Name:____________________

History of Rock & Roll Unit

Assignments
Guided Listening
For each class you will have guided listening forms, such as today,
where you will be required to take notes and answer the
questions. These are for you to tell yourself what you will
remember about the information presented in class.
I will be looking at these to see how you are understanding the
material, but these will not be for marks. These are to be kept in
your duotang.
Journals
Over the course of the unit there will be 6 journals due, about one
for every other class. You will have class time to work on these,
but whatever is not completed during class time will be due for
the next day.
Each journal will have its own guiding question that you will be
required to answer in the journal.
The first 5 journals will need to be approx. one page, double
spaced OR about two minutes of recorded video where you
summarize the same information as a written journal. Each of
these journals are for completion mark only, and are worth 4%
each, totaling 20% of your mark. I will be looking at these and
giving you feedback based on your writing/video.
The last journal will need to be approx. two pages, double spaced
OR about 4 minutes of recorded video where you summarize the
same information as a written journal. This journal will be graded
based on the same rubric as the first journals that we will go over
in class. This journal will be worth 20% of your mark.
Demonstrations

Name:____________________

Over the course of this unit, you will be required to do three

demonstrations. These demonstrations will be based on the
material that we have covered that week. You would be able to
use our class practice time to work on these, ask me questions,
etc. to prepare.
You will need to include the following:
One verse and one chorus of a song selected or approved by
Ms. Thorlakson, singing if you wish, spoken/mumbled text at
least.
A brief description (1 minute) of the social or historical
background of this piece.
Something interesting about the piece that you discovered in
your research (hidden meaning behind the lyrics, interesting
fact about the musician, interesting relation to what was
going on contextually at the time).
These demonstrations may be done in person during the last
class time before it is due or outside of class time. These
demonstrations may also be done by video recording, provided
that all the required aspects are included. They will be due, at the
latest, 5pm on Saturday of the week it was assigned.
These demonstrations will be graded on a rubric that will be
discussed during class.
Each demonstration will be work 20% of your mark, totaling 60%
of your mark for this unit.