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L122 Writing: Verse One · Fri 2027-04-02 · 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 the difference between a hook and a verse?

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

Voice 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, then siren up and down
  3. Say today's first line in rhythm, twice, clapping the pulse
  4. Count-in and a four-beat entrance together
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TARGET
What we can do today
Lo que podemos hacer hoy

I canYo puedo

I can write a first verse that develops my claim by including specific evidence and notating its rhythm.

I know I have got it whenSe que lo logre cuando

  • My verse includes at least one piece of evidence
  • I notated the rhythm of the verse
  • My verse develops the claim rather than repeating it

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
Your own music, written down
Manos y voces en la musica

Writing: Verse One

  1. 8 minWrite the verse
  2. 4 minNotate the rhythm
  3. 3 minPerform two bars

Reading todayLectura de hoy

A verse with its rhythm notated, four bars at a time

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

Your verse should add something the hook cannot. What does yours add? If the answer is nothing, what needs to change?

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 line, and I think it worked because ______.
  • I want to build on what ______ said. My evidence is bar ______.
  • 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

Perform two bars of your verse.

How you show itComo lo demuestras

Play or sing it for me. I mark the roster as you play.Tocalo o cantalo para mi. Marco la lista mientras tocas.

Write one line firstPrimero escribe una línea

One sentence on your Do Now line: use the word verse and point to the bar in your own score that proves it.Una oración en tu línea del 'Ahora': usa la palabra verse 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.