Music is a very important part of our lives and we can learn a lot of English from listening to songs. In this project you are going to work on songs you like and hopefully, will learn a bit more about the singers and improve your English as well. Enjy!!
STAGE I- WHO WILL YOU WORK WITH?
Get into pairs.
STAGE II –WHICH SONGS WILL YOU CHOOSE?
Decide together which songs you would like to work on. You must choose TWO songs. They must be by two different singers/groups. As soon as you know, tell me.
No two groups can choose the same songs nor the same singers.
STAGE III –– WHERE WILL YOU FIND THE INFORMATION?
In order to complete the writing tasks you will need to research your songs. You must have Two sources – one in ENGLISH and one in HEBREW.(see pg.4 for sites).
WRITING IYou will complete a form for each of your singers/groups.(see A – pg.3)
WRITINGII Write up a time-line of your group/singer from the time they began singing. (see B-pg.3)
WRITING III(see C- pg. 3)
What is the singer/group trying to tell us in the song? Choose one of your songs and write what you think the message is.
WRITING IV - (see D-pg.3)
Choose your 4 favorite lines of the song and write why you like them so much.
VOCABULARY & DICTIONARY
Find ten new words in each song. Write them down and translate them into Hebrew. What part of speech is each word? Write a definition for each word.
CLASSROOM WORK & THE PROCESS – part of your grade will be based on the work you do in class and how you do it. Coming prepared to every lesson is very important. Therefore, you should bring a dictionary to each lesson and all the work in your project file.
PROJECT FILE
Each of you will have a project file and you will keep all the material for the project in it. Make a copy of the songs that you wish to work with. Each of you must have your own copies of the songs in your file. You must keep copies of all your sources. You must bring all of this to every lesson until the project is completed.
STAGE IV – ORAL PRESENTATION
Each couple will present their work to the rest of the class. You may choose one of the following to do. Each of you must speak. Make sure you know about your subject as I will ask questions.
+ Role Play
You are a reporter and your group/singer is coming to Israel for a visit. You will write up an interview with 10 questions and answers. Your questions have to be interesting.Do the interview in front of the class.
+ Prepare a flyer that will advertise the concert your group/singer is taking part in. It should be long enough to give all the information, but not too long. You will talk about what you have learned about your singer/group from the research that you did and show your flyer to the class.
+ Make a new disc cover for one of the groups'/singer's discs. You will explain to the class why you decided to make a new cover.You will also discuss what you learned about the singer/group.
+ Make a t-shirt that you would like your singer to wear during the concert. Explain why you made this t-shirt, how it reflects the singer/group's personality from what you learned.
+ Make a collage of your singer/group. Explain to the class why you chose the different pictures for your collage and about the group/singer.
+ Compare your two songs – in a chart form – put it on a poster and present it to the class. You can compare the beat / the words / the styles/the singers.
+ Make up a survey with questions about your group/singer and ask at least 10 students to complete it. Write up your findings and put them on a poster. You will explain your questions and findings to the class.
GRADING: You will be graded for your writing and for your oral presentation according to rubrics - see pg. 6-7
THE PROJECT FILE- this is what you will hand in:
+ A cover page – with your names and the names of the songs
+ Table of contents with page numbers
+ A copy of each of your songs
+ The four writing tasks – each one on a separate page – headed
+ The vocabulary/dictionary work - headed
+ The Reflection sheet filled out by each of you
+ Your sources – English & Hebrew
+ If it is possible, please type up your work. If not, write very clearly and only
in pen and only write on one side of the page (not both sides)
+ if project is handed in late by one day -10 pts. / by two days -20 pts.
+ don't forget that this is English – so put everything in correctly.
+ If you put in pictures and give them captions, you will get an extra 5 points
I am sure that you will enjoy the project and I am looking forward to seeing your presentations. Hedy
Date Due: ______
Choose the forms that you need and copy them. Then complete them.
FORM A - FOR SINGER
The name of my singer/ is ______.
He/She/ was born in ______.
The type of music he/she sings is ______. This music is special because ______
______
The back-up band is called______
The reason I chose this singer is because ______
My singer is popular in ______
FORM A- FOR GROUP:
The name of my group is ______
The members are ______
They were born in ______
The type of music they sing is ______This music is special because______
The reason I chose this group is because ______
My group is popular in ______
FORM B - THE TIMELINE
DATEWHAT HAPPENED?
