
Listening to the musical extracts.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation:
Writing in the missing vowels for each period of history.
Extension:
Answering by choosing the correct option.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student learns that music which is not popular or traditional is called ‘classical’ music, in its widest sense.
The student learns that ‘classical’ music can also refer more specifically to music of the ‘classical’ period.
The student becomes familiar with the important periods in the history of music.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 3
OBJECTIVES:
To learn the concepts of tempo and dynamics.
CONTENTS:
Tempo.
Dynamic markings.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Presenting the concept of tempo.
Looking at and memorising the terms and definitions relating to tempo.
Reading the information about the microphone and looking at the images of metronomes.
Singing some of the scores studied in previous units and applying different tempi.
Presenting dynamic markings.
Looking at and memorising the dynamic markings used when performing music.
Performing songs studied in previous units and paying attention to their dynamic markings.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Review
Crossing out the incorrect information next to each word.
Matching each dynamic with its meaning.
Extension
Extending knowledge about tempo.
Circling the terms which relate to a reduction in volume.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student defines tempo as the parameter relating to the speed of music.
The students learns that dynamics relate to the loudness of music.
How to assess?
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 4
OBJECTIVES:
To perform a score which contains the elements of musical language studied.
To generate simple creative activities.
CONTENTS:
Performance.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Performing the score.
Listening to the recorded track.
Presenting the symbols of musical language.
Singing the melody.
Singing the song with different tempi.
Presentation of the variation form and reading its definition.
Practising the variation form.
Creating a variation working as a group.
Performing to classmates.
Engaging with the musical activities presented on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Finding the musical form studied.
Extension
Creating a melody using the pentatonic scale based on the rhythm provided.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student performs as part of a group.
The student understands that music can be used to express and communicate feelings and ideas.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 5
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about string instruments and their subgroups.
To do a listening task which demonstrates the instruments being studied.
CONTENTS:
String instruments: bowed, plucked and struck.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring the students’ existing knowledge.
Reading information in the book aloud.
Underlining the most relevant concepts.
Watching a video which features the instruments studied.
Listening to examples of each instrument.
Engaging with the musical activities presented on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Identifying the images of the instruments and their names.
Identifying the images of all the string instruments and categorising them according to whether they are plucked or bowed.
Extension
Looking at the parts of a violin and writing their names.
Finding out about and describing four key techniques for playing string instruments.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student learns more about string instruments and their subgroups.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 6
OBJECTIVES:
Performing an arrangement as an ensemble.
CONTENTS:
Classroom instruments.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Information about the composer and the work.
Listening to the recording.
Learning the song.
Performing the melody on the recorder.
Performing the percussion accompaniment for xylophone and metallophone.
Performing the work as an ensemble.
Performing with the backing track as an accompaniment.
Recording the group performance.
Discussing the recordings made and evaluating the quality of the group performances.
Engaging with the musical activities presented on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Performing the separate parts using body percussion.
Extension
Accompanying the song using polyphonic instruments.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student performs an arrangement as a part of an ensemble.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 7
OBJECTIVES:
To do a choir singing activity.
CONTENTS:
Choir singing.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information on the page.
Attending to the correct body posture for singing.
Singing by imitation.
Practising good breathing.
Listening to the song.
Performing the song without and with the backing track.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Responding to the statements.
Extension
Performing the song following the symbols on the score.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student learns that singing requires correct articulation and breathing.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 8
OBJECTIVES:
To do an active listening task.
Following a musicogramme.
CONTENTS:
The symphony.
The timbres of orchestral instruments.
The variation.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Listening to the music several times.
Presenting the composer and the work.
Engaging with the musical activities.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Identifying the instrument which is not heard in the piece played.
Extension
Completing the text by choosing the appropriate words from the box.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student participates in an active listening task.The student learns that the variation involves developing a musical theme.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 9
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about aspects of film music.
To perform an arrangement of a soundtrack.
CONTENTS:
The use of classical music in cinema.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information on the page aloud or in silence.
Listening to the soundtrack presented.
Performing the melodic arrangement.
Learning the main melody.
Performing the melody on the recorder.
Performing the percussion accompaniment.
Performing the piece as an ensemble with students divided in three groups.
Performing the arrangement with the accompanying backing track.
