Lesson 2: DESCRIBE
Duration of Days: 30
Lesson Objective
Students will describe performances using advanced musical vocabulary.
How can we describe music clearly and precisely?
What vocabulary helps communicate musical ideas?
Why is it important to use specific language when discussing music?
Tone, diction, phrasing, style, texture
MU:Re7.2.E.IIa
Students use precise vocabulary to describe ideas.
Students describe performances using advanced musical vocabulary, including tone, diction, phrasing, and style.
DOK 1: Identify elements and diction features.
DOK 2: Describe performance with appropriate vocabulary.
DOK 3: Explain how elements contribute to expressive intent.
DOK 4: Compare descriptive interpretations.
Clear description is essential in academic and real-world communication.
Students may rely on vague language.
Student-generated vocabulary; peer feedback; varied response formats; modeling; collaborative discussion.
DOK 1: Vocabulary task
DOK 2: Description
DOK 3: Structured response
DOK 4: Comparative description