Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.
Play simple A-B-A form and Haydn and the Classic period.
Objective: To relate “old favorites” to music and ternary form- back to the familiar
Activity: 1.) Ask students to listen to the following music and determine if there is any connection between the previous discussion and what they hear. a) sing Shoo-Fly (A-B-A), b.) Listen to example of instrumental A-B-A (Play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star) c.) Listen to Haydn’s Minuet from Symphony #94.
Assessment: Student answers. Do they pick up on “going back?”