Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify the key features of a ballad.
- Perform a ballad using actions.
- Sing in time and in tune with a song and incorporate actions.
- Retell a summary of an animation’s story.
- Write a verse with rhyming words which tell part of a story.
- Perform their lyrics fluently and with actions.
Suggested prior learning
Myths and legends
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Lessons
Lesson 1: What is a ballad?
Lesson 2: Performing a ballad
Lesson 3: The story behind the song
Lesson 4: Writing lyrics
Lesson 5: Singing my ballad
Key skills
- Discussing the stylistic features
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Key knowledge
- To know that a
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Key vocabulary
ballad
ensemble
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Unit resources
Assessment – Year 3: Ballads
Assessment – Year 3: Ballads Assessment resources for this unit. Use
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Knowledge organiser
Knowledge organiser A document to aid pupils' understanding
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Subject resources
Music: Long-term plans
A suggested order for teaching Music
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National curriculum mapping
National curriculum mapping This National curriculum coverage mapping document
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Music: Pupil progression of skills
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Assessment
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Equipment list
Equipment list A list of essential and optional
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Key vocabulary
Key vocabulary A unit-by-unit list of musical vocabulary
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Curriculum planning
A list of songs, artists, composers
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Music teacher skills videos
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- draft and write by: composing and rehearsing sentences orally
- develop their understanding […] by: choosing nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition’
Build on the learning
Creating compositions in response to an animation (Theme: Mountains)
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