Week of Oct. 27 - 31





U.N. DAY CELEBRATION 
Wed. Oct. 29 






OCTOBER HOLIDAY 
Thru. 30 , Friday 31 

6th Grade

Students will start playing "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" with the guitar. 


7th Grade 

Students are working on POPULAR GENRES expositions. Every student was assigned with a popular genre to talk in class. They will have to take into consideration the following criteria:

1. Drees up as the most important representative singer of the genre
2. Prepare a power point presentation (10 slides) 
3. Write about the origins of the genre
4. Include an MP3 or video about the genre in the ppp. 



to evaluate this exposition 


8th Grade

Will continue working with the song "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" with the piano. 

9th Grade 
(composer`s time line DUE DATE: Monday Oct. 27) 


Start presentations if students are ready. 


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