Soundtrack of My Life Handout

Ms. Colvin

 

The Project Requirements

1. Choose at least five songs that represent you at various stages of your life. You can use pivotal moments or break it up into three year increments- whatever seems logical to your life. The songs should be representative of you, not just favorite songs from your life- although, it is possible that those are one and the same.

For each of your five songs, compose a paragraph explaining its relationship to your life. Each paragraph after the first should begin with a transition sentence (moving the reader from the previous paragraph into the next). Make sure you include song title, artist, and main idea for each song, in addition to supporting information that explains the song’s relationship to your life. Also include a concluding sentence that sums up your main idea. And be sure to revise and edit your final work!

2. Create a title for your soundtrack- be as creative as you can! Betsie’s Life, for example, is neither interesting nor meaningful.
3. For Extra Credit-

You may earn extra credit for designing a CD cover for your soundtrack. You must include a creative, appropriate picture and title on the cover, and a list of tracks (song and artist) on the back. The cover may be computer generated or handmade.

 

 

*Remember: Use complete thoughts and sentences. Proofread your paper; if you don’t understand what you are trying to say, I won’t either. Watch your grammar!!! Punctuation and capitals are common mistakes among sophomores, so look for those mistakes and correct them before you turn the paper in to me! Be honest and straight-forward, but remember I am bound by law to report anything suspicious.

 

 

 

 

 

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1	NS/0
Content: ORGANIZATION 1	Organizational structure establishes relationship between/among ideas/events.	Organizational structure establishes relationships between ideas/events, although minor lapses may be present.	Organizational structure establish some relationship between/among some of the ideas/events. The structure is minimally complete.	Organizational structure does not establish connection between/among ideas/events. The overall stucture is incomplete or confusing.	This code may be used for compositions that are entirely illegible or otherwise unscorable: blank responses, responses written in a foreign language, restatements of the prompt, responses that are off-topic or incoherent.
Content: SUPPORT	Support information is related to and supportive of the topic/subject.	Support information has minor weaknesses in relatedness to and/or support of the topic/subject.	Support information has major weaknesses in relatedness to and/or support of the topic/subject.	An attempt has been made to add support information, but it was unrelated or confusing.	See Above
Content: FOCUS 2	Maintains focus on topic/subject throughout response.	May exhibit minor lapses in focus on topic/subject.	May lose or may exhibit major lapses in focus on topic/subject.	May fail to establish focus on topic/subject.	See Above
Content: STYLE - Sentence Fluency	Demonstrates skillful sentence fluency (varies length, good flow rhythm, and varied structure).	Demonstrates reasonable sentence fluency.	Demonstrates minimal sentence fluency.	Sentence fluency is lacking.	See Above