Melodic Patterns of Traditional Song I (Primary 2)

 

CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ARTS 

THIRD TERM 

WEEK 9 

PRIMARY 2

THEME –  ARTS AND CRAFTS 

 PREVIOUS LESSON – Things Associated with Traditional Festival and Important Values Derived from Traditional Festivals (Primary 2)

TOPIC – MELODIC PATTERNS OF TRADITIONAL SONG

LEARNING AREA 

Melodic Pattern of a Music

 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and should be able to –

explain melodic patterns.

 

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

Traditional songs

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

Music manuscripts

Modulator charts.

 

 

METHOD OF TEACHING – Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Scheme of Work

9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

Course Book

All Relevant Material

Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES

TEACHER’S/PUPIL’S ACTIVITIES – LEAD THE PUPILS TO SING

TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

How I wonder what you are

Up above the world so high

Like a diamond in the sky

 

 

Teacher’s remark – Lets the pupils know that the song/music produce nice sound called melody. 

 

MEANING OF MELODY 

Melody is the pleasing arrangement of sound of music.

It is a group of musical notes that are good to our hear.

A sound can be in a rising tone or in falling tone. When these two tones are put together, it gives melody.

 

TEACHER’S/PUPIL’S ACTIVITIES – MELODIC PATTERN 

Melodic pattern is called tonic solfa or musical notes.

The tonic solfa is used to give sounds to our songs.

The musical notes are made up of eight (8) notes.

1. Do 

2. Re

3. Mi

4. Fa

5. So 

6. La

7. Ti

8. Do

 

This is shortened to

1. d: (Do) 

2. r: (Re) 

3. m: (Mi) 

4. f: (Fa) 

5. s: (So) 

6. l: (La) 

7. t: (To) 

8. d: (Do) 

 

 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Leads the pupils to sing or listening to a music.

Pupil’s Activities – Sing or listening to a music.

3. Discusses what melody and melodic patterns are.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the discussion.

 

CONCLUSION

  • To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

 

LESSON EVALUATION 

Pupils to:

identify the melody of a given music.