LA MUSICA ITALIANA YEAR 9

6 weeks (16 lessons +10)

NOTE TO THE TEACHER
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME
TECHNOLOGY USED
1.TO STRENGTHEN STUDENTS CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE
2.TO DEVELOP STUDENTS ABILITY TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS IN A RANGE OF
TENSES
3.TO BE ABLE TO USE THE COMPARATIVE FORM IN REFERENCE TO PEOPLE &
SONGS
4. TO BE ABLE TO ASK & ANSWER A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS IN A RANGE OF
TENSES GIVING NUMERICAL DETAILS & USING VOCABULARY FROM PRIOR
KNOWLEDGE NEW
RESOURCES

PREPPING: LINGUASCOPE, YOUTUBE, 2 TEXTBOOKS (CANTA CHE TI PASSA & LITALIANO

CON LE CANZONI), LIST OF WEBSITES, MATS, CLOUDART FOR VOCAB BANKS OR
WORDIFY (MAC VERSION), VOICE (IPHONE FOR RECORDING) + WORKSHEETS

DELIVERY & CONTROLLED PRACTICE: KEYNOTE, BOSSJOCK JUNIOR, YOUTUBE,

LINGUASCOPE, MUSIC TRACKS, AUDIO TRACKS (ORIGINAL RECORDED MATERIAL),
EDMODO LISTENING QUIZ, HUE VISUALISER
STUDENT SUPPORT: VOCAB MATS, GRAMMAR MATS, GCSE CRITERIA, QUIZLET FOR
VOCAB AND SELF/PEER STUDY

ASSESSMENT, FEEDFORWARD & FEEDBACK: STUDENT FEEDBACK FORMS, LANDMARK

ASSESSMENT SHEETS, MINI-TEST (VOCAB) + PLICKERS WITH DIFFERENTIATED
QUESTIONS (RESULTS TO SHARE) FOR AFL + CLASS MARKER FOR AOL + PADLET +
HUE VISUALISER

DATA RECORDING: IDOCEO + EXPORTED DATA FROM

HOMEWORK & FLIPPED: CULTURAL CHECKLIST (19 PIECES BEFORE HALF TERM) +
EDMODO FOR FLIPPED LEARNING & SHOW MY HOMEWORK WITH DEADLINES & H/W
SUPPORT
NOTE TO THE STUDENT
IN THIS COURSE YOU WILL ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING: TECHNOLOGY USED
1.TO STRENGTHEN YOUR CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE (MUSIC)
2.TO DEVELOP YOUR ABILITY TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS IN A RANGE OF
TENSES
3.TO BE ABLE TO USE THE COMPARATIVE FORM IN REFERENCE TO PEOPLE &
SONGS
4. TO BE ABLE TO ASK & ANSWER A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS IN A RANGE OF
TENSES GIVING NUMERICAL DETAILS & USING VOCABULARY FROM PRIOR NEW
KNOWLEDGE
RESOURCES
IN CLASS RESOURCES: LINGUASCOPE, YOUTUBE, 2 TEXTBOOKS (CANTA CHE TI
PASSA & LITALIANO CON LE CANZONI), LIST OF WEBSITES, MATS, CLOUDART FOR
VOCAB BANKS OR WORDIFY (MAC VERSION), VOICE (IPHONE FOR RECORDING) +
WORKSHEETS
DELIVERY & CONTROLLED PRACTICE: KEYNOTE, BOSSJOCK JUNIOR, YOUTUBE,
LINGUASCOPE, MUSIC TRACKS, AUDIO TRACKS (ORIGINAL RECORDED MATERIAL),
EDMODO LISTENING QUIZ, HUE VISUALISER
STUDENT SUPPORT: VOCAB MATS, GRAMMAR MATS, GCSE CRITERIA, QUIZLET FOR
VOCAB AND SELF/PEER STUDY
ASSESSMENT, FEEDFORWARD & FEEDBACK: STUDENT FEEDBACK FORMS,
LANDMARK ASSESSMENT SHEETS, MINI-TEST (VOCAB) + PLICKERS WITH
DIFFERENTIATED QUESTIONS (RESULTS TO SHARE) FOR AFL + CLASS MARKER FOR
AOL + PADLET + HUE VISUALISER
HOMEWORK & FLIPPED: CULTURAL CHECKLIST (19 PIECES BEFORE HALF TERM) +
EDMODO FOR FLIPPED LEARNING & SHOW MY HOMEWORK WITH DEADLINES & H/
W SUPPORT
 WEEK 1 - 2 LESSONS
RESOURCES
GRAMMAR &
Lesson Lessons - Objectives and breakdown VOCAB HOMEWORK &
VERBS
DIFFERENTIATION

