January 2010

18th~
Today in music class we discussed the class agreement and we got divided into four classes according to which instrument we play. Besides that, Mr Herry did a presentation about our assessment criteria. After we were done with that the teachers did a small performance. For th is semester, we are going to study Asian music.

20th~
In music today, we were given a song to study for our assessment. The title is Sakura. We were given an example and we practiced a little. Then we made a group to do a presentation about music in one part of Asia. I was assigned to do Japan.

25th~
Today we gathered up with our group and planned for our PowerPoint presentation. We brainstormed and assigned tasks for of the members. I got the task of the History of Japan. Each group was told to present their ideas the class. In instrument class we practiced scales.

27th~
Today we had our music assessment. We had to sing "Sakura". We stood in front and sang by pair. We also filled in comments and our reflection on a separate piece of a paper. In instrument class we practiced scales again.