Year 11
2013-2014
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Mock week
The students will have a mock listening exam (Unit B354) and will count for 25% of the final GCSE. Their papers will be marked and graded and the students will receive formative teacher feedback and a personalised homework task to follow up on based on their individual areas of strength and weakness.
Key dates/controlled assessments across remainder of year
The deadline for all controlled assessments for units B351 and B352
(two compositions, two performances and two short pieces of written work) is Friday 4 th April 2014.
Unit B353: The Creative Task (15%), a composition exam will take place on Tuesday 29 th April .
Summer examination dates and details of revision materials
Unit B354: Listening Exam (25%) will take place on the morning of
Monday 2 nd June 2014
Please see the next page for details on the content of the listening exam.
The students already have the following resources to help them with their revision:
 A Rhinegold orange text book, ‘A Student’s Guide to GCSE Music.’
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Two revision booklets at the back of their Module 1 and Module 2 homework booklets alongside the questions and formative teacher feedback for these homework tasks
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A number of past papers and a mark scheme from the previous mock with an audio CD of the exam
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Their own class folders with notes, worksheets and teacher feedback from year 10 and year 11
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A glossary of key vocabulary
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Voice and
accompaniment: o Romantic song (lieder) o Pop ballads
Music contrasting
Solo & Group
Ensembles:
Large vocal ensembles: o Classical concerto o Jazz o Indian classical music o Gamelan o Baroque and Classical chamber music o The great choral classics o African a capella singing.
Paired dance:
Group/folk/synchronised o Waltz o Latin Dance (Tango, Salsa) o Line Dance (American, Irish dance: Jig and Reel) o Bhangra
Improvised dance: o Disco o Club Dance
Programme Music
Film Music
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Here are a few pieces of advice to help the students with their revision for the listening exam...
Make sure you are
confident with the topics
These are the only topics and types of music that
will be on the exam.
Revise the vocabulary linked to the topics
Start with one topic and use the orange text book to read up on it, identify technical words linked to the topic and look them up in your glossary.
Create a mind map for each topic
Start with a topic such as ‘Voice and
Accompaniment’ and mind map
‘Romantic Song’ and then ‘Pop ballad’.
Always start with what you can remember without your notes first and then add to the mind map afterwards.
Listen to Music
The revision notes and the text book have examples to listen to on youtube. This is really important!
Use the past papers, CD and mark scheme
This will help with exam technique.
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