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All nine post–Chapter 11 lessons are retained in source order; related excerpts are combined within the 10-day schedule alongside playlist, review, feedback, and reflection work. Lessons 2–3 share Define, 4–6 share Ideate, and 7–8 share Draft, while lesson 9 is completed before final critique and exhibition.

Empathize
Students will gather reader and listener evidence about how music and post-Chapter-11 narrative choices shape mood, uncertainty, and identity.
Day 1
🌙 Moonlight Mixtape Mood Evidence
Deliverable 60m
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Define
Students will synthesize their post-Chapter-11 analysis into an audience-centered design brief that defines the playlist and blog challenge.
Day 2
Mood Vocabulary From Night Scenes
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
Adapted from source
🎧 After Dark Mood Design Brief
Deliverable 15m
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Ideate
Students will analyze post-Chapter-11 excerpts for reality-bending narrative techniques, connect those techniques to contemporary song structures, and generate multiple audience-tested three-song playlist concepts before selecting a direction for drafting.
Days 3 - 4
🪞 Mirrors, Cameras, and Musical Tension
Knowledge/Skill Building 58m
Adapted from source
Write a First-Person Mood Review
Project Work 50m
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Draft
Students will analyze post-Chapter-11 scenes alongside song structure and sound, then create, critique, and revise the first version of the Night Shift playlist package using textual evidence and listener feedback.
Days 5 - 6
🌙 Park-to-Office Mood Analysis
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
Adapted from source
🎧 Night Shift Playlist Draft
Deliverable 60m
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Test
Students will analyze the conclusion of After Dark and test whether their draft playlists create the intended mood for real listeners, using peer votes and feedback to revise their sequencing, track notes, and reviews.
Days 7 - 8
🌅 Dawn Structure Evidence Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
Adapted from source
🎧 Mood-Mix Peer Listening Test
Deliverable 60m
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Critique
Students will complete the second critique-and-revision checkpoint for their playlist packages, using peer and listener evidence to prepare publication-ready work for the class blog.
Day 9
🎧 Night Shift Package Critique
Deliverable 60m

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Notice & Reflect
Students will publish and present the class mood-playlist anthology, gather audience responses, vote on the strongest mood match, and reflect on how music, interpretation, and identity developed through the project.
Day 10
🌙 Night Shift Album Release
Deliverable 60m

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