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iRubric: Compare/Contrast Music and Facts rubric

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Compare/Contrast Music and Facts Character and Timbre Paragraph Students will listen to and analyze the movement of Gustav Holst's The Planets that corresponds to the planet they have researched. They will use this analysis to compare/contrast the music with the facts they have learned about the planet. Rubric Code: FX3W6B5 By lakite Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Assessment Grade Levels: K-5

Music and Facts
	Great 5 pts	Fair 3 pts	Poor 1 pts
Content	Great Student writes a strong and detailed summary that both compares and contrasts what they know about their planet with what they heard in the musical piece. Student uses evidence from both the music and their research to support their points.	Fair Student compares and contrasts what they know about their planet to their musical piece, but evidence to support their ideas either comes completely from their research or completely from their music analysis instead of both.	Poor Student vaguely compares and/or contrasts the information on their planet to the piece of music. No evidence is used from either their research or their analysis of the music to justify their ideas.
Organization	Great Paragraphs in summary are clearly organized with at least four sentences including a topic sentence and a concluding sentence.	Fair Paragraphs in summary are somewhat organized and contain at least three sentences, but is missing either a topic or concluding sentence.	Poor Paragraphs in summary are less than three sentences, and are missing both a topic sentence and a concluding sentence.
Use of Language	Great Language used is descriptive and strong, appropriate adjectives are used to describe both the music and their research information. Musical terms are used in description of the music.	Fair Language used is fairly descriptive. Good adjectives are used to describe both the music and the research, but not all of these adjectives are appropriate or musical terms are missing from description of music.	Poor Language used is nondescript. Any adjectives used do not apply to the music or the research, and music terminology is missing.