Before the lesson
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Learning objective
- To adapt a familiar tune using jazz rhythms.
National curriculum
Pupils should be taught to:
- listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
- appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn
from different traditions and from great composers and musicians - develop an understanding of the history of music
Success criteria
Cross-curricular links
Attention grabber
Main event
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support: Use coloured dots on the notes and the corresponding colour coded notation handout to help them learn the tune.
Pupils working at greater depth: Should experiment and adapt the rhythm as necessary, ensuring that it is still a swung rhythm.