This Ultimate Composing Package is an entire scheme of work with all resources for 8 Lessons including:

Composing Booklet
Medium Term Plan covering every lesson in the booklet.
Powerpoint linked to the Medium Term Plan and Booklet.
**It has been designed, used and edited by a current Head of Music. **

This package is designed to have everything you need to complete an entire unit of work with minimal hassle.

The sequence of lessons in this booklet are designed as follows:

Flexible pages for starter questions.
Lesson 1: Introduction to rhythms including semibreve, minim, crotchet and quaver (reading and writing notation)
Lesson 2: Using rhythms on the keyboard, including introduction to using right hand and using all 5 fingers on the keyboard.
Lesson 3-5: Introduction to melodies on the keyboard, including 4 melodies which gradually increase in challenge.
Lesson 6-7 Reading melodies - combining understanding of pitch and rhythm over previous 4 lessons to work out some well known tunes (decoding and performing task)
Lesson 8-9 Left Hand on the Keyboard - Playing 2 different melodies with the left hand only, getting used to hand positioning and dexterity with the left hand.
Lesson 10-11: Adding the left hand to the right hand, with two tunes they used for Lesson 3-5. Students have to play the right hand part, then practice the left and then add the left hand in with right hand.
Lesson 12&13: Assessment task: Using everything students have learnt
There is a mid unit knowledge test on rhythms and notation (treble clef only).
Finally after the practical assessment, there is success criteria and a feedback grid, and finally a Knowledge Organiser for the back page.
Success Criteria for Assessment Task
Feedback on Assessment page
Knowledge Organiser

The Medium Term Plan has a task by task breakdown of what needs to happen in each lesson, learning objectives for each lesson and other information about each lesson too.

The Powerpoint has all of the starter tasks, instructions for students and some tips for the staff leading the sessions in the boxes below too.