Recording students’ own performances.
Watching a clip from the film.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Individual improvisation with body percussion.
Extension
Identifying which composer the film Amadeus is about.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student appreciates how classical music in used in film soundtracks.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 10
OBJECTIVES:
Doing a choreography in pairs.
CONTENTS:
Dance.
Dance music composed by classical composers.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Listening to the recording.
Reading the information about the waltz.
Learning and carrying out the choreography.
Engaging with the musical activities presented on the page.
A summary of the contents of the unit in the Da Capo section.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Looking at two illustrations and correcting them.
Extension
Creating a new version of the choreography.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student engages in a classical dance with a partner.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
UNIT 5TERM 2 ASSESSMENT
Unit 5: Sounds of the World
TIMING: Session 1
OBJECTIVES:
For the student to engage with the context of the unit.
To present a summary of the content of the unit.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring the students’ existing knowledge.
Reading the text aloud.
Underlining the most relevant concepts.
Doing the activities presented in the book.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student pays attention and shows interest.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 2.
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about the great variety of music around the world.
CONTENTS:
World music.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring prior knowledge.
Looking for information.
Presenting the variety of world music.
Individual reading of the information on the page.
Listening to the musical extracts.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation:
Writing in the missing vowels.
Extension:
Pointing out the differences between two images.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student understands that traditional music has origins which are anonymous and collective. The students learns that ethnomusicology is the science that studies particular manifestations of music in their historical and social context.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 3
OBJECTIVES:
To learn the concept of the scale and different kinds of scale.
To become familiar with scale intervals and their basic types.
CONTENTS:
Scales and intervals.
Types of scale.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Presenting the concept of the scale.
Looking at and memorising the names of different scales and their characteristics.
Diagrammatic definition of three other kinds of scale: bitonic (two sounds), tritonic (three sounds) and chromatic (twelve semitones).
Reading the information about the diatonic scale.
Observing the scale of C major and the distribution of tones and semitones.
Listening to the recording of different kinds of scale.
Listening to identify the kind of scale played.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Review
Reordering the mixed up letters.
Writing in the missing elements.
Extension
Drawing the sounds that belong to the scales.
Comparing scales and identifying tones and semitones.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student defines the scale as the ordering of sounds and learns about various kinds of scale.
How to assess?
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 4
OBJECTIVES:
To perform a score that contains the elements of musical language studied.
To generate simple creative activities.
CONTENTS:
Performance.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Performing the score.
Listening to the recorded track.
Presenting the symbols of musical language.
Remembering the concept of the scale.
Singing the melody and performing it with a melodic instrument.
Presenting the form of musical questions and answers.
Practising musical questions and answers.
Improvising using the pentatonic scale.
Engaging with the musical activities presented on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Colouring in the rhythm cells that appear in the melody to The Bear Dance.
Extension
Writing the notes for the pentatonic scale of D, removing the notes E and B, followed by the notes for the pentatonic scale of E, removing the notes F and C.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student engages in a group performance.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 5
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about traditional instruments from around the world.
To focus on some traditional Spanish instruments.
CONTENTS:
Instruments from around the world.
Traditional Spanish instruments.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring the students’ existing knowledge.
Reading information in the book aloud.
Underlining the most relevant concepts.
Listening to examples of each instrument.
Engaging with the musical activities presented on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Recognising the images of the instruments and their names.
Writing the place of origin for some instruments.
Extension
Completing a table of traditional instruments.
Solving a crossword.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student learns that traditional instruments evolved from those which were used in ancient cultures.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 6
OBJECTIVES:
To perform an arrangement as an ensemble.
CONTENTS:
Classroom instruments.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Listening to the recording.
Learning the song.
Performing rhythmic echoes.
Looking at the score and identifying the three parts.
A rhythmic reading of the score.
Singing the melodic sequences in the pentatonic scale of D using the echo procedure.
Performing each of the parts on a descant recorder.
Performing as an instrumental ensemble along with the accompanying backing track.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Performing the parts using body percussion.
Extension
Performing the score while increasing the speed.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student performs an arrangement as part of an ensemble.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 7
OBJECTIVES:
To do an activity with choral singing in two parts.
CONTENTS:
Choral singing in two parts.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information on the page.
