Project Layout

Design of the Project:

1. Revisit the framework:
a. Learning Objectives: Students will be able to....

• listen to a peer's composition and analyze the expressiveness of the lyrics

and the accompaniment.

• compose an original song by creating lyrics for a verse - refrain song, and

then adding a simple ostinato accompaniment on top.

b. 21st Century Skills:

• Students will have a role in a cross-functional team
• Students will respond to the problem of "how to express emotions and

feelings" using technology

c. Identifying learning dispositions: Students will develop....

• listening to others with empathy
• how to take responsible risks

2. Evidence of Understanding:

• Blog/Tweet/Journal Entries of how feelings towards graduation change

over time

• Composition revisions (different colors for different students)
• Their job within their group (Leader/Presenter, Scribe #1, Researcher,

Scribe #2, Interviewer, Scribe #3, Compiler Scribe)

• Participation in class discussions
• Portfolio of Journals, Summary Journal, Music, and Lyrics revision sheets

3. Project Theme or Challenge:

• How to express conflicting emotions using music as the medium of

expression

4. Entree into the Project:

• Show students a powerpoint on faces of different emotions with the

question "What events in life produce all these emotions at the same
time?"

• Get into groups and discuss what events would produce the emotions

(Leading towards graduation)

• Discuss emotions and different ways to express them (art, music, poetry,

dance, etc...)