Middle Years

Music for a Purpose - Composing Background Music

Teaching Middle- and Highschool about chords and chord sequences is essential, however, at times it can be a bit "dry" or boring. By...

Responding Musically to a Challenging Topic

This year, during our last MYP 5 unit, which is taught in conjunction with History and German, we explored the concept of music and...

8 bit video game music examples

In one of my previous post, I shared a tutorial I made for my MYP 1 (grade 6) students. We investigated pentatonic music in different...

Pentatonic Scale - a tutorial for ELA learners

In the past few weeks of distance learning, video tutorials have become an important part of my daily teaching. When I was looking for a...

Much more than a timer!

I love teaching middle school students. The pace is fast, you need to keep them on their toes, have a variety of tools ready for them....

So what is it? Factual? Debatable?

At the heart of each MYP unit, there are the different questions. Sometimes students are not really clear what kind of questions there...

Peer Feedback in the Lower Middle School

Peer feedback is a powerful tool. However, giving feedback to group performances can be challenging, especially if the class is a bit on...