Performing the song without and with the backing track.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Responding to the statements.
Extension
Listening to the recording and writing the missing letter.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student learns that singing requires good articulation and breathing.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 8
OBJECTIVES:
To do an active listening task.
To follow a musicogramme.
CONTENTS:
Timbre.
Musical themes.
Ballet.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information in the text.
Listening to the music several times.
Presenting the composer and the work.
Performing the traditional song.
Engaging with the musical activities.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Identifying the instruments in the piece according to the order they appear.
Extension
Writing in the words that go with the melody.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student engages in an active listening task.
The student identifies musical themes.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 9
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about some aspects of film music.
To perform an arrangement of a soundtrack.
CONTENTS:
The use of classical music in cinema.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information on the page aloud or in silence.
Listening to the soundtrack presented.
Performing the melodic adaptation.
Learning the main melody.
Performing the melody on the recorder.
Performing the percussion accompaniment.
Recording students’ own performances.
Watching a related video.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Learning that the music studied won an Oscar.
Extension
To find out about the work of Nino Rota.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student appreciates the role of classical music in film soundtracks.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 10
OBJECTIVES:
To carry out a group choreography.
CONTENTS:
Traditional dance.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Listening to the recording.
Presenting the choreography.
Learning and carrying out the choreography.
Engaging with the musical activities presented on the page.
A summary of the contents of the unit in the Da Capo section.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Doing a simplified choreography.
Extension
Improvising using new movements.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student engages with a group choreography.
The student appreciates Spanish folk music as being particularly rich and varied.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
UNIT 6TERM 2 ASSESSMENT
Unit 6: Modern Music
TIMING: Session 1
OBJECTIVES:
For the student to engage with the context of the unit.
To present a summary of the content of the unit.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring the students’ existing knowledge.
Reading the text aloud.
Underlining the most relevant concepts.
Doing the activities presented in the book.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student pays attention and shows interest.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 2.
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about the wide variety of musical styles that are found in modern music.
CONTENTS:
Modern music.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring prior knowledge.
Looking for information.
Defining modern music
Individual reading of the information on the page.
Listening to the musical extracts.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation:
Writing in the missing vowels.
Extension:
Describing the concept of modern music in students’ own words.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student knows that the term ‘modern music’ refers to all styles developing out of rock and roll.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 3
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about offbeat notes.
To become familiar with the execution of offbeat notes and syncopation.
CONTENTS:
Offbeat notes.
Syncopation.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Practising the accentuation of notes in simple time.
Presenting the definition in the book.
Performing offbeat notes.
Looking at and performing the example score.
Accompaniment of any well-known melody of modern music in 4/4 time using an offbeat rhythm.
Definition of syncopation as changing accentuation (short sound, long sound, short sound).
Looking at a rhythmic score where students will find different examples of syncopation.
Rhythmic performance of the score.
Performance with body percussion or small percussion.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Observing rhythmic cells and matching them with the use of accents.
Completing the bars with syncopation.
Extension
Circling the examples of syncopation.
Transforming a score.
ASSESSMENT:
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
What to assess?
The student learns the concepts of offbeat notes and syncopation.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 4
OBJECTIVES:
Performing a score which contains the elements of musical language studied.
To generate simple creative activities.
CONTENTS:
The rondo.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Observing the score.
Rhythmic performance.
Listening to the recorded track.
Performing the score.
Presentation of the rondo.
Listening to the recording again.
Creating lyrics for a new verse.
Engaging with the musical activities presented on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Finding the musical form studied.
Extension
Remembering the basic musical forms that have been studied up to this point.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student remembers the rondo musical form. How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 5
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about the most important instruments in modern music.
To listen attentively to examples of how instruments sound.
CONTENTS:
Instruments in modern music.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring the students’ existing knowledge.
Reading information in the book aloud.
Underlining the most relevant concepts.
Listening to examples of each instrument.
Engaging with the musical activities presented on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Identifying the images of instruments and their names.
Identifying the individual parts that make up a drum kit.
Extension
Finding out about a famous guitarist.
Looking for and analysing a recording that features the electric guitar.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student knows about the most common instruments that feature in modern music bands.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 6
OBJECTIVES:
To perform an arrangement as an instrumental ensemble.
