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Marking Period Assessment

Lesson 82 · Unit 3 · Week 20

Marking Period Assessment

Wednesday, January 20

As you walk inAl entrar

  1. Take your recorder from the bin.Toma tu flauta del cubo.
  2. Leave the paper face down.Deja el papel boca abajo.
  3. Listen to the rhythm. Clap it the second time.Escucha el ritmo. Aplaude la segunda vez.
Four bars, written in this room, from a rhythm and a key you are given.
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Do Now
The Given Rhythm
El ritmo dado

This is the rhythm you are writing on. It plays twice: listen the first time, clap it the second.Este es el ritmo sobre el que vas a escribir. Suena dos veces: escucha la primera, aplaude la segunda.

Four bars. Thirteen notes. Four beats in every bar.
Bar 3 has ______ beats in it.El compás 3 tiene ______ tiempos.
The rhythm, twiceEl ritmo, dos veces
Made for this class. One pitch, so it is rhythm and nothing else.

It is on one note on purpose. The pitches are yours to choose, and that is the assessment.

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Today
I Can
Yo puedo

I canYo puedo

I can compose four bars from a given rhythm and key, play them, and label every note with its letter name.Puedo componer cuatro compases a partir de un ritmo y una tonalidad dados, tocarlos y etiquetar cada nota con su letra.

I know I have got it whenSé que lo logré cuando

  • I wrote four bars using the rhythm I was given, and every bar counts to four.Escribí cuatro compases con el ritmo dado, y cada compás cuenta cuatro.
  • My piece ends on G and its highest note is not in bar 1.Mi pieza termina en Sol y su nota más alta no está en el compás 1.
  • I played it once through without stopping, and labelled every note.La toqué de corrido sin parar, y etiqueté cada nota.

These are the scoring criteria, word for word. Nothing is being assessed that is not on this slide.

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Warm-Up
The Row and the Two Rules
La fila y las dos reglas
  1. Breathe in for 4, out for 8.Inhala en 4, exhala en 8.
  2. The row with the recording, up and down.La fila con la grabación, subiendo y bajando.
  3. Every bar counts to how many?¿A cuántos cuenta cada compás?
  4. The piece comes home to which note?¿A qué nota vuelve la pieza?
  5. Papers stay face down until we are done.El papel sigue boca abajo hasta terminar.
The row, up and down, 76 BPMLa fila, subiendo y bajando, 76
Made for this class.

These eight notes are the only ones you may use. They are printed at the top of your paper as well.

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The Task
What Is Being Assessed
Qué se evalúa

Composition and NotationComposición y notación

  • The given rhythm, in all four bars.El ritmo dado, en los cuatro compases.
  • Every bar counts to four.Cada compás cuenta cuatro.
  • The piece ends on G.La pieza termina en Sol.
  • The highest note is not in bar 1.La nota más alta no está en el compás 1.
  • Every note labelled with its letter.Cada nota etiquetada con su letra.

Playing CheckPrueba tocada

  • Once through, without stopping.De corrido, sin parar.
  • What you play matches what you wrote.Lo que tocas es lo que escribiste.
  • You count yourself in first.Cuenta tu entrada primero.

I answer questions about the paper. I do not answer questions about your notes. Everything on this list, you have done before.

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You Do
Four Bars
Cuatro compases
  1. 13:00 to 26:00 - write the four bars.13:00 a 26:00: escribe los cuatro compases.
  2. 26:00 to 32:00 - label every note.26:00 a 32:00: etiqueta cada nota.
  3. 32:00 to 39:00 - play to me at my desk.32:00 a 39:00: tócamela en mi escritorio.
  4. The room keeps working while people play.El salón sigue trabajando mientras otros tocan.
  5. Finished early? Play, then write a second part.¿Terminaste antes? Toca, y luego escribe una segunda voz.

PencilLápiz

Written in pencil, so you can still change it at minute 25. Revision is half of what this unit taught.A lápiz, para que puedas cambiarlo en el minuto 25. La revisión es la mitad de esta unidad.

If you do not play today, you play on Thursday and it counts exactly the same.

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Exit Ticket
Show Me
Muéstrame
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    Why does the highest note not belong in bar 1? 1 pt¿Por qué la nota más alta no va en el compás 1?
  2. 2
    What was the hardest part of writing four bars today, and what did you do about it? 2 pts¿Qué fue lo más difícil de escribir cuatro compases hoy, y qué hiciste?

Pack upA guardar

  1. Assessment paper to the front, face down.El examen al frente, boca abajo.
  2. Wipe the mouthpiece.Limpia la boquilla.
  3. Recorder in its bag, bag in the bin.La flauta en su bolsa, la bolsa al cubo.
  4. Slip to me at the door.Entrégame la hoja en la puerta.
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Thursday
Next: Catch-Up and Extension
El jueves: ponerse al día

Thursday is catch-up. If you did not play today, you play Thursday, and it counts the same.El jueves es para ponerse al día. Si hoy no tocaste, tocas el jueves y cuenta igual.

If you did play, Thursday is where the second part goes under your four bars.Si ya tocaste, el jueves es cuando la segunda voz va debajo de tus cuatro compases.

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