Case Analysis: When Reading a Paragraph About a Singer's Performance

Essay

Case analysis: When reading a paragraph about a singer's performance, Mike found this sentence: "The pitch was too low." Mike pictured something being thrown low, but he could not figure out what it could be. When he asked the teacher what was pitched too low, he was told that the song was. "How can you throw a song?" he asked. The teacher told him to stop clowning around and get back to work. Was Mike really clowning around? What was his problem? What would you have done to help Mike?