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Student device or school Chromebook
Headphones
Google Doc 


📌 STUDENT DIRECTIONS 
You will complete . Each day includes:

Listening to assigned music examples
Answering written reflection questions
Submitting work at the end of Day 3
You must work .


🗓️ DAY 1 – Music & Mood
🎧 Listening Examples (Wednesday, January 14th)
Choose of the following pieces to listen to:

**Clair de Lune – Claude Debussy
**Symphony No. 5 (1st movement) – Ludwig van Beethoven
**Adagio for Strings – Samuel Barber
(Find recordings on YouTube or Spotify.)

✍️ Written Response (Answer ALL)



What emotions does this music make you feel?



What musical elements help create that mood?

Tempo
Dynamics
Instruments


Where could this music be used? (Movie scene, event, game, etc.)


1 full paragraph (5–7 sentences)



🗓️ DAY 2 – Music & Storytelling
🎧 Listening Examples (Thursday, January 15th)
Choose piece that tells a story or paints a picture:

**The Four Seasons: Spring – Antonio Vivaldi
**Night on Bald Mountain – Modest Mussorgsky
**Ride of the Valkyries – Richard Wagner

✍️ Written Response



What do you think is happening in the music?



What specific sounds or moments helped you imagine this story?



Does the music change throughout? How?



1 full paragraph



🗓️ DAY 3 – Modern Music Analysis
🎧 Listening Examples (Friday, January 16th)
Choose (from 2000–present) that is .
✍️ Written Response



What genre is the song?



Describe:

Beat/rhythm
Melody
Lyrics or message


How is this song similar to or different from the classical pieces you listened to on Days 1–2?



1 full paragraph


📥 FINAL SUBMISSION (End of Day 3)

Students must turn in:

(one per day)
Labeled
Typed
]]> Mon, 02 Mar 2026 05:40:42 PST //www.riponhigh.net/homeworkItem11112371 //www.riponhigh.net/apps/classes/1063243/assignments/ Look up a video on YouTube of a High School Band, Choir, or Orchestra performance. Use the Rubric to evaluate the performance. Please elaborate for each category. You may make a slide show or complete this in a Google Document. 

Try to find a piece that you are familiar with at first.

Part 2:
Use the same piece that you just evaluated, and now find another high school group that performed the same piece. For example, If you selected "Defying Gravity" and the group North High School Choir performed it, you will need to find another high school choir that is performing "Defying Gravity". Use the rubric to evaluate their performance. Then you will compare and contrast both ratings. Please list things that are considered objective in music and subjective in music.

Objective: Based on facts, data, and reality (independent of personal feelings) Example: The temperature is 70 degrees.
Subjective: Based on personal opinions, emotions, and perspectives, varying from person to person. Example: It's hot in here.

You will present your findings on Monday, January 12th, and Tuesday, January 13th.
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Student device or school Chromebook
Headphones
Google Doc 


📌 STUDENT DIRECTIONS 
You will complete . Each day includes:

Listening to assigned music examples
Answering written reflection questions
Submitting work at the end of Day 3
You must work .


🗓️ DAY 1 – Music & Mood
🎧 Listening Examples (Wednesday, January 14th)
Choose of the following pieces to listen to:

**Clair de Lune – Claude Debussy
**Symphony No. 5 (1st movement) – Ludwig van Beethoven
**Adagio for Strings – Samuel Barber
(Find recordings on YouTube or Spotify.)

✍️ Written Response (Answer ALL)



What emotions does this music make you feel?



What musical elements help create that mood?

Tempo
Dynamics
Instruments


Where could this music be used? (Movie scene, event, game, etc.)


1 full paragraph (5–7 sentences)



🗓️ DAY 2 – Music & Storytelling
🎧 Listening Examples (Thursday, January 15th)
Choose piece that tells a story or paints a picture:

**The Four Seasons: Spring – Antonio Vivaldi
**Night on Bald Mountain – Modest Mussorgsky
**Ride of the Valkyries – Richard Wagner

✍️ Written Response



What do you think is happening in the music?



What specific sounds or moments helped you imagine this story?



Does the music change throughout? How?



1 full paragraph



🗓️ DAY 3 – Modern Music Analysis
🎧 Listening Examples (Friday, January 16th)
Choose (from 2000–present) that is .
✍️ Written Response



What genre is the song?



Describe:

Beat/rhythm
Melody
Lyrics or message


How is this song similar to or different from the classical pieces you listened to on Days 1–2?



1 full paragraph


📥 FINAL SUBMISSION (End of Day 3)

Students must turn in:

(one per day)
Labeled
Typed
]]> Mon, 02 Mar 2026 05:40:43 PST //www.riponhigh.net/homeworkItem11112386 //www.riponhigh.net/apps/classes/1063243/assignments/ Look up a video on YouTube of a High School Band, Choir, or Orchestra performance. Use the Rubric to evaluate the performance. Please elaborate for each category. You may make a slide show or complete this in a Google Document. 

Try to find a piece that you are familiar with at first.

Part 2:
Use the same piece that you just evaluated, and now find another high school group that performed the same piece. For example, If you selected "Defying Gravity" and the group North High School Choir performed it, you will need to find another high school choir that is performing "Defying Gravity". Use the rubric to evaluate their performance. Then you will compare and contrast both ratings. Please list things that are considered objective in music and subjective in music.

Objective: Based on facts, data, and reality (independent of personal feelings) Example: The temperature is 70 degrees.
Subjective: Based on personal opinions, emotions, and perspectives, varying from person to person. Example: It's hot in here.

You will present your findings on Monday, January 12th, and Tuesday, January 13th.
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