Lesson 6: EVALUATE
Duration of Days: 30
Lesson Objective
Students will evaluate how effectively performances communicate meaning.
How do we evaluate expressive communication?
How can evaluation improve performance?
How do performers communicate meaning to an audience?
Criteria, evaluation, expression, communication
MU:Re9.1.E.IIa
Students evaluate ideas and support conclusions.
Students evaluate performance and meaning.
DOK 1: Students identify criteria for expressive communication such as diction, phrasing, and dynamics.
DOK 2: Students apply criteria to evaluate performances.
DOK 3: Students analyze effectiveness of performance in conveying meaning.
DOK 4: Students evaluate and propose improvements to enhance expressive communication.
Evaluation improves performance in all disciplines.
Students may think evaluation is subjective only.
Rubrics, peer evaluation, discussion, and reflection
DOK 1: Students identify criteria for expressive communication in choral performance.
DOK 2: Students apply a rubric to evaluate performance quality.
DOK 3: Students analyze how effectively a performance communicates meaning.
DOK 4: Students evaluate performance and propose specific improvements to enhance expression and communication.