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Archived unit: Myths and legends

Developing understanding of musical language and how timbre, dynamics and tempo affect the mood of a song.

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This unit has now been replaced by the Year 2 unit Structure (Theme: Myths and legends). Kapow no longer updates these lessons, and they may not reflect the national curriculum or current guidance. They remain a permanent part of your subscription and will continue to be available for reference and use. We recommend that you explore the new versions of the lessons.

Unit outcomes

  • Create rhythms and arrange them in a particular order or structure.
  • Identify the structure of a piece of music and write it down.
  • Describe whether a musical texture is thick or thin.
  • Explore ways of writing down different textural layers.
  • Follow a given structure for a composition.
  • Write a structure score accurately.
  • Compose music with several layers.
  • Perform their composition accurately, following the structure score.

Suggested prior learning

Archived unit: On this island: British songs and sounds

 

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Lessons

Lesson 1: Rhythm and structure

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Lesson 2: Structured graphic score

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Lesson 3: Layered graphic score

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Lesson 4: Compose with structure

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Lesson 5: Rehearse and perform

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Key skills

  • Recognising timbre changes in
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Key knowledge

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Key vocabulary

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Knowledge organiser – Music Y2: Myths and legends

Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit.

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Vocabulary display: Myths and legends

A display version of the key vocabulary from the Myths and legends unit.

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Cross-curricular opportunities

English

‘Pupils should be taught to:

  • develop pleasure in reading […] by:
    • becoming increasingly familiar with and retelling a wider range of stories, fairy stories and traditional tales
  • participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates’.

See National curriculum - English key stages 1 to 2.

 

British values: Mutual respect.

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Ballads

 

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