Assessment and Evaluation

 

Basic Instrumental Performance Rubric

Basic Vocal Performance Rubric

Basic Improv Rubric

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General

On Taking Really Useful Notes

This is an outline that I always went through with my grade 11 and 12 classes at the beginning of the semester before we got going on any class discussion.  They were encouraged to take notes always.  MIE

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This short video made by Sheri Brenneman shows how to use a very simple 'add-on' feature to insert examples of musical notation into handouts, worksheets, quizzes etc when working in Google Docs or Google Slides.  Thanks Sheri!

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Big Picture Music Mind and Medicine

Document - Teach about how music can impact on your mind. This magazine from the Wellcome Trust might be useful when teaching music in school. You can explore how music can impact mind and body and also teach about technical terms such as tone, octave and harmony. There are some interesting interviews with people who have very different experiences of music to reflect their personal perceptions of music’s wider role in society.  This magazine is about music, a popular and important accompaniment to our lives. They explore what music is, and how it can have such a powerful impact on mind and body.

More at www.wellcome.ac.uk

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History, Theory and Musical Analysis

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Elemental Characteristics through the Ages - a template for review notes.

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From The Guardian Teaching Resources - Jazz composition booklet doc. by Rachel.  A guide to building the different elements of music to create a jazz composition.  Over 9 pages, this simple process uses the 12 bar blues form to help students create their own jazz composition.  There is one page left blank where pupils fill in or copy down riffs looked at in class. Added to the Senior Division Resources.