1. LA MUSICA ITALIANA Opinions (4 - mi la musica rock Milano - at least 3

LO: 2BA2 express your opinions on music piace, non mi piace, la musica classica connectives
genres odio, amo) la musica lirica Roma - at least 3 opinions
Starter: Vocabulary Negatives lopera Napoli - at least 3
la musica rock
From prior knowledge on expressing opinions to Penso che + sia sentences
9.1 il jazz
new/more sophisticated expressions Credo che + sia
la musica pop
Mi piacerebbe Resources
la musica elettronica
Main: Types of music & range of adjectives- Vorrei PP & YOUTUBE
il/la cantante
Expressing opinions about singers/types of HOMEWORK
la canzone
music + speaking/writing
Linguascope - dialogue about music - focus on adjectives

perch

2. DUE RESPSIRI Recap: c, non c PP

CHIARA - 2 RESPIRI
LO: To be able to analyse the meaning of a Recap: il/la cantante https://www.youtube.com/
song New: la canzone watch?v=Nea5bcU4w08
Stater: Words you would expect in a love song
9.2 Main: Fill in the gaps (keywords) with Resources
PLICKERS - Basic comprehension PP & EDMODO QUIZ &
(differentiated) True/false - Change false PADLET
statements + translate one verse HOMEWORK
Flipped - emotions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmks2UvQhuA
 WEEK 2 - 3 LESSONS
RESOURCES
Lesson Lessons - Objectives and breakdown GRAMMAR VOCAB HOMEWORK &
DIFFERENTIATION

3. How to describe a song New: Quantifiers AGGETTIVI ADJECTIVES

commovente moving
Starter: Music aphorism (troppo, un po, noioso boring Resources
9.3 divertente fun
Main: Describing feelings, emotions. Receptive. abbastanza) romantico romantic PP LINGUASCOPE &
famoso famous
Classifying opinions looking at quantifiers on a tecnico technical PLICKERS
emozionante exciting
line (graphic/visual with numbers) Old: connectives

4. Reading a song review Positive and TEORIA MUSICALE Resources

MUSICAL THEORY
Starter: Keywords in a Wordify/Cloudart/Tagul negative sentences un gruppo a band PP & PLICKERS
le note the notes
Main: Article from an online music magazine Quantifiers il pentagramma the score HOMEWORK :
la tonalit the key
9.4 (simplified, tailored for Y9) - Positive/negative Adjectives acuto - high
Flipped
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CapAaQZ-
statements. Parallel translation Complete the grave low
la canzone the song gYI
missing parts of the 2 translations . Extension: il testo the lyrics
il ritornello the chorus
correct 7 mistakes in the translation. la strofa the verse

5. Conditional Conditional
Flipped - Verbs presentation - master the 3 tenses -
Edmodo

Starter: Box of verbs in the future and

Resources
conditional (1st) - paired discussion
PLICKERS
9.5 Main: written practice - peer assess.
Homework
Extension: 3rd person/sin/plural Duolingo & Memrise to summarise 5 lessons -
Plickers activity to reinforce the conditional in a vocab and verbs

music context
 WEEK 3 - 2 LESSONS
RESOURCES
Lesson Lessons - Objectives and breakdown GRAMMAR VOCAB HOMEWORK &
DIFFERENTIATION

6. Analyse a song, compare it to another Comparative form in Pi RESOURCES

one of your choice & plan English meno EDMODO
Starter: CRITERIA for Writing at GCSE grade + di HUE VISUALISER

5 or above Comparativo di adjectives PP

9.6 MAIN: Choose between 2 songs and PLAN maggioranza

HOMEWORK
your writing: analyse structure & meaning, comparativo di
Flipped - analyse questions in
comment on tone, vocals, music, originality and minoranza
different tenses -
add your personal opinion
Edmodo
End of lesson: Feedforward using visualiser
(comment on 2 books - 2/3 sentences)

