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Atmospheric Layers Rap, Song, or Poem Atmospheric Layers Rap, Song, or Poem In this activity, students will compose lyrics for a rap, song, or poem about the earth's atmospheric layers. Rubric Code: ZXW84C4 By rdurrante Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Project Grade Levels: 6-8

Rap or Song In Class Assignment
	Poor 0 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 4 pts	Excellent 6 pts
Verses 3 Verses required	Poor No verses included	Fair 1 verse	Good 2 verses	Excellent 3 verses
Lines per verse Two couplets = Four lines per verse	Poor Has only 1 verse have less than 4 lines	Fair 2 verses have less than 4 lines	Good 3 verses have less than 4 lines	Excellent All verses have 4 lines
Content Song talks about the Earth's Atmosophere	Poor Content is unorganized and does not represent the topic.	Fair Content is somewhat organized to represent the topic but does not clearly make sense and has some mistakes.	Good Song portrays most of the layers. Stays on topic and talks about the main layers.	Excellent Song includes all the layers and describes detail about each layer.
Couplet Rhyming Rap is written in sets of couplets that rhyme with each other.	Poor None of the verses rhyme with each other.	Fair 1 out of the 3 verses contain couplets.	Good 2 out of the 3 verses contain couplets.	Excellent 3 out of the 3 verses contain couplets.
Beat/Rhythm Presenter used a song beat	Poor No beat or rhythm was present	Fair Beat or rhythm was not identified	Good A beat or rhythm was identified in the song and was not maintained throughout the presentation	Excellent A beat or rhythm was identified in the song and maintained throughout most of the presentation
Volume/Projection/Annunciation Presented in an audible tone and is clearly understood.	Poor Presenter(s) could not be heard or could not get thorugh the song in a serious manner, completely unprepared.	Fair Presenter(s) was heard, but occasionally was not loud enough or silly, made several mistakes while presenting song.	Good Presenter(s) was heard clearly, was occasionally silly, and made 3 or 4 mistakes while presenting.	Excellent Presenter(s) was heard and maintained a serious composure, but made 1-2 mistakes while presenting.
Lyrics Song was written clearly, legibly, and spelling/grammar was correct.	Poor Song was not legible, and difficult to follow format.	Fair Song was legible with several grammatical mistakes and difficult to follow format.	Good Song was legible with few grammatical mistakes and format was satisfactory.	Excellent Song was legible with no grammatical mistakes and format was easy to follow.