Lesson 1: CONNECT
Duration of Days: 30
Lesson Objective
Students will identify personal and emotional connections to music and text.
How does music connect to personal experience?
How do singers form emotional connections to repertoire?
How can personal experiences influence interpretation?
Connection, identity, emotion, interpretation, reflection
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Students explain ideas clearly and support responses with evidence.
Students connect music to personal experience and meaning.
DOK 1: Students identify emotional and personal responses to music and text.
DOK 2: Students describe connections between repertoire and personal experience.
DOK 3: Students explain how personal connections influence interpretation and performance.
DOK 4: Students justify interpretive decisions using personal and musical evidence.
Music often reflects identity, emotion, and lived experience across cultures.
Students may think personal responses are not important in music-making.
Reflection prompts, journaling, discussion, flexible response formats, and peer sharing
DOK 1: Students identify emotional responses to repertoire.
DOK 2: Students describe personal connections to text and music.
DOK 3: Students explain how personal experiences influence interpretation.
DOK 4: Students justify interpretive decisions using personal and musical evidence.