Lesson 1: GENERATE
Duration of Days: 30
Lesson Objective
Students will generate original musical ideas through improvisation and exploratory music-making.
How do musicians generate meaningful artistic ideas?
What role does experimentation play in creativity?
How can improvisation lead to composition?
Improvisation, motif, phrase, variation, creativity, exploration, artistic intent
MU:Cr1.1.E.IIa
MU:Cr1.1.E.IIb
Students generate ideas, evaluate possibilities, and justify decisions using evidence.
Students generate ideas, evaluate possibilities, and justify decisions using evidence.
Students generate ideas, evaluate possibilities, and justify decisions using evidence.
Students may believe creativity is spontaneous rather than a process involving revision and refinement.
Student choice, scaffolded improvisation tasks, peer collaboration, visual supports, and varied performance options.
DOK 1: Students identify motives and musical patterns.
DOK 2: Students perform short improvisation exercises.
DOK 3: Students develop improvisations into structured phrases.
DOK 4: Students create and justify original musical ideas using artistic evidence.