Give guidance and feedback to students' plans, encouraging, refining, and helping them to be responsible for their own learning. Maintain high expectations for completion of chosen options. Summarize by reviewing the whole, bringing students "full circle" to the experience with which the learning began.

Share Music Characteristic Choices

Objective: Students can independently look at music to identify characteristics of the Romantic Period.
Activity: Pair students up and have partners look at each other’s pieces. Have them discuss whether they are following the characteristics or not.
Assessment: Students are able to correct each other if needed. Ideally, no corrections are needed.
National Standard: Standard 5: Reading and notating music. Standard 6: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music. Standard 7: Evaluating music and music performances.