CONTENTS:
Group performance.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Listening to the recording.
Learning the song.
Carrying out the echo procedure in groups.
Observing the score and identifying the three parts.
A rythmic reading of the score.
Singing the melodic sequences.
Learning the melody by imitation.
Carrying out melodic echoes on the recorder.
Learning new notes.
Performing all three parts on descant recorders.
Performing the piece in three parts.
Performing as an instrumental ensemble with the backing track accompaniment.
Doing the activities presented in the book.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Watching a video of the song.
Extension
Performing a song vocally or instrumentally.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student performs an arrangement as part of an ensemble.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 7
OBJECTIVES:
To appreciate the use of the rondo form in song.
CONTENTS:
Singing in a group.
The rondo.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information on the page.
Performing the song.
Rhythmic reading of the score.
Singing the sing with and without the instrumental backing track.
Differentiating between verses and choruses.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Responding to the statements.
Extension
Matching song titles with their authors.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student learns that singing requires proper articulation and breathing.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 8
OBJECTIVES:
To follow a musicogramme.
To identify the structure of verse and refrain.
CONTENTS:
The structure of verse and refrain.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information in the text.
Listening to the music several times.
Presenting the composer and the work.
Engaging with the musical activities.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Matching the performers with their instruments.
Extension
Reflecting on the influence of mass communications media on musical taste.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student engages in an active listening task.
The student recognises the musical form of verse and refrain.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 9
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about some aspects of film music.
To perform an arrangement of a soundtrack.
CONTENTS:
The use of music in cinema.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information on the page aloud or in silence.
Listening to the soundtrack presented.
Performing the melodic arrangement.
Learning the main melody.
Performing the melody on the recorder.
Performing the percussion accompaniment.
Recording students’ own performances.
Completing the activities.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Learning how to play the notes E and F sharp.
Extension
Individual improvisation.
Performing the complete version of the song as an instrumental ensemble.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student appreciates the role of music in film soundtracks.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 10
OBJECTIVES:
To carry out a choreography.
CONTENTS:
The Twist.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Information about the specific dance which is going to be performed.
Learning the dance by imitation.
Learning and performing the choreography.
Engaging with the musical activities presented on the page.
A summary of the contents of the unit in the Da Capo section.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Doing a simplified version of the choreography.
Extension
Watching an extract of a film.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student participates in a group choreography.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
UNIT 7
TERM 3 ASSESSMENT
Unit 7: The Curtain Rises
TIMING: Session 1
OBJECTIVES:
For the student to engage with the context of the unit.
To present a summary of the content of the unit.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring the students’ existing knowledge.
Reading the text aloud.
Underlining the most relevant concepts.
Doing the activities presented in the book.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student pays attention and shows interest.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 2.
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about opera.
CONTENTS:
Opera
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring prior knowledge.
Looking for information.
Defining opera.
Individual reading of the information on the page.
Listening to the musical extracts.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation:
Writing in the missing vowels.
Extension:
Students describe what opera is in their own words.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student understands that music is integral to the scenic arts, some more than others. The students learns about the parts of an opera and different kinds of staged music.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 3
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about intervals.
CONTENTS:
Intervals.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Lectura en voz alta de la información sobre los intervalos.
Reading the information about intervals aloud.
Looking at the classroom keyboard and at the illustration of the keyboard to see the relationship between the white and black keys.
Presenting various kinds of interval.
Mental exercises for intervals.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Review
Looking at the keyboard and describing the intervals found in the score.
Indicating whether each interval is melodic or harmonic.
Extension
Indicating the distances between notes in the same interval.
Completing the intervals according to the guidelines given.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The students defines itervals as the distance between the pitches of two notes.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 4
OBJECTIVES:
To perform a score which contains the elements of musical language studied.
To generate simple creative activities.
CONTENTS:
Group performance.
Chords.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Performing the score.
Listening to the recorded track.
Looking at the score.
Presenting the intervals in the score.
Presenting the concept of the chord.
Learning how to play chords.
Group performance.
Engaging with the musical activities presented on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Review
Learning and making chords.
Extension
Identifying the note generated by various given chords.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student understands the concept of the chord. How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
TIMING: Session 5
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about keyboard instruments.
