Elicit non-trivial dialogue from students. Guide students to reflection and analysis of the experience. Encourage students to share their perceptions and beliefs. Summarize and review similarities and differences.
Talk about what happened.
Objective: To examine the experience just completed.
Activity: Lead the group in a discussion of the following questions: How many counts did you feel for one saying of "Train"? (4) How many of those counts did you feel an accent on? (1) In the same space of time, how many "hoots" did you say? (2) How many accents did you feel then? (2) Was this an easy or difficult pattern for you to do? (This is the hardest pattern to feel, the one the students get mixed up most.) What kind of beat did you hear from the drum when you said "Chug Chug"? (Steady beat.) What kind of beat did "Chug Chug" keep in relation to the other patterns? (The same beat.) If you said "Click Clack Click Clack Click Clack Click Clack," how many times did you patsch (slap your legs)? (8) Which was the slowest pattern? Which was the fastest pattern? Which pattern kept the steady beat?
