GCSE AQA Set Work Analysis: Paul Simon
Very good concise writing, which will benefit learners’ understanding of Paul Simon in the AQA exam
Supportive, confidence-building resources guide your students through their chosen Set Works. Encourage them to discover the analysis for themselves while developing listening and appraising skills for the exam.
1. Learn
- Need-to-know context and pre-listening ‘Do It Yourself!’ tasks build a firm foundation for learning
- Student-friendly analysis organised by musical element for structured learning – fully supported by annotated score extracts!
- Keywords and musical terms fully explained in context
2. Consolidate
- Regular consolidation tasks encourage engagement and build confidence to apply theory independently
- Extension activities to challenge Gifted and Talented leaners
- Revision poster consolidates key points
- Comprehensive glossary
3. Put into Practice
- Five sets of exam questions, containing three 2-mark questions and one 8-mark question – perfect practice for the real thing!
- Top tips for exam success
- Full answers and mark schemes for easy peer, self- and teacher assessment
Integrate into your class teaching, or set for independent learning – it’s up to you!
What do teachers say about this resource? (10578)
An excellent resource that allows student to fully learn and later revise the Paul Simon set study pieces... The material is presented in a comprehensive way and there are excellent 2 marks and 8 marks questions at the end for students to practice... The many activities included in the unit greatly help students in fully absorbing the material... That the cost of this resource is fully repaid by the progress students can make... Perfect.
Nicely paced and succinct resource. The question activities are accurately exam based reflecting real exam situation and they are well structured. There is a nice variety of activity types with open ended practical tasks supporting exam methodology.
Very good scored notated questions and examples with clarity and depth.
The technical design of the resource is clearly well thought out and the author has consolidated the key elements of the 3 Paul Simon set songs in the selected notated and aural examples. The resource is categorised well providing a strong resource for learners.
The author has a good direct style of writing.
The author uses examples to illustrate musical key points reinforcing the musical contexts. Very good concise writing, which will benefit learners’ understanding of Paul Simon in the AQA exam.
The author demonstrates excellent musical pop knowledge and the level of questioning at the AQA standard is well judged. Just the right level of difficulty.
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