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Assessment materials to accompany year 7 term 1 'Building our Music Community'
KS3 assessment materials
Specialist teaching resource
A 30 minute summative ‘Listening and Appraising’ test made up of a short vocab quiz, two single-extract questions and one comparison question with embedded audio, based on repertoire taken from or similar to this unit of work. Answers and printable student question sheets provided.
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KS3 Cover lesson - Remix
Cover lesson - requires sound and a screen
Can be delivered by a non specialist
Tried and tested 60 minute cover lesson made up of embedded video clips, questions, answers and supporting material. Suitable for students with a solid foundation of music vocabulary.
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Eduqas GCSE AOS 2: Music for Ensemble - Folk song, sacred vocal, secular art song
Specialist teaching resource for GCSE
Eduqas Areas of Study
Teaching materials with supporting teacher notes. Thumbprints of styles and genres, aural training and analytical listening questions focusing on sonority and texture. Genres explored: sea shanty, folk ballad, folk custom song, carol, hymn, gospel, mass, motet, oratorio, cantata, opera, aria, recitative, chorus, chorale, lied, mélodie and secular choral music. Exam style questions to finish. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for further questions and to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the conventions associated with this Area of Study.
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OCR GCSE AOS 5: Conventions of Pop - Solo Artists 1990 to present day
Specialist teaching resource for GCSE
OCR Areas of Study
Teaching materials covering key aspects of Disco Pop, Pop Soul, Piano Ballads, Dance Pop, Synth and Electro Pop, Chamber Pop, Neo Soul and Indie Pop. Reverb, delay, EQ, and filter sweep, explained and illustrated in Electro Pop, EDM and Indie Pop. This resource includes thumbprints of style, aural training, practice questions, extended writing training, exam style questions and moderation exercises. Rehearsing and performing tasks include working out chord sequences featuring dominant 7ths, extensions, slash and sus chords. There's also idiomatic Pop writing tips for students composing songs as part of their coursework. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of style and genre.
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Elements - Melody: melodic dictation, intervals, range, devices, degrees of the scale
Specialist teaching resource
Suitable for AQA, OCR, Edexcel and Eduqas GCSE specifications
Practice questions and aural training exercises to support melodic dictation, interval recognition, the identification of melodic devices, ornamentation, degrees of the scale, scale identification, describing melodic shapes and movement, distinguishing melodic lines from one another, and melodic comparison questions. 30 extracts in total, including 14 single line score questions.
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GCSE Listening And Appraising - Elements test 3
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Suitable for AQA, OCR, Edexcel and Eduqas GCSE specifications
40 minute test /50, suitable for all exam specifications comprising vocabulary questions (10 marks), three exam-style questions (40 marks), and a follow up review task to identify next steps. Questions on melodic recognition, timbre, rhythmic devices, playing techniques, texture, ensemble groupings, description of an accompaniment, voice types, tonality, key, metre, features typical of a period, comparison question.
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KS3 Cover Lesson - Ode To Joy
Cover lesson - requires sound and a screen
Can be delivered by a non specialist
Tried and tested 60 minute cover lesson made up of embedded video clips, questions, answers and supporting material. Suitable for students with a secure foundation of music vocabulary.
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Eduqas GCSE AOS 2: Music for Ensemble - Instrumental Music
Specialist teaching resource for GCSE
Eduqas Areas of Study
Thumbprints of styles and genres, aural training and analytical listening questions focusing on sonority and texture. Genres explored: the sonata, trio sonata, piano trio, string quartet, piano quintet, Romantic miniature, quintet, octet, nonet. Exam style questions to finish. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for further questions and to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the conventions associated with this Area of Study.
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KS3 Cover lesson - Pixar Composers
Cover lesson - requires sound and a screen
Can be delivered by a non specialist
Tried and tested 60 minute cover lesson made up of embedded video clips, questions, answers and supporting material. Suitable for students with a couple of term's worth of music vocabulary and listening experience.