UNIT OVERVIEW- Song writing- year 9 MusicPhase WK 1 Lesson 1- Monday Lesson 2- Thursday Lesson 3- Friday

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1. Introduction to unit

- Hand out assessments and criteria sheets for the unit.

Rondo Form

Lyric writing

Discussing life situations

Learning Objective

Field Knowledge

Teaching Strategies

Learning Objective

Creating/composing/devising Interrelating ideas/themes/issues

Field Knowledge - Rondo Form- A A1 B A2

Life situations - Auto-biography- biography- Happy vs. sad- Minor vs. Major

Lyrics –Brain storming- Categorize words- Make lyrics out of

words- Metaphor

Teaching Strategies

Brain storm

Group work

Pairs

Behavioural management

Learning Objective

Creating/composing/devising

Field Knowledge

Practical lesson

Lyrics writing in Rondo Form

Teaching Strategies

Students can choose to work alone

Book work in imperative

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Components of song writing and putting it all together.

Chord Progressions

Rhythm

Minor and Major

How to put Lyrics and chords together

Learning Objective

Field Knowledge

Recap previous lessons- Rondo form- lyrics

- Chord Progressions- what are chords?

- Looking at chords and playing them

- How to play chords.

- What is a chord chart?

Four different chord progression to choose from- 1. - 2. - 3. - 4.

Teaching Strategies Book work

Make a Piano out of a sheet. **gets toms help.

Learning Objective

Field Knowledge

Rhythm and Lyrics- Putting lyrics and

rhythm together

Teaching Strategies

Learning Objective

Field Knowledge

Practical Lesson –arranging all the component s of composition into a complete song

Teaching Strategies

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Formative assessment- Performance of

composition and 200 word justification

Learning Objective

Expounding a view point

Field Knowledge

how to write a justification- Sentence structure

Prac timeWriting up justifications

Teaching Strategies

Learning Objective

Performing /explaining

Field Knowledge

Formative assessment

Teaching Strategies

Learning Objective

Performing/explaining

Field Knowledge

Formative assessment