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Creavity. Service. Action. (CAS) CAS Learning Outcomes Self Assessment table -

Name of activity: Guitar Participant/s: Pamela S. Victorino, Alyssa Jasmin, Kate Valle Advisor: Mr. Tennis Supervisor: Mom Learning Outcomes targeted: (See extension to template on next page) · Developed new skills Shown perseverance and commitment in activities Work collaboratively with others CAS Category/ies (Check box/es as appropriate) What I will accept as Evidence of Success: - Be able to play a complete song
 * Creativity || x || Action || || Service || ||

- Familiarity with some chords

- F, Am, Bb, Dm, C (Torn - Natalie)

- Be able to do strumming properly

- Be able to perform on stage
 * Program at school (?)

- Be able to use a pick in strumming

- Be able to read tabs Proposed Action Timeline Checklist: (Needs to include reporting and reflection steps and times for the supervisor and advisor to check in / sign off)
 * ** Action ** || ** Target Date ** || ** Done / Signed off ** ||
 * Look at a chord chart and familiarize myself with the chords that I don't know. || Nov 16 2010 || Done ||
 * Choose a song then study the chords and strumming of it. || Nov 22 2010 || Done ||
 * Play the entire song. || Nov 2010 || Done ||
 * Study how to read and use tabs. || || ||
 * Choose a song then study how to play it using tabs. || || ||
 * Play the entire song. || || ||
 * Choose a song that requires plucking. || || ||
 * Study the chords and how the plucking goes. || || ||

Reflection: Thoughts on meeting / not meeting the learning objectives, recommendations for anyone considering a similar plan.

** CAS Journal: **

** November 22, 2010 ** I have started doing my CAS project and so far it’s doing pretty good. I looked for the chords of the song torn by Natalie Imbruglia and I found out that I know some of the chords in the song which are C, Am, and Dm. The chords that are new to me are F and Bb. What I was stuck with was the strumming of the song but I think that I’ll be doing well if I just practice the song over and over again so I would be able to play it nicely.

** Dec 2, 2010 ** I went through the whole song again and I think that I can play it much better than last time. I tried looking for another version of torn and I found a simpler ones but it doesn’t sound as good as the chords that I have learned. I also started to look at tabs on YouTube and asked some help from a friend of mine who is really good in playing the guitar. He taught me how to read tabs but I still find it hard to understand the pattern. Well, the only thing that I understood was that the number represents the fret and the string that you have to strum was the place where the number was.

** Dec 9, 2010 ** Since Amae and Kate are also doing guitar, we are planning to play a complete song together. Alyssa is also part of our group and she’s playing the piano for us. We still haven’t decided if what song are we doing but we did a lot of songs last weekend. Kate and I went through the songs that we already know how to play and I realized that it was easier for us to work in groups in doing this project. What we are planning to do for our next step is to find a song that can also be played in piano and practice the song step by step as a whole.

** Dec 10, 2010 ** While I was resting from doing my homework, I decided to spend some time with my guitar and I played some songs that I know. I went online to check some old songs that I want to play and because of that I have learned some chords again that was not familiar to me. I learned how to play Gm, Cm C#m, Bm, and F#m. The last time that I played the guitar was when I was in 6th grade and it was ages ago. I also used to teach myself on how to play the chords but I always had a difficulty in strumming. It’s easier for me to get how to play a song if there is someone who can demonstrate how to play it and if I really know the song by heart. code E--0--0--2--0--5--4-- B G D A E  E--0--0--2--0--7--5-- B G D A E  E--0--0--9--5--4--4--2-- B--- G--- D--- A--- E---  E--10--10--9--5--7--5-- B-- G-- D-- A-- E-->code
 * January 14, 2010 **

code code I went to ultimateguitar.com and since I am still learning how to read tabs, I just looked for the easy ones. The tabs above are for the Happy Birthday song. The song was not that hard to play because the tabs used are the same over and over again. code

code [|**http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFVlg3lWPr4&feature=related**] On this day, I spent some time watching tutorials for a song that requires plucking. The link above is a really good tutorial of the song Officially missing you by Tamia. I learned how to play the chords but I still haven’t figured out how the plucking of the song goes. I learned how to play Breakeven by the Script. The chords are Em, D, G Am7, which are all familiar to me except for Am7. I looked at different videos on YouTube because I didn’t get the strumming of the song. Alyssa, Kate, and I are planning to do CAS together on Thursday to work on the song that we’re going to play. ** Increased your awareness of your own strengths and areas for growth ** ü Able to see yourself as an individual with various skills and abilities, some more developed than others, and understand that you can make choices about how you with to move forward. ** Undertaken new challenges ** ü A new challenge may be an unfamiliar activity, or an extension to an existing one. ** Planned and initiated activities ** ü Planning and initiation will often be in collaboration with others. It can be shown in activities that are part of larger projects, eg, ongoing school activities in the local community, as well as in small student-led activities. ** Worked collaboratively with others ** ü Collaboration can be shown in many different activities, such as team sports, playing music in a band or helping in a kindergarten. At least one project involving collaboration and the integration of at least two of creativity, action and service is required. ** Shown perseverance and commitment in activities ** ü At a minimum, this implies attending regularly and accepting a share of the responsibility for dealing with problems that arise in the course of activities. ** Engaged with issues of global importance ** ü You may be involved in international projects but there are many global issues that can be acted upon locally or nationally (eg. environmental concerns, caring for the elderly.  ** Considered the ethical implication of your actions **   ü Ethical decisions arise in almost any CAS activity (eg. on the sports field, in musical composition, in relationships with others involved in service activities). Evidence of thinking about ethical issues can be shown in various ways, including journal entries and conversations with CAS advisers.  ** Developed new skills **   ü As with new challenges, new skills may be shown in activities that the student has not previously undertaken, or in increased expertise in an established area.
 * January 18, 2010 **
 * Jan 25, 2010 **