Lesson 2: Character or action song

Children learn to identify character and action songs and develop their understanding of the role of different songs within a musical production.

Learning objective

  • To identify character songs and action songs

National curriculum

Pupils should be taught to:

  • 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

Before the lesson

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Group these children together for the duration of this topic, as they will be completing the least challenging of the differentiated activities throughout.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Group these children together for the duration of this topic, as they will be completing the most challenging of the differentiated activities throughout.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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After a brief spell as an opera singer, Liz embarked on a 20-year career in music education, teaching at early years, primary and secondary. After Liz had her daughter, she started her own business Music Education Solutions® Limited, helping teachers…
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