The kids in our classroom are infintely more important than the subject matter we teach .
       ~Meladee McCarty

• Description -

Mrs. Maggie Breaux challenges her English IV students to create a Carpe Diem project. For this open-ended project, students are to think about what they would like to do with their lives. They then share their thoughts and dreams in the form of a creative project. Through the years Mrs. Breaux has seen a wide variety of projects. On this site you can see one of the projects that incorporated music.

• Cognition Level -

Knowledge Utilization

Multiple Intelligences

• Intrapersonal
   
• Interpersonal
   
• Musical/Rhythmic
   
• Verbal/Linguistic
   
• Logical/Mathematical
   

Instructional Technologies

• Video Camera
   
• Televison

Check it out

The links below provide additional information about this lesson

See the a clip of the actual music project.

Hear from the teacher who encourages her students to "think outside the box."