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The Taming of the Shrew Soundtrack

Make a ten song mixed tape or CD for one of the characters in the play. In a typed letter to the character, explain why you are including each of the ten songs on the mixed CD. You will need to create a CD cover and inside your CD book you should have a one to two paragraph in-depth description for EACH song describing why you think he/she/they would like it, using evidence from the themes, symbols, motifs, and situations that the play explored. You must include one line from the play, linking your artistic choice with your explanation, in each of your paragraphs.

Rubric Code: Y42XCC

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Subject: English

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

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	Not Meeting 1 pts	Approaching 2 pts	Meeting 3 pts	Exceeding 4 pts
Letter Requirements	Not Meeting Student wrote a brief letter that briefly explained why each song was chosen and only explained some of them.	Approaching Student wrote a letter that briefly explained why each song was chosen OR only explained some of them.	Meeting Student wrote a letter that explained why each song was chosen.	Exceeding Student wrote a letter that explained why each song was chosen.
Letter Content	Not Meeting Student does not have a grasp of the content. The explanations of the song choices do not show a relationship to the character chosen. Lyrics or mood did not relate or were missing.	Approaching Student is uncomfortable with the content. Student chose songs that related to the character but was unable to explain how. Lyrics or mood were provided but not explained.	Meeting Student is at ease with the content, but failed to elaborate on how the song choices relate to the scenes. Lyrics or mood were explained with very little detail. More details, please!	Exceeding Student demonstrates full knowledge and was able to support all song choices with well developed explanations that relate to the scenes. Lyrics or explanation of mood provided with great detail.
CD Cover	Not Meeting Very messy. Not professional at all.	Approaching Not very professional looking. Could not be used as a real CD cover.	Meeting Somewhat professional - could be used with a few changes	Exceeding ery professional -- could be used on a real CD
Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation	Not Meeting Work has four or more spelling, punctuation, and/or grammatical errors.	Approaching Presentation has three misspellings, punctuation, and/or grammatical errors.	Meeting Presentation has no more than two misspellings, punctuation, and/or grammatical errors.	Exceeding Presentation has no misspellings, punctuation, or grammatical errors.
Presentation	Not Meeting Student presented 1 song.	Approaching Student presented 2 songs without explanations.	Meeting Student presented 2 songs. Explanation was lacking details about how the songs relate to the scenes.	Exceeding Student presented 2 songs with a detailed explanation telling how the songs related to the scenes chosen.

Keywords:

Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrewt, writing, literature, soundtrack

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English

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