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Compose your own RAP SONG!

Work with a small group to write a rap song that follows the criteria below.

Rubric Code: K565X8

By friedmand

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Subject: Music

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 6-8

Rap Song
	Poor 0 pts	Fair 1 pts	Satisfactory 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Verses	Poor No verses included	Fair 1 verse	Satisfactory 2 verses	Good 3 verses	Excellent 4 verses
Lines per verse	Poor All 4 verses have less than 4 lines	Fair 3 verses have less than 4 lines	Satisfactory 2 verses have less than 4 lines	Good 1 verse has less than 4 lines	Excellent All verses have 4 lines
Content	Poor Content is unorganized and does not represent the theme, character, or plot of a story.	Fair Content is somewhat organized to represent theme, character, or plot but does not clearly make sense and may have more than 5 mistakes.	Satisfactory Song portrays the theme, character, or plot of a story but includes 3-4 mistakes.	Good Song portrays the theme, character, or plot of a story but includes 1-2 mistakes.	Excellent Song clearly portrays the theme, character, or plot of a story.
Beat/Rhythm	Poor No beat or rhythm was present	Fair Beat or rhythm was not identified	Satisfactory A beat or rhythm was identified in the song and was not maintained throughout the presentation	Good A beat or rhythm was identified in the song and maintainted throughout most of the presentation	Excellent A beat or song rhythm was identified in the song and maintained throughout entire presentation
Volume/Projection/Annunciation	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.	Satisfactory Presenter(s) was heard clearly, was occasionally silly, and made 3 or 4 mistakes while presenting.	Good Presenter(s) was heard and maintained a serious composure, but made 1-2 mistakes while presenting.	Excellent Presenter was flawless in presentation of song.
Physical Presentation	Poor Song was not legible, and difficult to follow format.	Fair Song was legible with several grammatical mistakes and difficult to follow format.	Satisfactory Song was legible with few grammatical mistakes and format was satisfactory.	Good Song was legible with no grammatical mistakes and format was easy to follow.	Excellent Song was legible with no grammatical mistakes and format was clear and easy to follow.
Chorus	Poor No chorus	Fair Chorus did not fully explain the topic.	Satisfactory The chorus was mainly consistent with the topic.	Good The chorus fit well with the topic.	Excellent The chorus was fully formed and used in the appropriate place and was relevent with the topic.