Lesson 5: JUSTIFY

How do we justify artistic decisions?
What evidence supports interpretation?
How can we communicate and defend our ideas?

Justification, evidence, interpretation, critique

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Students support arguments with evidence.

Students justify performance decisions.
DOK 1: Students identify performance decisions such as dynamics, phrasing, and diction.
DOK 2: Students explain their reasoning for interpretive choices.
DOK 3: Students justify decisions using musical, textual, or contextual evidence.
DOK 4: Students defend and influence ensemble interpretation through discussion and rehearsal leadership.

Justification is essential in academic and professional settings.

Students may think opinions do not require evidence.

Sentence frames, discussion, peer critique, and student leadership

DOK 1: Students identify specific performance decisions within a piece.
DOK 2: Students explain the reasoning behind their interpretive choices.
DOK 3: Students justify decisions using musical, textual, or contextual evidence.
DOK 4: Students defend their ideas and influence ensemble interpretation through discussion or rehearsal leadership.