Week of Oct. 20 - 24

6th Grade
("Ode to Joy" QUIZ on Thursday  23 6B, Monday Oct. 27 6A) 

1. Students are playing the famous melody "Ode to Joy" with the guitar. 


7th Grade

Students are playing harmonic circles with major and minor chords with the guitar. 


8th Grade
Students are playing easy piano scores. "We Wish you a Merry Christmas". 

9th Grade
(Composers time line DUE: Monday 27, Exposition Monday 
Nov. 3)

Students are working on Musical Periods such as Renascence Classicism, Romanticism, Impressionism , 20th century. 

They are preparing an exposition on the most importan  representative of each period. 

This is the RUBRIC to prepare the exposition: 


RUBRIC
Classical Composers Expositions

Students will present a composer of one of the six periods of music history.


Poor
0 pts
Fair
4 pts
Good
6 pts
Excellent
10 pts
Composers Background
A detailed account of the composer’s background.

No information.

1-2 facts of composer’s background.

3-4 facts of composer’s background.

5 or more facts of composer’s background.
Unique characteristics
A detailed account of the composer's unique characteristics, including presentation of 2 of the composer's compositions

No information.

1-2 unique characteristics given.

3-4 unique characteristics given.

5 or more unique characteristics given.
Period Information
A detailed account of the period from which the composer lived and wrote in.

No information.

1-2 facts about the period.

3-4 facts about the period.

5 or more facts about the period.
Length of Presentation
Presented within the allotted time of 7 minutes.

Did not present.

1-2 minute presentation.

3-4 minute presentation.

7-minutes presentation.
Creative Presentation
Effort used and quality
of presentation.

No effort or music form used.

Some effort and fair quality of music form used. Some audio files were presented.

Shows good effort and quality of music form used. A video or an MP3 included.

Excellent effort and quality of music form used. Includes videos or MP3 of the composer.

TOTAL