Journal #2: Introduction

The introduction of the book I will be reading is a good one.  The book is laid out in a sense that it tells the “story” of the harmonica based on Adam and Eve learning about music.  It is fun and keeps my interest.  However, in this first lesson I did play any harmonica.  It taught me the fundamentals of music --- or instead, for me at least, simply went over them again because I have a background in music. 

I have a few ideas for this journal, I will attempt to keep putting together a list of possible research ideas into each journal because, from what I garner, I think that will be the majority of what I need to present.  I am fearful of not having learned anything for my presentation so I will probably just focus on my research and I want to make sure I have a good one.

First Idea:

(1) The importance of having a “big sell” to begin a lesson.  One of my teachers over the summer talked about how storytelling can be a great method for beginning a lesson and getting the interest of the class, this book does that. Is there any research to back the idea of a big sell? The importance of it? Just one idea, I’m sure of many!