May 23, 2011, Monday

Today I had my assessment in class. At first, Mr. Sadrakh wanted us to stay outside, and the students will perform one by one, with only the teachers as the audience. But in the end, we all stayed inside and watched each other perform. We were given a 10- minute last practice to perfect our song compositions and tune our instruments (for violin and guitar). After that, violin students went first. Then the piano students. I played okay, but I pressed a note wrong, but then I continued playing so my song would sound natural and so it would seem like there was nothing wrong. Then the guitar students went next, the guitar students played good. Last but not least, the flute students went to perform in front of the class. They were also good. We were given this booklet thing to write our reflection and explain how we performed. We filled it, and then we gave it to the teachers. After class, I asked Ms. Melvina what score I got and she said I got a perfect 10. I was so happy. There was no instrument class today due to the assessment of playing our melody composition.

May 19, 2011, Thursday

Today after attendance Mr. Sadrakh asked us if we already memorized our own composition melody yet, and some of us said no. I didn't yet, either. He gave us all a 10-minute practice for the practice test. This is a practice for the real assessment which is on Monday. So after the 10-minute practice, some of us are called in front of the class to play our own melody composition. I played my melody composition, and I got some mistakes. My homework is to practice for my assessment next week, and to memorize my own melodt composition.

May 16, 2011, Monday

Today three people were absent and didn't come to music class. So after attendance, some of the people played their own compositions in front of the class. Some did very badly, and Mr. Sadrakh told them to practice at home so they could play better next time. The occasional times when the microphone makes contact with skin and it buzzes automatically made the class laugh. I didn't do anything in theory class today, only watch my friends play their composition. In instrument class, we played our melody in front of Ms. Melvina. Ms. Melvina played my song first to try to see if it is good, and she said my composition is not really easy to play because the tempo was very different from part a and part b. All of us in piano class played our compositions in front of ms. melvina so she could help us and tell us how to play better for the assessment as usual.

May 12, 2011, Thursday

Today is the written test about John Williams, so after attendance, Mr. Sadrakh gave us a 10-minute time for us to study right before the test. I studied really hard because I didn't study a lot yesterday, only looking through at the worksheet. Today in the written assessment, I thought I was about to fail and write only a few things, but surprisingly I wrote a lot in the test, and I am surprised myself that I could manage to remember a lot of things only in a few minutes time. I wrote around 400 words in the written test, and I filled in the reflection in the reflection box at the last page of the exam paper. Mr. Sadrakh also read aloud some of our reflections to the whole class. We didn't have instrument class today due to the test.

May 9, 2011, Monday

Today in music class, after attendance, Mr. Sadrakh made us read the worksheet about John Williams to prepare for the test which is this Thursday. Some of us were asked to read and answer some questions. The written assessment is next week so I have to re-read the worksheet and get ready for it.
In instrument class, today we practiced our melody compositions in front of Ms. Melvina. Ms. Melvina also told them how to play better. I didn't play in front of Ms. Melvina, only my other friends because we didn't have much time. I need to play and practice my composition more and try to memorize it for the assessment.

May 5, 2011

Today after attendance Mr. Sadrakh asked us all to play our own compositions in front of the class. The guitar students played their songs first. Mr. Sadrakh taught us how to be more disciplined and harworking. After the guitar students, violin students went next. They all played really good, but some doesn't appear to be prepared enough. The piano students went next. I think I played okay, but I barely practiced. I didn't memorize the song yet, though. I have to memorize it for the assessment or else I wouldn't get a perfect score. The woodwind/flute students went last. All students in this class didn't memorize their songs yet, and we're all a bit not prepared. My homework is to learn to play better and memorize the song. I think I'm going to play much better next time. We didn;t have time for the instrument class because the rehearsal took the whole 2 sessions.

May 2, 2011, Monday

Today Mr. Sadrakh took the attendance and we practiced our own composition in front of the whole class. Only some of us did, including me, and we were given an extra point. Then he told us that we should give the drafts of our reflection and the drafts of our own composition to him, and it's due next Thursday. Then he reminded us that we are going to have two assessments for the melody playing and the written assessment about John Williams on May 19 and May 12.
In our instrument class, some of us practiced our composition because we are going to have the playing our own melody assessment on May 19. Ms. Melvina said I should try playing it better next time without mistakes.