To listen carefully to examples of sounds of the instruments.
CONTENTS:
Keyboard instruments.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring the students’ existing knowledge.
Reading information in the book aloud.
Underlining the most relevant concepts.
Listening to examples of each instrument.
Engaging with the musical activities presented on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Recognising the images of the instruments and their names.
Categorising the keyboard instruments as plucked or struck.
Extension
Finding out about the celesta.
Looking at a piano and responding.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student learns about the different mechanisms of keyboard instruments. How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 6
OBJECTIVES:
To perform an arrangement as an instrumental ensemble.
CONTENTS:
Group performance.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Listening to the recording.
Learning the song.
Doing rhythmic echoes.
Looking at the score and identifying the three parts.
A rhythmic reading of the score.
Singing melodic sequences.
Learning the melody by imitating.
Playing melodic echoes on the recorder.
Playing all three parts on the descant recorder.
Performing the piece in three parts.
Performing as an instrumental ensemble with the backing track accompaniment.
Doing the activities presented in the book.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Performing with body percussion.
Extension
Vocal and instrumental performances of the song.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student performs an arrangement as part of an ensemble.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 7
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about the romance genre, including its form and history.
CONTENTS:
The romance.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information on the page.
Listening to the song.
Learning the song by imitating.
Singing the song without forcing the voice.
Rhythmic improvisations.
Singing the song with and without the backing track.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Completing a text.
Watching a music video.
Extension
Reading and understanding a score.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student learns that romances are songs that tell stories and that are transmitted orally.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 8
OBJECTIVES:
To do an active listening task.
To follow a musicogramme.
CONTENTS:
Active listening.
Opera.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information in the text.
Listening to the music several times.
Presenting the composer and the work.
Engaging with the musical activities.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Writing in the missing letters.
Extension
Removing the operas not composed by Verdi from a list.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student participates in an active listening task.
The student gains an appreciation of opera.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 9
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about some aspects of film music.
To perform an arrangement of a soundtrack.
To become familiar with the genre of musical films.
CONTENTS:
The use of music in cinema.
Musical films.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information on the page aloud or in silence.
Listening to the soundtrack presented.
Performing the melodic arrangement.
Performing the percussion accompaniment.
Recording students’ own performances.
Watching a video of the song.
Completing the activities.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Looking at the notes and writing their names.
Extension
Finding out about the plot of the film.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student appreciates the role of music in film through the use of soundtracks. The student learns about the genre of musical films.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 10
OBJECTIVES:
Creating a group dance.
CONTENTS:
Group dance.
The musical.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Listening to the recording and identifying the instruments and voices that can be heard.
Information about the kind of dance which is going to be performed.
Creating and carrying out a choreography.
A summary of the contents of the unit in the Da Capo section.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Watching an extract of a musical film.
Extension
Singing the song.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student participates in creating and performing a group choreography.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
UNIT 8
TERM 3 ASSESSMENT
Unit 8: Dance Music
TIMING: Session 1
OBJECTIVES:
For the student to engage with the context of the unit.
To present a summary of the content of the unit.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring the students’ existing knowledge.
Reading the text aloud.
Underlining the most relevant concepts.
Doing the activities presented in the book.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student pays attention and shows interest.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 2.
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about different types of dance throughout history.
CONTENTS:
Dance.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring prior knowledge.
Looking for information.
Presenting dance and its many forms.
Individual reading of the information on the page.
Listening to the musical extracts.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation:
Writing in the missing vowels.
Extension:
Completing a crossword.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student understands that dance is as old as humankind and has been an integral part of all cultures.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 3
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about the concept of musical texture.
CONTENTS:
Texture.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reviewing the concepts of melody and harmony.
Presenting the concept of texture and the most common textures.
Reading the information in the book and looking at the scores.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Matching each texture with a melodic line.
Looking at the lyrics and finding the word.
Extension
Looking at different scores and identifying the texture of each one.
Matching using arrows.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student learns the concept of musical texture.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 4
OBJECTIVES:
To perform a score which contains the elements of musical language studied.
To generate simple creative activities.
CONTENTS:
Group performance.
Chords.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Performing the score.
Listening to the recorded track.
Looking at the score.
