Weather & Seasons - Starter &
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Weather & Seasons - Learning,
Listening, Composing & Evaluating Activities
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Weather & Seaons - Performing
Activities - Songs & Scores
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Weather & Seasons - Supporting
Activities - Cover & Homework
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Weather and Seasons from Musical Contexts provides a range of fun and exciting
music activities and learning opportunities combining singing, performing,
composing and listening and appraising with all of the resources you’ll need
in one place! Ideal for non-specialist music teachers (with a wealth of
supporting media files to model tasks and a detailed scheme of work and
lesson plans) and a wealth of fresh inspiration for music specialists.
Whether you’re exploring the topic of Weather or The Four Seasons, then there’s something within this
unit that will hopefully inspire both you as a teacher and your pupils This unit develops pupil’s
ability to recognise how sound sources can be used expressively and be
combined to create music in response to the Weather and the Seasons. Pupils
explore how sounds can be changed, combined and organized to create class and
group compositions. They respond to stimuli by the Weather and explore ways
in which sound can be used expressively. Pupils are introduced to the music
of the Baroque period and to the genre of the solo concerto focusing on “The
Four Seasons” by Vivaldi and exploring programme music further. Element
Focus - Pitch, Texture, Timbre & Dynamics, Melody & Harmony |
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Winter from The Four Seasons Graphic Score |
Winter from The Four Seasons |
Winter from The Four Seasons 4-parts |
Winter from The
Four Seasons Part 1 |
Winter from The
Four Seasons Part 2 |
Winter from The
Four Seasons Part 3 |
Winter from The
Four Seasons Part 4 |
Winter from The
Four Seasons all 4 parts together |
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Once in the Deep of the Winter |
Rainy Day |
Rainy Day Song Melody |
Autumn from The Four Seasons in
Thirds |
Autumn from the
Four Seasons Part 1 |
Autumn from The
Four Seasons Part 2 |
Autumn from The
Four Seasons Parts 1 & 2 together |
Autumn from The Four Seasons Missing
Dynamics |
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The Violin and The Harpsichord |
Vivaldi - His Life and Times |
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Weather Forecast Symbols |
Listening to Weather Music (uses Audio 2) |
Weather Music |
Weather & Seasons Key Word
Definition Dominoes |
Introducing Vivaldi |
Weather & Seasons Key Words Word Search |
Dynamics Card Sort |
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Two Weather Poems |
Weather Sound Effects |
Weather Storm Massive Attack |
Summer Storm from The Four Seasons |
Pure Shores All Saints |
My Weather and Seasons Learning |
Baroque Music |
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Composing Cards 7 x A4 Weather Composition Photo Cards |
Vivaldi and The Four Seasons - Information and 12 Questions |
Worksheet 3 Listening to Autumn from The Four Seasons (Uses Audio 3) |
Autumn from The Four Seasons |
Listening to Storm Music (Uses Audios 4
& 5) |
Storm from Symphony No.6 Beethoven |
Ride the Storm Barrie Gledden |
Assessing Autumn Performances |
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Assessing Winter Performances |
Listening to Spring from The Four Seasons (Uses Audio 6) |
Spring from The Four Seasons |
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Scheme of Work |
Lesson Plan (PDF) |
Lesson Plan (DOC) |
Lesson Bundles (ZIP) Download all the
resources you need for each lesson (excluding video files) in a ZIP file. |
Lesson 1 Exploring Weather
Soundscapes |
Resource Bundle |
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Lesson 2 Exploring
Foreground and Background Textures |
Resource Bundle |
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Lesson 3 Exploring Dynamics
and Storm Music |
Resource Bundle |
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Lesson 4 Exploring Vivaldi
and Intervals of a Third |
Resource Bundle |
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Lesson 5 Exploring Dynamics
and Harmony in “Autumn” from The Four Seasons |
Resource Bundle |
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Lesson 6 Exploring Textures
in “Winter” from The Four Seasons |
Resource Bundle |