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The Music of Holden's Life

Make a CD/Soundtrack with six songs representing six themes from the novel with an explanation for each song choice. You will create a CD cover and a back cover on which you provide the name/artist of each song that you choose. The cover design and the choice of songs will be explained in a written document. The finished project will be presented by the student in front of the class.

Rubric Code: U998AB

By gladams

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Subject: English

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Album/CD Music Soundtrack 100 %
	Excellent (N/A)	Good (N/A)	Fair (N/A)	Poor (N/A)	Unacceptable (N/A)
Support for Song Choices 30 % E= 30 G= 27 F= 25 P= 22 U= 19	Excellent Student shows full knowledge of the book and is able to support all song choices with well- developed explanations that show clear connections to six different themes. Explanations provide great detail, with lyrics and textual references to support.	Good Student is at ease with the content of the novel, but fails to explain fully how the song choices relate to their selected theme. Explanations include very little detail or little textual reference.	Fair Student is uncomfortable with the content of the novel. Songs might relate to the book but student did not explain how. Explanations were provided, but not in sufficient detail to support the songs' inclusion.	Poor Student does not have a grasp of the themes of the book. The explanations of the song choices do not show a relationship to the theme. Explanations were not related or were missing.	Unacceptable Unable to assess.
Song Explanation Requirements 20 % E= 20 G= 18 F= 16 P= 14 U= 12	Excellent Student typed five to six complete sentences why the song was chosen.	Good Student typed five incomplete sentences or four complete sentences for each song explaining why the song was chosen.	Fair Student typed four incomplete sentences for each song explaining why the song was chosen OR only explained some of the song choices.	Poor Student typed one or less than one sentence for each song that briefly explained why each song was chosen OR only explained some of the song choices.	Unacceptable Unable to assess.
CD Cover - Appearance 15 % E= 15 G= 13 F= 12 P= 11 U= 9	Excellent Very professional. Neat, polished. Could be used as actual cover artwork.	Good Somewhat professional - could be used with a few changes.	Fair Not very professional looking. Could not be used as a real CD cover.	Poor Very messy. Not professional at all.	Unacceptable Unable to assess.
Mechanics, Grammar & Spelling 10 % E= 10 G= 9 F= 8 P= 7 U= 6	Excellent Writer makes no or few errors (<4) in mechanics, grammar, or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Good Writer makes some errors (4-6) in mechanics, grammar, or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Fair Writer makes several errors (7-9) in mechanics, grammar, or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Poor Writer makes 10 or more errors in mechanics, grammar, spelling that greatly distract the reader from the content.	Unacceptable Unable to assess.
Cover Explanation 15 % E= 15 G= 13 F= 11 P= 9	Excellent Cover art is fully explained and it relates very well to the novel.	Good Cover art is almost fully explained. One element is missing.	Fair Cover art is marginally explained. Two or more elements missing.	Poor Cover art has no correlation to the novel.	Unacceptable Unable to assess.
Presentation 10 % E= 10 G= 9 F= 8 P= 7 U= 0	Excellent Student presented project to the class from the front of the room. Spoke clearly.	Good Student presented to the class from the front of the room. Rushed and/or inarticulate.	Fair Student presented to the class from his/her seat. Spoke clearly.	Poor Student presented to the class from his/her seat. Spoke clearly.	Unacceptable Refused to present. Zero points earned.

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book report, writing, literature, soundtrack

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English

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