MRC Scheme of Work

Faculty: Creative and Media

Subject: Music

Year: 7

Timescale (weeks): 3 lessons

Unit Title: Intro to Keyboard

Overall Learning Objectives/Outcomes

Differentiated (e.g. know, understand, able to do/apply; must, should, could; all, most, some etc)

ALL pupils will: Understand the functions of the keyboard, including styles, voices and rhythmic devices. Pupils will know where the notes are and be able to find and play
these.
MOST pupils will not have made so much progress and will: Play a basic melody on the keyboard in time to a beat using the functions on the keyboard.
SOME pupils will have progressed further and will: Play a more complex piece using both hands, they will use the functions on the keyboard to create an imaginative piece.

Specific Independent Learning Skills which are required and developed through this Scheme of Work.
- Creative thinkers, Independent enquirers, team workers,
CEIAG:
Transferable skills as above.
Music specific Composers, performers.

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Section of Topic &
Learning Objectives
Lesson 1 Getting to know
your keyboard
All will be able to name/play
the notes on the keyboard
Most will understand how to
change the style and voice
on the keyboard
Some will be able to adjust
the tempo and play a melody
in time with a backing beat.

Possible
Differentiated
Teaching Activities
Induction to music
department. (15 mins)
Hand out Log Books.
Starter 5 mins to
experiment with keyboard.
Learning objectives.
Task 1 Keyboard diagram.
Label where/what the
functions are.
(Differentiated cards, low:
just the basic functions,
medium to include more
complex functions and hard
to include space for students
to write what the function
does)
Discuss what style and voice
are, demonstrate (Use higher
ability to support)
Task 2 Find the numbers
for the example style and
voice. (Higher ability straight
on to the piece)
Plenary -

Starter Find the function

Assessment

Verbal feedback
given throughout.

Homework Tasks
N/A

Literacy/Numeracy/I
CT
Literacy Finding key words
and reading the functions on the
keyboard.
Numeracy Counting beats,
tempo (BPM)
ICT Keyboard functions.

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Lesson 2 Using the
functions on a keyboard
All will know the basic
features of a keyboard and
where to find the function
buttons.
Most will be able to play a
piece using an appropriate
style and voice
Some will be able to play a
melody and chords hands
together using appropriate
functions of their choice.

Lesson 3
All will perform a piece on
the keyboard using the basic
functions.
Most will perform in time
with a backing beat.
Some will perform
confidently with two hands,
they will use the voice and
style appropriately and
stylistically.

Give a list of keyboard

functions easy to hard, 5
mins, tick off once found.
Questioning What
functions are.
Lesson Objectives.
Task 1 Choose a piece
(easy, medium, hard)
practice the melody
Learning Check.
Ask students to take a pen
and log book.
Task 2 Add a style and
Voice. Higher ability to add
chords.
Plenary Peer assessment.
Students to pair up and
listen to each other. Check
list and what do they need to
do next.
Starter Read the comments
from last lesson, on a post it
write down one personal
target for the lesson.
Task 1 Practise keyboard
performance.
Learning check.
Task 2 Performance (Video
these for a basis for yr 7
target setting)
Plenary Fill out action box
in log book.

Keywords used in functions list.

Students write down feedback.
Numeracy, counting beats,
tempo settings.

Feedback logged in
log book to be acted
upon in lesson 3.
Mini peer
assessment

Summative
assessment
Action on feedback
from previous
lesson.

Keywords used in functions list.

Students write down action on
feedback.
Numeracy, counting beats,
tempo settings.