Lesson Six – Alien Moods

This music teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to select and devise musical compositions to reflect different ideas and emotions about some of the planets that can be found in the Solar System.

The class can select pieces of music that can illustrate different vocabulary words describing a range of moods representing a specific planet.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to select and devise musical compositions to reflect different ideas and emotions about some of the planets that can be found in the Solar System

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and define vocabulary that can be used to describe a particular mood and a set of cards to select and devise compositions to reflect different ideas and emotions about planets in the Solar System.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to devise musical compositions to reflect different ideas and emotions about planets in the Solar System.

This lesson is part of a music scheme of work to get the children to identify, describe and compose rhythm patterns and musical compositions to illustrate moods and objects connected to space when visiting other planets. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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