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L132 Seminar 1 · Fri 2027-04-16 · 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 defending an idea and defending yourself?

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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 word in rhythm, four times, clapping the syllables
  4. One sentence to a partner: what you will argue today
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TARGET
What we can do today
Lo que podemos hacer hoy

I canYo puedo

I can defend my piece in a structured seminar by answering challenges with evidence from my research or my score.

I know I have got it whenSe que lo logre cuando

  • I answered at least two challenges with evidence
  • I asked at least one question of another scholar
  • I cited something specific rather than repeating my opinion

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
Music first, then the argument
Manos y voces en la musica

Seminar 1

  1. 1 minSet the room
  2. 11 minThe seminar
  3. 3 minOne challenge answered

Reading todayLectura de hoy

Lead sheets used as evidence during discussion

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

Someone challenged your piece. Did you answer the challenge or change the subject? Be honest.

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 ______, and I think it matters because ______.
  • I want to build on what ______ said. My evidence is ______.
  • I see it differently. What I saw 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

Name one challenge you answered and the evidence you used.

How you show itComo lo demuestras

Write it on today's sheet and hand it in before the bell.Escribelo en la hoja de hoy y entregala antes del timbre.

Write one line firstPrimero escribe una línea

One sentence on your Do Now line: use the word seminar and name the evidence that proves it.Una oración en tu línea del 'Ahora': usa la palabra seminar 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.

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