7. Review a song (3-point assessment) comparative - no new vocabulary Resources

draft 1 - QUIZLET WARM UP embedding QUIZLET
Starter: Reminder of resources and criteria Writing Criteria & model
Main: continue and complete writing (15 min.)
9.7 SPEEDWRITING HOMEWORK
Extension: comparison with another song of Duolingo & Memrise to summarise
5 lessons - vocab and verbs
similar genre
STUDENT FEEDBACK ASSESSMENT
(20 minutes)
 WEEK 4 - 3 LESSONS
RESOURCES
Lesson Lessons - Objectives and breakdown GRAMMAR VOCAB HOMEWORK &
DIFFERENTIATION

8. Review a song improvement (Draft 2) Grammar points and all vocab on learning mat Resources
Starter: Read the targets from previous targets EDMODO
lesson. Improve it. Write 2 questions in POPPLET
Green next to your column for your 3rd person Learning mats
9.8
teacher/peer to answer
Students post their interim work on
Popplet - teacher and peers review/
comment

9. Review a song final draft (3) In neat. x x

One column. Resources
LANDMARK ASSESSMENT - teachers POPPLET
9.9 to complete this in a timely manner (some
of this during the lesson if possible for
immediate effect)

10. Landmark assessment responses + x x Resources

grammar reinforcement exercises POPPLET
9.10
Translation exercises + verb drills LANDMARK
ASSESSMENT FORM
 WEEK 5 - 2 LESSONS
RESOURCES
Lesson Lessons - Objectives and breakdown GRAMMAR VOCAB HOMEWORK &
DIFFERENTIATION

11. Interview of a rock star 3 tenses of set CANTARE Resources

si chiama ha capito
STARTER: Listening criteria shared with verbs used later for e fa canter
PP QUIZLET
the class - what to expect - Use BossJock the interview sar

to trigger sounds/vocab + interview ha torner ha

9.11
studiato diventare
(recording of Laura & Marco) voleva stato/stata

Listening assessment - STUDENT visiter ha capito

FEEDBACK FORM
vorrei uscir

Focus on past achievements

work ethic

12. Interview of a rock star 3 tenses of set Resources

si chiama ha capito
e fa canter
To be able to identify 3 tenses in an verbs used later for sar SOUNDCLOUD &
interview the interview ha torner ha
PADLET
studiato diventare
STARTER: Listening criteria shared with voleva stato/stata

the class - what to expect - Use BossJock visiter ha capito HOMEWORK

9.12
to trigger sounds/vocab + interview Reorganise 15 questions (focus
vorrei uscir

(recording of Laura & Marco) on question tags and verbs)

Listening assessment - STUDENT
FEEDBACK FORM
Focus on past achievements and work ethic
 WEEK 6 - 4 LESSONS
RESOURCES
Lesson Lessons - Objectives and breakdown GRAMMAR VOCAB HOMEWORK &
DIFFERENTIATION

12. To be able to improve pronunciation, + pronunciation 15 questions - modified MILANO - target 6 -7

ROMA - target 5
intonation and pace following feedback focus by students to suit the NAPOLI - target 4

+ slides on difficult their interview Resources

Teacher to go through the slides of sounds sounds to master EDMODO
Grade descriptors
9.13 and pronunciation rules + reminder of Speaking checklist
HOMEWORK
Choral repetition intonation for Practise the 15 questions aloud several times
Peer work on the original interview questions focussing on intonation, pace and
pronunciation. Record the questions (video or
audio). When you are happy with your
finished product, upload them onto Edmodo.
Watch the BossJock tutorial.

12. To be able to create an original 3 TENSES + 15 questions and Resources

interview using Bossjock CONDITIONAL answers in 3 different PP & BOSSJOCK
9.14 tenses HOMEWORK
Revision maps on past/present & future verbs
Circle map on opinions (positive and negative)
Double bubble map on 2 songs

To be able to self assess and peer assess 3 TENSES + x

Resources
9.15 your interview and your partners CONDITIONAL
PP & BOSSJOCK

Final assessment - 20 questions on x x CLASSMARKER

9.16
Classmarker
ASSESSMENT EXTRA
RECORDING & TRIGGERING AUDIO LIKE A PRO!
This is the app you will use to record different sections of your VIP interview

BOSSJOCK
Record a podcast while triggering intros/outros,
bumpers and background music all on-the-fly