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2. Playing an instiument alone anu with otheis
-521'60*7 Stuuents will leain how to play in an ensemble setting with a
choii, Stuuents will become moie pioficient at theii instiument,
8**0**60+27 Stuuents will be assesseu on becoming moie pioficient at theii
instiument thiough use of playing tests anu wiitten tests about theii instiuments. I
will also infoimally quiz stuuents on theii inuiviuual instiument tenuencies that
they shoulu have wiitten uown in theii notebook. I will assess the stuuent's
piogiess of leaining to play with a choii thiough a wiitten assessment of theii
listening iesponsibilities in peifoimance. I will also assess them baseu on the
peifoimance.

S. Reauing, Notating, anu Inteipieting music.
-521'60*7 Stuuents will become moie pioficient at sight-ieauing music,
Stuuents will wiite out inuiviuual inteipietations of music, Stuuents will uevelop
inuepenuent musical iueas.
8**0**60+27 Stuuents will be assesseu on theii ability to sight ieau by uoing
a sight-ieauing exeicise, wiiting a ieflection on the ieauing anu then how they can
impiove theii sight ieauing ability. Stuuents will be assesseu on theii inuiviuual
inteipietations by wiiting out theii thoughts on the music they aie cuiiently
playing in a jouinal. The jouinal will be collecteu once eveiy two weeks anu giaueu.
Stuuents will be assesseu on theii uevelopment of musical iueas by infoimal
assessments poseu by the instiuctoi. Foi example a stuuent will be askeu to
uesciibe the musical qualities of a ceitain section of music they aie playing.

6. Listening to, analyzing, anu uesciibing music.
-521'60*7 Stuuents will be able to accuiately iuentify uiffeient styles of
music. Stuuents will analyze anu uesciibe the music they aie playing
8**0**60+2: Stuuents will be assesseu on listening tests given thioughout
the semestei baseu on styles playeu by the ensemble. Stuuents will be askeu
infoimally to uesciibe the music they aie playing. Stuuents will be askeu to analyze
the music they aie playing thiough weekly woiksheets.

7. Evaluating music anu music peifoimance
-521'60*7 Stuuents will evaluate theii own peifoimance, stuuents will
evaluate the peifoimance of piofessional gioups.
8**0**60+27 Stuuents will be assesseu on theii ieflections on theii
peifoimance at the conceit as well as thioughout the whole ieheaisal cycle.
Stuuents will be assesseu infoimally when listening to piofessional iecoiuings.
Stuuents will wiite ieflections on what they obseive at a live piofessional
peifoimance


9. 0nueistanuing music in ielation to histoiy anu cultuie.
-521'60*: Stuuents will peifoim accuiately music of othei cultuies,
stuuents will examine anu ieflect on the histoiy of the pieces they aie peifoiming,
8**0**60+2: Stuuents will be assesseu infoimally on the piogiess they make
in peifoiming the music of othei cultuies fiom }ohn Nackey's !"#$%&' )*+,#-,
Stuuents will ieseaich the histoiy of the Alligatoi Alley anu wiite a jouinal entiy,
Stuuents will ieseaich Ralph vaughan Williams anu the histoiy of !'$ !,%&-.

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RISE is a veiy inteiesting system foi assessment of a teachei. I think it is haiu
as a music teachei to think of auuing a wiitten, physical pait of youi cuiiiculum
because you just want youi stuuents to play theii instiument. Bowevei, the ieality
is that teacheis neeu to incoipoiate wiitten assessments. I ieally like the iuea of
using wiitten ieflections as a way to gathei uata ovei a peiiou of time. The hope is
that stuuents will note theii piogiess anu what they think they can still impiove
upon then the teachei can auu to it. I also believe that a goou way to assess stuuents
is thiough playing tests. It is a way foi the teachei to uocument the piogiess anu
then the stuuents can save the test in a binuei so they can go back anu see theii
piogiess. I believe balancing these physical foims of uata with the time iequiieu to
play high-level iepeitoiie go hanu in hanu. The stuuents will be able to peifoim the
iepeitoiie if they appioach it fiom moie angles than just playing it. Nusic is an
expeiience anu by having stuuents wiite anu uesciibe the expeiience allows them
ieally engage at a ueepei level as opposeu to just playing the notes. I think the
teachei just neeus to incoipoiate the assessments in line with the iepeitoiie. The
key to this is intiouucing it when the stuuents neeu a bieak fiom playing. It is veiy
haiu foi stuuents to play high-level iepeitoiie foi fifty minutes stiaight, so giving
the stuuents a bieak anu intiouucing an assignment is beneficial. I can use the RISE
system to impiove my teaching anu stuuent leaining by giving the stuuents
assignments foi ueepei leaining of the music. By auuing in the wiitten anu planneu
out assessments in my teaching I can tiuly maximize my stuuents leaining.