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Year 12 w/c 13th December and Xmas HW
Tuesday
- Classwork exercise on Sonata Form on Google Classroom
- Revise for test (make sure you have done revision set last week)
Wednesday
- 10.15 – Haydn Short Answer test (plus dictation) in class
Homeworks (to start in class)
- composition (some of you have not handed in your 16-bar period)
- research homework
- both due in at the beginning of next term.
w/c 6th December: Class and homework
Please complete as follows:
Classwork 1 (hand in by end of class)
Classwork 2 (hand in by end of class)
Classwork 3 (hand in by end of class)
Classwork/Homework (start in class / finish for next week)
You also need to do the revision homeworks already set for next week: Revision 1 / Revision 2
Homework w/c 29 November
- Haydn Consolidation Quiz on Google Classroom (by end of Monday)
- Annotate new score and upload photo (by end of Monday)
- Composition (project 5: circle of fifths and augmented sixth) – by the end of Tuesday
Note: we will have a short-answer test on the Haydn in the last week of term.
Year 12 Homework w/c 22nd November
- Composition (pedal) for Tuesday
- Chromatic chords quiz on GC
Year 12 HW w/c 15th November
Composition (for Tuesday 23rd at 4pm)
Haydn Review
- Will be posted on Wednesday
Revise for Topic D essay on Wednesday 23rd
- Exemplar and instructions on Google Classroom
- You should practice writing it in half an hour in advance.
Year 13 homework
Work w/c Monday 13th December
On Monday there is a dictation and listening exercise on Google Classroom to do by the end of the day, I have signposted some revision resources in a short video here
Tuesday 10.30 IN PERSON
Please attend class to complete timed essay on Topic L.
Thursday – VIRTUAL
I will post some exam technique resources
The priority this week is COMPOSITION (due on Classroom by the end of THURSDAY)
Note: I am very happy to give quick feedback on emailed compositions before this deadline if you email me by the end of MONDAY
Work set w/c Monday 6th December
Classwork Thursday: Question 1 / Question 2
Prepare for the timed essay on TUESDAY next week (Topic L)
Work as hard as you can to get a completed composition in by the end of Thursday next week. I am very happy to look at emailed composition work anytime up to that point.
Work set w/c Monday 29th
- Prepare for test on all three C20 Core Wider Listening works (Ravel, Debussy, Webern) on Tuesday 7th (set last week)
- Make notes on Folk and national influences (Topic L). Use resources on Google Classroom and then upload your notes to this assignment by Sunday 5th December (we will have an essay task on this in the w/c 13th December)
(Last week’s due for w/c Monday 22nd)
- Prepare for Essay on Topic A (Monday 29th)
- Prepare for Debussy Short Answer test (Thursday 2nd)
- Prepare for test on all three C20 Core Wider Listening works (Ravel, Debussy, Webern) on Tuesday 7th
Revision resources on Google Classroom:
(Last week’s work due for w/c Monday 22nd)
- Do the Essay research task for Topic A (here)
- Prepare for a test next week on Haydn 104 movement 3-4 (on THURSDAY)
- Review the Poulenc ready for a test on TUESDAY
(Last Week’s work due for MONDAY 15th
- Make sure you make some good progress on your composition and hand it in on MONDAY
- Complete Poulenc Review 2 on GC)
Year 12 homework w/c 8th November
- Orchestration Exercise (due Tuesday 16th)
- Haydn Review (due Monday 15th)
Year 12 HW w/c 1st November
Composition
Please make corrections suggested in feedback and make sure you have it with you on Friday. We will put the finishing touches to Project 3 (basically copying and pasting the first 8 bars and adapting them into an ending) in the lesson but there will be only a very little bit of time.
Western Classical Tradition
Please complete the Topic D Research Tasks on Google Classroom
Year 13 HW w/c 1st November
- Poulenc Review Task (due Monday 8th)
- Mendelssohn Readings (due Sunday 7th)
At the end of this half term you need to complete a FINISHED draft of your composition. The first task is to respond to feedback on the Sibelius file I sent you and continue work to hand in by the end of Monday 15th November. Hand in Sibelius file and update log. Submission here.
Year 13 Half Term Homework
There are three distinct things to do over half term:
- Complete the Poulenc introductory reading and listening work on Google Classroom
- Hand in your composition (by Wednesday in half term)
- Keep on revising Haydn, Essays and Debussy. Concentrate on your weak points. We will follow a revision schedule after half term, which I will share with you.