MUED 401 – Directed Reading Learning (DRL) Assignment

Title: Recording Review

Brief Class Description: 8th grade band, 20-30 students, no accommodations

Lesson Topic: Polishing performance, increasing accuracy and effect of articulations and dynamics

Prior Knowledge: Upcoming concert, the students can play through all of the pieces but are struggling
with dynamic and articulation accuracy

Alignment: https://nafme.org/my-classroom/standards/; https://www.nationalartsstandards.org/; based on

your class, you have to decide on the correlating set of standards which will align with your lessons—
2014 Music Standards (PK-8 Music)

National Music Standards - Discipline-Specific Activity(ies)

Artistic Processes with
correlating Anchor Standards
1. Artistic Process – Creating
2. Anchor Standard #3: Evaluate
and refine selected musical ideas
to create musical work(s) that
meet appropriate criteria
1. Artistic Process –
Performing
2. Anchor Standard 4: Select
varied musical works to
present based on interest,
knowledge technical skill
and context.
1. Artistic Process –
Responding
2. Anchor Standard 9:
Support evaluations of
musical works and
performances based on
analysis, interpretation,
and established criteria.
Performance Standard
MU:Cr3.1.8b Describe rationale 1
for refining works by explaining
choices, based on evaluation
criteria
MU:Pr4.2.8aCompare the 3, 4
structure of contrasting pieces of
music selected for performance,
explaining how elements of music
are used in each.
MU: Re9.1.8a Apply appropriate 5, 6, 7
personally developed criteria to
evaluate musical works or
performances

Materials Needed:

Microphones, speakers, recording software, instrument, music, pencil, highlighter, pre-printed

worksheets, exit slip.

Procedures*

1) Introduction: Ask students why it is important to improve music, point discussion towards
articulations and dynamics.

2) Readiness: Discuss professional ensembles and how articulations are clear and dynamics are
exaggerated.

3) Silent ‘Reading’ Activity: Students will read through their music and circle/mark all dynamics and
articulations with a pencil

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4) Discussion / playing their instrument activity: Play through the music, focusing on circled/marked
articulations and dynamics

5) ‘Re-reading’ Activity: Listen to the recording just taken, and as it plays, have students highlight the
articulations and dynamics that could have been performed better/more accurately.

6) Formative Assessment: On a pre-printed worksheet, have students write down which parts could have
been improved, and how the students would improve them.

7) Follow-Up Writing Activity: On the exit slip, write how professional ensembles use dynamics and
articulations to sound their best in their ensemble.

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