Lesson: 4/4

Unit: THE SOUNDS OF THE ORCHESTRA

Learning Outcomes

Content
Musical instruments of the
orchestra
and
nonorchestral instruments.
Instrumental families.

Introduction/
Revision
Warm up
Activities

Main
Activities

Communication
To read the description of the
instruments.
What instrument is sounding?
Is it a (trumpet?)
This is a (trumpet) and it is a
(brass) instrument.

Cognition
To compare, classify and
identify the instruments and
their instrumental families.
Listen and then identify
instruments.

Culture
The band of your town.
The instruments of the
band of your town.
Instruments of other
ensembles and cultures.

The class is organized in 4 areas: a game of the goose, the mimes game, a guessing game,
and the house of the instruments.
I present to pupils the 4 areas and later I explain to them what they have to do in each zone.

Ill go over with the pupils the instruments and the instrumental families with flash cards.

Zone No. 1: the game of the goose.

One pupil throws the die and he has to move the counter to the new square. In order to go
forward the pupil has to say correctly the name of the instrument and its family but if he
fails the name or the family he will return the counter to the previous square.
If the counter is in a square with an ear the pupil has to listen to an audio and he has to
guess which instrument is sounding.
Zone No. 2: the mimes game.
One learner takes a flashcard and then he has to mime a musician who is playing that
instrument, their classmates have to guess the instrument with questions like: Is it a ?,
is the sounding? ...
Zone No. 3: guessing game.
Each pupil will take a piece of paper. They have to write a short description (4 sentences)
of one musical instrument. For instance, "it's a string instrument; it has 4 strings, it's bigger
than the cello"... Later, each learner has to read his description and his classmates have to
guess the instrument.
Zone No. 4: the house of the instruments.
In the middle of the table there are a lot of cards about instruments and 4 A4 papers of
different color which represent the houses of the 4 instrument families. They have to take a
card in turns and put the instrument in its house, later they have to explain to their
classmates the reasons.
To play a simple song with the homemade musical instruments.

Want to know/
Reinforcement/
Extension

Assessment/
Reflection

Materials/
Resources

To organize an exhibition with the instruments made by themselves.

To compose and play a simple song with their instruments.
To watch the video young persons guide composed by Britten.
To make a book of instruments using worksheets as a template.
Musical dominoes.
Encourage children to go to a concert.

Self-assessment
Use of proper linguistic structures.
Observe group work interaction.
Positive attitude during a listening.
Assess the final task (mind map).
End of class reflection about what we have learned.
Flashcards
Board of the game of the goose and one die.
MP3 player
Cards of instruments with and without descriptions.
A4 papers of different colors

Material creat i adaptat de diversos autors pel Servici dEnsenyaments en Valenci - Conselleria dEducaci.
(2010)