7th/8th Grade Music Assignments
- Instructors
- Term
- 2020-2021 School Year
- Description
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This class will pick up instruction where we left off last year. This class will begin with a study of the early giants of jazz. Many of these artists are unknown by the general public. Musicians such as: Buddy Bolden, Kid Ory and Joe Oliver just to name a few. This class will cover jazz until it turns political, around the year 1954. The second project titled: New Technologies for a New Generation. In this project, we will discuss how technologies such as microphones, speakers, recording and radio broadcasting. This class will also learn the basics of guitar playing and tablature reading of basic, one-line melodies.
Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
Due:
Essay 1: Checklist for Corrections
Use the following checklist to make sure you have covered all the topics. I am looking for all these topics to be in your paper.
America's first form of artistic music
The music is color blind (what does this mean?)
Invented by slaves in the southern USA
Offers musical freedom (why is this powerful and ironic?)
All are welcomed to join
It is the opposite of classical music from Europe (how)
The music is democratic--all musical voices are equally important
America's first form of artistic music
The music is color blind (what does this mean?)
Invented by slaves in the southern USA
Offers musical freedom (why is this powerful and ironic?)
All are welcomed to join
It is the opposite of classical music from Europe (how)
The music is democratic--all musical voices are equally important
Due:
Essay 1: Major Grade
Essay Rubric:
TSW write 14-18 sentences
the sentences must be full, complete and correct. (no fragments or run-on)
Sentences must have a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end.
Proper nouns must have a capitol letter
Subject and verbs must agree (singular/plural)
TSW have all the topics from the keynote: first artistic music, color blind, invented by slaves, musical freedom, all are welcome to join in, opposite of European classical music (Mozart, Beethoven, Opera)
TSW use the word “democratic” correctly to describe the music because “all voices are equal”
-5 points for every fragment or run on
-5 points for per sentence not there
-5 per capitol / period error
-5 per proper noun error
-15 per topic not mentioned
-20 for not using the word democratic correctly
TSW write 14-18 sentences
the sentences must be full, complete and correct. (no fragments or run-on)
Sentences must have a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end.
Proper nouns must have a capitol letter
Subject and verbs must agree (singular/plural)
TSW have all the topics from the keynote: first artistic music, color blind, invented by slaves, musical freedom, all are welcome to join in, opposite of European classical music (Mozart, Beethoven, Opera)
TSW use the word “democratic” correctly to describe the music because “all voices are equal”
-5 points for every fragment or run on
-5 points for per sentence not there
-5 per capitol / period error
-5 per proper noun error
-15 per topic not mentioned
-20 for not using the word democratic correctly