KS3 Music

a professional development programme

Activity Resource 4: The first lesson of a new unit

Watch Video2a.  Identify if the teaching strategies listed under ‘Aspects of teaching’ are used, and write down how this is done in the column headed ‘exemplification’. The first box has been completed for you.

Aspects of teaching

Does the teacher:

Exemplification

If so, how is this done?

Introduce pupils to the style?

Music playing as the pupils enter

Pictures on the wall pointed out

Question and answer discussion with pupils about the music and its context for Carnival

Use of masks to reinforce sense of context

Involve pupils in a practical exploration of the style?
Describe the music through active modelling or listening?
Use pupils’ prior knowledge and make the context explicit to pupils by:
  • Finding out what do pupils already know?
  • Making the links to their own lives?
Explore how the music might be used in different contexts?
Describe the learning objectives and success criteria?
 
Department for children, schools and families Structuring learning for musical engagement