Assessment Documents
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What are the connections between language, literature, and music?
Overview
This Asset Plan focuses on the connections between music and language while introducing students to melodic composition. As in most plans students are also given the opportunity to develop their performance skills. This plan ties in closely to skills students taught during music theory and piano lab.
The summative task of the unit is performing an original melody based on the poem ’The Trout.’ The performance will require singing and playing the piano. The formative tasks involve performing a previously known folk song with original lyrics, determining the rhythm of a poem, and assessing music for good melodic compositional technique.
Learning Goals
How will we build towards the answer?
- Explore and practice the steps in the creative process.
- Explore and practice the fundamentals of good melodic composition.
- Discuss the connections between language and music.
- Determine the musical rhythm of a poem and express it in notation.
- Compose an original work that melodically and rhythmically fits ‘The Trout’ poem.
- Perform your composition in class using voice and accompaniment.
How will this learning help outside of music?
- Practicing the creative process will help you take advantage of creative opportunities.
- Identifying and exploring the connections between music and language will improve your linguistic skills.
- Transcribing rhythm and melody improves your aural acuity making you a better listener.
- Performing in front of others makes you more confident expressing yourself in front of others.
Assessments
Below is a list of the assessments for this plan and links to the assessment pages.
Formative
Summative
Standards
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