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.

Perform and Videotape Projects

Objective: The students will have an opportunity to share and to positively critique student compositions/improvisations based upon given criteria.
Activity: Small group performances for each other. Videotape each other. Each person writes short positive notes regarding the successes of the compositions/improvisations they are hearing. Instruct the students to be specific whenever possible and to use accurate terminology. Tell them you will use these notes to determine whether they really know what they are talking about regarding improvisational techniques.
Assessment: Teacher collects one set of “Notes” from each student (before they are given to the intended individuals) to evaluate for positive comments demonstrating specific knowledge gained.
Standards: 7