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Soundtrack to Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Create a soundtrack for the novel. A 10 song CD must be created along with a song list and rationale for each song. The rationale needs to include the placement of each song (what part of the novel this song will be played at), what each song means, and the message it will send to the audience.

Rubric Code: QX5C629

By marlasheffel

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Subject: English

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Soundtrack to Novel
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Content The song list is 10 songs long.	Excellent The project meets the length requirement, and tells the complete story.	Good The project has 10 songs, but loses some main points from the story.	Fair The project is less than 10 songs, or missed a more than a few main points from the story.	Poor The project has many inaccuracies and is less than 10 songs.
Beginning, Middle, End Flow of the story is carried through the soundtrack.	Excellent The flow of the story is present throughout.	Good The flow of the story is present but seems to be missing "something".	Fair Story is hard to follow at times and the elements of a story are missing at times.	Poor Story is not followed or if shown, it is in bits and pieces.
Rationale Each song is placed in an appropriate place to tell the story.	Excellent Details are present and connect to the written pages. Explanation of why song is in that order is clear.	Good Some illustrations are placed correctly and connected to the written pages. Detail to enhance the story is present.	Fair Illustrations are just placed on the page and are really not connected to the written page.	Poor There are few to no illustrations.
Song Meaning and Explanation All 10 songs have been explained in a clear, concise way, and the scene from the story is appropriate.	Excellent The meaning of the song is conveyed clearly, concisely, and fits with the intended scene from the story.	Good The meaning of the song is conveyed clearly, concisely, and mostly fits with the intended scene from the story.	Fair The meaning of the songs is there for the most part. May not fit with the intended scene from the story.	Poor The meaning of the songs is unclear. Songs do not represent a scene in the story.
Message to the Audience Message the song will convey to the audience has been explained clearly and concisely.	Excellent Meaning of what the songs will convey to the audience is clear, concise, and well done.	Good Meaning of what the songs will convey to the audience is mostly present, maybe missing one song.	Fair Meaning of what the songs will convey to the audience is present, but not clear or concise. OR less than 10 songs present.	Poor Little meaning of what the songs will convey to the audience is present. Less than 10 songs present.
CD and Song list Both CD and Song list are present	Excellent Has CD and all 10 songs listed.	Good Has CD and at least 8 songs listed.	Fair Has CD and less than 8 songs listed.	Poor NO CD or less than 7 songs listed.

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