Provide hands-on activities for practice and mastery. Check for understanding of concepts and skills by using relevant standard materials, i.e. worksheets, text problems, workbooks, teacher prepared exercises, etc.
Practice in Theme, Counter-theme, Episodes, Entries
Objective: To familiarize the students with the concepts of theme and counter-theme, episodes and entries and apply their knowledge.
Activity: Use Bach’s Invention in D major. Have the class split into groups of three to find the following: theme, counter-theme, episodes, and entries.
Gather the groups together and using an overhead of the music, have volunteers circle where they think the elements are.
Assessment: Students answer well.
Standards: 5,6,7