English Language Arts
Beyond the Notes: Reading the Musical Performances of Alan Gampel
Title : Beyond the Notes: Reading the Musical Performances of Alan Gampel
Subject Area/Grade: English Language Arts / 6th-8th Grade
This lesson plan mirrors the instructional model introduced in the Joy2Learn professional development mini-workshop, Reading Beyond the Page: Using the Arts to Build Observation, Interpretation, and Evidence-Based Reasoning in Middle School English Language Arts. Learn more and register here!
Learning Objectives
- NOTICE specific, relevant musical details and choices before deciding what they mean.
- INTERPRET what those details might communicate, using relevant knowledge and vocabulary.
- SUPPORT an interpretation with specific auditory evidence and explain how the evidence connects to the interpretation.
- TRANSFER the Notice-Interpret-Support routine to a short written text.
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