Week 6 - Reflection

Stage one was the rhythmic poem video itself.

Stage two is recalling the video, I had to chose a poem, then say the poem in rhythm with a steady beat and last say the rhythm in ta's and ti-ti's with a steady beat.

Stage three is review and response to the video, which can be self-reflection or reflection from a peer or professor in this case. Apparently self-reflection was not an effective strategy for this video, since I did not realize the mistake I made with my rhythmic poem. I knew something didn't sound right with the poem so I sped up the beat. I didn't realize I had given the "pitter patter" portion of the poem too many notes and so I was short a beat for the line. Pitter should have been 2 notes for 1 beat and patter should have been 2 notes for 1 beat and instead I combined pitter patter into 4 notes for 1 beat. When I assigned the ta's and ti-ti's I did it correctly and I assigned notes to the words to ensure I had 4 beats per line, but I said the rhythm incorrectly. Perhaps I should have said the ta's and ti-ti's first or with each line of the poem. In the case of this video reflection from the professor was the most effective strategy. Thank goodness this was not an actual lesson, how confused my students would be.

Speeding the beat up was a good choice, now that I am saying it correctly I would keep the tempo of the beat the same. It doesn't feel natural when the beat is slower. Also representing the rests in the rhythm with the "shh" sound ensured the rests were given in the rhythm.