______
C. THE MESSAGE:
Name of song: ______
I think the message that the singer/group is trying to tell us is ______
______
______
D. MY 4 FAVORITE LINES
My 4 favorite lines are: ______
______
______
I like these lines because______
INTERNET SITES FOR YOU
AskJeeves Kids
Kid's Search Tools
KidsClick The Arts Music
The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
Yahooligans Entertainment Music
/
Newspapers
Haretz
Jerusalem Post
Magazines
Time
Newsweek
Any newspaper, magazine or encyclopedia in Hebrew
Name: ______
(check (√) the proper answer)
Very Much A Bit Not At All
1. I enjoyed working on the project.______
2. I enjoyed working in my group/
with my partner.______
3. I enjoyed looking for songs and
information about the singer/group.______
4. I enjoyed doing all the writing tasks______
5. I enjoyed preparing the oral
presentation.______
6. I enjoyed talking in front of the class.______
7. My reading in English has improved.______
8. My writing in English has improved.______
9. My speaking skills have improved. ______
Your own comments: (you may write in Hebrew if you wish)
______
______
______
RUBRICS FOR MUSIC PROJECT
WRITING I / You completed the form perfectly. / You completed the form very well. / You completed the form quite well / There were many errors in the form. / You did not complete the form well at all.5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1
WRITING II / Your time line was excellent. / Your time line was very good. / Your time line was quite good. / Your time line was fair. / Your time line had very little information.
15 / 7 / 5 / 3 / 1
WRITING III / Your writing about the message of the song was wonderful. / Your writing about the message of the song was very good. / Your writing about the message of the song was quite good. / Your writing about the message of the song was fair. / Your writing about the message of the song was hard to follow.
15 / 11 / 7 / 4 / 1
WRITING IV / You expressed yourself so well. / You expressed yourself quite well. / You expressed yourself fairly well. / It was not very easy to understand what you wrote. / You hardly made any sense.
10 / 7 / 5 / 3 / 1
LANGUAGE FOR WRITING III & IV / Excellent. Appropriate use of vocabulary & grammar structures. / Very Good. Vocabulary is very good & grammar too. / Quite good.
Vocabulary is ok and grammar is good. / Fair. Vocabulary is too simple and so is the grammar. / Poor writing skills, too many errors in spelling and in grammar.
10 / 7 / 5 / 3 / 1
WORDS / Your choices were excellent and so were your definitions. / Your choices were very good and so were your definitions. / Your choices were quite good, but some of the definitions were not. / Your choices were fair and not all of the definitions were correct / Your choices were not very good, nor were your definitions.
10 / 7 / 5 / 3 / 1
THE PROCESS / You worked beautifully in every project lesson. You always came prepared. / You worked very well in every project lesson. You almost always came prepared. / You worked quite well and came prepared quite often. / You worked fairly well. You did not always come prepared. / You hardly ever came prepared for the project lessons.
30 / 20 / 15 / 10 / 5
PROJECT FILE / Beautiful & everything is included. / Very good & almost all elements are included.. / Fair –some elements missing. / Poor – Incomplete. . / Unacceptable.
5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1
RUBRICS FOR ORAL PRESENTATION
Organization / The presentation is in a logical order. / The presentation is quite logical. / The audience can not always follow because the order is not clear. / The audience can not follow because there is no order at all.20 / 15 / 10 / 5
Content / You knew a lot about your subject and could answer the questions. / You knew quite a lot about your subject and could answer most of the questions. / You knew a few important points about your subject, but could only answer basic questions. / You did not know enough about your subject and could not answer even basic questions.
15 / 10 / 5 / 1
Language / You spoke beautifully, pronounced the words correctly and were very fluent. / You spoke very well, pronounced most of the words correctly and were quite fluent. / Although most of what you said was understood, you did not
pronounce
most of the words correctly. / You were not very fluent because you had many errors.
25 / 20 / 15 / 10
- You should talk for about 5-6 minutes between you. If you talk for less than that, points will be deducted.
- Please do not read – try to look at the audience and talk.
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