CARLA
Appreciation of Music - Traditional Japanese Music & Healing Music
Unit Assessment

Submitted by Michiko Kato Dressen

Time Frame:

2-3 days depending on the number of students. Preparation time may vary, depending on how early the teachers tells the students about this project.

Materials Needed:

  • posterboard, markers, etc  - or -
    computer lab and Powerpoint or KidPix
  • Presentation Question Chart (see below)
  • Presentation Grading Checklist (see below)
  • Unit Assessment Rubric (see below)

Description of Task:

Students will present on their favorite music piece(s), music genres, musicians or musical instruments by giving a poster board or PowerPoint (if students are ready) presentations in Japanese.  The information of this presentation should be given to the students ahead of time so that htey can preprsr or think ahead while they are learning different types of traditional Japanese music and other types of music. 

A presentation grading checklist and unit assessment rubrics will also be shown to students ahead of time so that they can plan their presentation knowing what criteria they are to be graded on.

References and Resources:

Two rubrics will be used for assessment purposes for all of post-task activities of this whole unit.  The maximum score each student can earn will be 40 points.   Final Assessment Rubric  (pdf)

Attachments:

NOTE: some attachments are in PDF form (get Acrobat Reader)

Unit Assessment  (pdf)

Presentation Grading Checklist  (pdf)

Presentation Question Chart  (pdf)

Presentation Grading Checklist