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L116 Music in Your Own Time · Wed 2027-03-24 · Music That Says Something 100%
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GREET
Greeting at the door
Entra, sientate, empieza

Come in, sit, startEntra, sientate, empieza

Your Do Now is on the board and on today's sheet. Start it as you sit down.Tu 'Ahora' esta en la pizarra y en la hoja de hoy. Empiezalo al sentarte.

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DO NOW
Write one line
Escribe una linea

Write one line: what is a song out right now that is saying something real?

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WARM-UP
Scholar-led
Calentamiento, dirigido por un estudiante

Ear warm-up

Led by today's Warm-Up Leader. I do not run this block.Lo dirige el Líder de Calentamiento de hoy. Yo no dirijo este bloque.

  1. Breath in 4, out 8, twice
  2. Hum one note, slide up and down it
  3. Thirty seconds of silence: name three sounds in the room
  4. Sit ready, pencil out
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TARGET
What we can do today
Lo que podemos hacer hoy

I canYo puedo

I can analyze a contemporary song of my choice by identifying its claim and the musical choice that reinforces it.

I know I have got it whenSe que lo logre cuando

  • I brought a song and stated its claim
  • I named the musical choice that carries the claim
  • I applied the same method we used on the historical songs

Read aloud by today's Target Reader.Lo lee en voz alta el Lector de la Meta de hoy.

El espanol del texto propio de esta lección llega con su unidad; la rutina de arriba esta traducida.

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MAKE
Ears on the music
Manos y voces en la musica

Music in Your Own Time

  1. 5 minScholar tracks, screened in advance
  2. 5 minSame method, current music
  3. 4 minThen and now
  4. 1 minState your claim

Reading todayLectura de hoy

Lyric and rhythm notation of a track you choose

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TALK
You talk. I stay quiet.
Ustedes hablan. Yo me quedo callado.

The songs from sixty years ago and the songs from this year are doing the same job. Are they doing it the same way?

Starter (asks the question)Builder (adds evidence)Challenger (offers another reading)Recorder (reports one sentence out)

Use these to startEmpieza con estás frases

  • I noticed ______ in the recording, and I think it worked because ______.
  • I want to build on what ______ said. My evidence is at ______.
  • I hear it differently. What I heard was ______, because ______.

I stay silent for the first four minutes. Talk to each other, not to the front of the room.Me quedo callado los primeros cuatro minutos. Hablen entre ustedes, no hacia el frente.

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PROVE
Show what you can do
Demuestra lo que puedes hacer

What is the claim of the song you brought?

How you show itComo lo demuestras

Answer out loud when it is your turn. I mark the roster as you speak.Responde en voz alta cuando sea tu turno. Marco la lista mientras hablas.

Write one line firstPrimero escribe una línea

One sentence on your Do Now line: use the word claim and name the moment in the recording that proves it.Una oración en tu línea del 'Ahora': usa la palabra claim y señala la prueba.

Before you finishAntes de terminar

Rate yourself against the success criteria, give one classmate a specific comment using a word from today's list, then fix one thing they named before you show me.