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Plan
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Launch
Students will launch the project by watching and discussing how ballet tells story without words, then begin an investigation notebook that captures evidence, questions, and possible methods for translating Appalachian Spring into a script.
Days 1 - 2
🩰 Ballet Story Watch Party
Launch 45m
🎭 Scene Questions and Script Clues
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m

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Story Watch & Wonder
Students will watch and investigate Appalachian Spring closely, document how movement, music, staging, and emotion communicate story, compare scene possibilities, and use evidence to select a scene focus and draft an initial group hypothesis for script translation.
Days 3 - 7
🎭 Appalachian Spring Watch Notes
Launch 45m
🎼 Copland Mood and Context Clues
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
📝 Script Clues from Short Scenes
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🔍 Scene Choice Evidence Sort
Research 45m
💡 Scene Hypothesis Pitch
Deliverable 45m

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Method Plan & Script
Students will build a clear investigation method for studying a chosen Appalachian Spring scene, test and refine a documentation system, and turn their early evidence into a script outline with dialogue, stage directions, pacing notes, and justified artistic choices.
Days 8 - 12
📝 Script Clues in Short Scenes
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🎼 Scene Evidence Method Map
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🔍 Peer Review the Method
Deliverable 45m
🎭 Appalachian Spring Script Outline
Project Work 45m
📚 Copland Context Choice Notes
Research 45m

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Collect & Revise Draft
Students will gather scene evidence from Appalachian Spring, document movement and music details in an organized investigation record, draft a script scene, and use read-aloud critique to revise dialogue, stage directions, and pacing.
Days 13 - 17
🎼 Scene Evidence Log
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
📝 Dialogue and Stage Direction Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🎭 Scene Draft Build
Project Work 45m
🔍 Read-Aloud Script Conference
Deliverable 45m
🧩 Revision Tracker Checkpoint
Assessment 45m

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Analyze & Present Findings
Students will analyze evidence from their investigation notebooks and draft scenes, test how well their script choices match movement and music in Appalachian Spring, revise with peer and teacher feedback, and present an evidence-based class showcase performance with Q-and-A.
Days 18 - 22
📊 Evidence Pattern Chart
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🎭 Script Choice Evidence Check
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🗣️ Read-Aloud Revision Round
Deliverable 45m
🎤 Showcase Q&A Rehearsal
Project Work 45m
🌟 Appalachian Spring Class Showcase
Assessment 45m

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Showcase
Students will present their finished Appalachian Spring scene to an authentic audience, explain how their evidence shaped script choices, respond to feedback from arts professionals, and name specific academic and collaboration growth from the project.
Days 23 - 24
🎭 Copland Curtain Call
Assessment 45m
📝 Scene Evidence Debrief
Deliverable 45m

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