Year 2, Unit 1, Lesson 6: Performing the Gruffalo compositions

Overview

Compose a piece of music using a story as a stimulus and write as symbols on a score.

Learning Objectives

•  To understand symbols can be used to represent sound (URE3);
• To create a four beat pattern (C3);
• To select, organise and order sounds to perform (P3).

Learning Outcomes

All pupils will be able to select sounds to use and follow a score.

Most pupils will be able to organise the sounds they want to use and use symbols to represent the sounds.

Some pupils will have progressed further and will be able to organise and combine sounds they are using and make suggestions as to how they should be played to create a particular effect.

Sequence of Lesson Activities

Recap work from Lesson 5. Give the children time to rehearse their piece and make any alterations they want.

Each group takes  it in turn to perform their composition to the rest of the class.

Give feedback to each group and encourage pupils to do the same using a simple feedback mechanism such as three stars and a wish.

Extension Activities

Perform a Gruffalo composition to another class or perhaps during another occasion such as a school assembly when other can appreciate the work done by a group of pupils.

Assessment

• Have children created a four beat rhythm?
• Can they use symbols to represent sound and pitch?
• Have they thought hard about the expressive impact of their chosen sounds, and how they have been organised within their piece? How do you know?