Objective: My symphony orchestra students will be able to recognize the use of thematic motives in Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and later music including famous movie themes.
Feedback: A rubric will be presented to students previous to the assignment and will guide them through the necessary steps in analyzing the motives. It will also include an 8 measure, single line, staff notation assignment which will demonstrate the students' understanding of the use of musical motives. I will make a template using Google Docs so the students can work through the assignments and recieve feedback throughout the process.
Cooperative Learning: I will assign students to small groups of 2-5 people to work with on analyzing the music of thematic composers. To become more familiar with finding musical motives in music, students will collaborate on Google Docs to work as a team to analyze varying musical compositions with my guidance through the process