Presentation of the tonic, the subdominant and dominant.
Singing the melody.
Learning the song and lyrics.
Presentation of major and minor diatonic scales.
Performance practice.
Learning how to play chords.
Improvising with scales.
Engaging with the musical activities presented on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Review
Finding the scale studied.
Extension
Creating other scales.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student distinguishes between major and minor diatonic scales.
How to assess?
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 5
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about the main kinds of musical ensembles.
To listen attentively to examples.
CONTENTS:
Instrumental ensembles.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring the students’ existing knowledge.
Reading information in the book aloud.
Underlining the most relevant concepts.
Listening to examples of each instrument.
Engaging with the musical activities presented on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Identifying and circling five differences.
Finding the names of five musical ensembles.
Extension
Recognising images of ensembles and writing their names.
Reading and crossing out.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student knows different kinds of musical ensembles.How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 6
OBJECTIVES:
To perform an arrangement as an instrumental ensemble.
CONTENTS:
Group performance.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Listening to the recording.
Learning the melody.
Doing rhythmic echoes.
Looking at score and identifying the four parts.
Rhythmic reading of the score.
Singing the melodic sequences.
Learning by imitation.
Playing melodic echoes on the recorder.
Learning the new sounds that are going to be performed.
Performing each of the parts on the descant recorder.
Performing the piece in four parts.
Performance as an instrumental ensemble with the accompanying backing track.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Performing with body percussion.
Extension
Vocal or instrumental performance of the song.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student performs an arrangement as part of an ensemble.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 7
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about the relationship between song and dance.
CONTENTS:
Song and dance.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information on the page.
Presenting the work and the composer.
Listening to the song.
Learning the song by imitating.
Performing the song without straining the voice.
Singing the song.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Responding with true or false.
Extension
Remembering a modern choreography.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student understands that song accompany both modern and traditional dances.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 8
OBJECTIVES:
To do an active listening task.
To follow a musicogramme.
CONTENTS:
Active listening.
Ballet.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information in the text.
Listening to the music several times.
Presenting the composer and the work.
Listening attentively to the recording.
Talking about a favourite scene.
Engaging with the musical activities.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Writing the names of the characters from Swan Lake.
Extension
Identifying works composed by Tchaikovsky on a list.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student engages in an active listening task.
The student learns more about ballet being a specialised dance form.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 9
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about some aspects of film music.
To perform an arrangement of a soundtrack.
To become more familiar with the genre of musical films.
CONTENTS:
The use of music in films.
Musical films.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information on the page aloud or in silence.
Listening to the soundtrack presented.
Performing a melodic arrangement.
Performing a percussion accompaniment.
Recording students’ own performances.
Completing the activities.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Looking at the cinematic frames and writing the film titles.
Extension
Individual improvisations.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student appreciates the role of music in film soundtracks.
The student appreciates the genre of musical films.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 10
OBJECTIVES:
To engage in a dance.
To learn about and to do the cha-cha-cha.
CONTENTS:
The cha-cha-cha.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Finding out about the kind of dance which is going to be done.
Learning the dance by imitating.
Listening to the recording and moving around the class following the rhythm.
Synchronising movements in pairs.
Learning the choreography.
Performing the choreography.
Completing the activities on the page.
A summary of the contents of the unit in the Da Capo section.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Performing the basic rhythm of the cha-cha-cha using small percussion.
Extension
Creating new movements for the choreography.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student participates in a dance.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
UNIT 9
TERM 3 ASSESSMENT
Unit 9: Music and Technology
TIMING: Session 1
OBJECTIVES:
For the student to engage with the context of the unit.
To present a summary of the content of the unit.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring the students’ existing knowledge.
Reading the text aloud.
Underlining the most relevant concepts.
Doing the activities presented in the book.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student pays attention and shows interest.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 2.
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about the history of sound recording.
CONTENTS:
Recording music.
Devices for recording and playing music.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring prior knowledge.
Looking for information.
Presenting the history of recording and the most relevant devices.
Individual reading of the information on the page.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation:
Writing in the missing vowels.
Extension:
Learning to perform a melody and completing the score.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student learns about the main technological achievements which have improved instrument construction and the diffusion of music.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 3
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about the subdivision of bars in theory and practice.
CONTENTS:
Subdivision of bars.
Artificial note groupings.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Presenting the subdivision of bars.
Playing rhythmic echoes.
Improvising rhythmic patterns using triplets.
Practising with body percussion.
Presenting triplets and sextuplets as artificial note groupings.
Practising with body percussion.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Circling the triplets and sextuplets
Learning to write triplets and sextuplets.
Extension
Drawing in the missing bar lines.
Writing equivalent notes.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student identifies triplets and sextuplets as artificial note groupings.How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
TIMING: Session 4
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
OBJECTIVES:
To perform an arrangement containing the elements of musical language studied.
To generate simple creative activities.
CONTENTS:
Group performance.
The subdivision of bars and artificial note groupings.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Performing the score.
Listening to the recorded track.
Learning the melody.
Presenting the accompaniment.
Improvising different kinds of accompaniment.
Creating a harmonic and melodic accompaniment.
Engaging with the musical activities presented on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Review
Finding the concept studied.
Extension
Finding information about John Williams and Star Wars.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student identifies triplets and sextuplets as artificial note groupings. How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 5
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about electronic instruments.
To listen attentively to examples of electronic instruments.
CONTENTS:
Electronic instruments.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Exploring the students’ existing knowledge.
Reading information in the book aloud.
Underlining the most relevant concepts.
Listening to examples of each instrument.
Engaging with the musical activities presented on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Recognising the instruments in the images.
Crossing out the instruments which are not electronic.
Extension
Completing a crossword.
A brief description of the electric guitar.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student learns what electronic instruments are.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 6
OBJECTIVES:
To perform an arrangement as an instrumental ensemble.
CONTENTS:
Group performance.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Listening to the recording.
Looking at the score and identifying the three parts..
A rhythmic reading of the score.
Learning the melody by imitating.
Playing melodic echoes on the recorder.
Playing each of the parts on the descant recorder.
Performing the piece in three parts.
Performing as instrumental ensemble with the accompanying backing track.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Performing with body percussion.
Extension
Singing the song.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student performs an arrangment as part of an ensemble.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 7
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about the close relationship between melody and accompaniment in modern music.
CONTENTS:
The song and its accompaniment.
Musical texture.
The subdivision of bars.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information on the page.
Listening to the song.
Performing the song.
Completing the activities on the page.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Responding with true or false.
Extension
Looking for and writing down a song verse.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student defines the concept of accompaniment as supporting a melody.How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 8
OBJECTIVES:
To do an active listening task.
To follow a musicogramme.
CONTENTS:
Active listening.
Symphonic rock.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information in the text.
Listening to the music several times.
Presenting the composer and the work.
Listening attentively to a recording.
Engaging with the musical activities.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Looking at the images of instruments and ordering them according to how they appear in the recording.
Extension
Reading a score and finding the connection with the music heard.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student engages in an active listening task.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
TIMING: Session 9
OBJECTIVES:
To learn about some aspects of film music.
To perform an arrangement of a soundtrack.
CONTENTS:
The use of music in film.
Electronic and symphonic music.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Reading the information on the page aloud or in silence.
Listening to the soundtrack presented.
Performing the melodic arrangement.
Performing the percussion accompaniment.
Recording students’ own performances.
Completing the activities.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Responding to a question about the composer of several soundtracks.
Extension
Finding the titles of compositions by Howard Shore.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student appreciates the role of music in film soundtracks.
The student appreciates the role of the symphonic style in film music.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
TIMING: Session 10
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music
OBJECTIVES:
To do a dance which requires different forms of spatial organisation.
CONTENTS:
Traditional dance.
FOCUS OF THE SESSION:
Listening to the recording.
Students form dance pairs.
Learning and practising the choreography.
Performing the dance.
A summary of the contents of the unit in the Da Capo section.
MIXED ABILITY:
Consolidation
Doing the dance but changing one of the movements.
Extension
Watching videos that show the dance being performed.
ASSESSMENT:
What to assess?
The student participates in a popular dance that requires dancing in pairs.
How to assess?
Using the suggested class activities.
By observing the students.
Considering students’ participation in classroom activities.
Assessing students’ abilities with regard to identifying and correcting their own mistakes.
Teaching Schedule MEC – Live Music