Grade 10 Music – Band
Course Outline 2006/07
Ms Sommers
Course Description of
AMI 2O1 – Music, Grade 10, Open
This course emphasizes performance of music at an intermediate level that strikes a balance between challenge and skill. Student learning will include participating in creative activities and listening perceptively. Students will also be required to develop a thorough understanding of the language of music, including the elements, terminology and history. This course has an increased focus on the use of technology with music.
Prerequisites/Recommended
Courses
AMI 1O1
Curriculum Structure
Unit 1 Performance in Music 60 hours*
Unit 2 Perspectives in Music 13 hours*
Unit 3 Theory and Composition 15 hours*
Unit 4 Music and Technology 6 hours*
Unit 5 Listening and Analysis 11 hours*
110 hours
*note: unit lengths are approximate and will not be taught sequentially
Strands
1. Theory involves learning the symbols, concepts and conventions used in music.
2. Creation is the practical application of performance skills and knowledge and theory as they relate to the performance medium.
3. Analysis involves listening to live and recorded performances to understand the language of music, its historical and cultural context, and how effectively its composers and performers communicate to their audience.
Assessment and
Evaluation
Term work up to the Culminating Task will account for 70% of the final grade and will include the following evaluation strategies:
Theory 15%
Creation 35%
Analysis 20%
70%
The summative evaluation will account for 30% of the final grade and will include the following project:
Culminating Activity 30%
and will consist of a variety of activities, broken up into the three different strands.
All students be assessed on five learning skills: works independently, teamwork, organization, work habits/homework completion, and initiative. The categories for assessment are: excellent, good satisfactory, and needs improvement.
Each unit is evaluated on the basis of the following for categories of achievement:
Knowledge 25%
Thinking and Inquiry 25%
Communication 25%
Application 25%
Classroom
Requirements
Textbook: Various, supplemented with handouts
Instrument: A quality instrument will be assigned to each student. Students must purchase their own mouthpiece (where required). Students may provide their own instruments where possible.
Course Fee: $25.00
Other: Contract signed by parents and/or guardian, 3-ring binder with note paper, pencil, pencil crayons, ruler, calculator
Practice Packages
It is extremely important that individual practice takes place outside of class time. As
such, it is a requirement for each student to practice a minimum 40 minutes a day, 5 times
per week. This will maintain the current level of achievement; anything above and
beyond will only enhance the student’s ability. Please see the separate Home Practice Letter for more information. Practice logs will be due when indicated on the chart.
Late and/or Missed
Assessment Tasks
If a student is unable to attend a class, arrangements should be made, where possible, with the teacher before the class is missed. It is a student’s responsibility to make up for missed work before the beginning of the first class back.
Students must respect due dates set by teachers. Students must hand in all assignments on the dates scheduled. If a student is unable to meet a deadline, he or she must approach the teacher well in advance of that day. Students who approach the teacher the day before or the day of a deadline will not be granted an extension.
Once an assignment is marked and returned to the rest of the class, any student having not completed the assignment will be assigned a mark of zero. There will be no opportunity to complete the assignment once it has been returned.
Some due dates cannot be changed (e.g. end of unit, exam date). If the assessment tasks are not completed, course expectations cannot be evaluated, and a mark of zero will be assigned.
Tests are to be written on the day scheduled. If a student misses a test, they must bring a note from a doctor, parent or guardian, stating that the adult is aware that the student missed a test. The note must be handed in on the date of the student’s return. The test must also be written on the date of the student’s return.
Presentations and culminating tasks must be delivered on the date assigned. A mark of zero will be assigned to any student failing to show up on his or her presentation date without a prior arrangement having been made.
Plagiarism and/or
Cheating
Plagiarism and cheating will not be tolerated. A mark of zero will be assigned for cheating and plagiarism and the student will be referred to an administrator. Parents/guardians will be informed of the situation and the incident will be recorded. Repeated offences of plagiarism or cheating may result in suspensions or expulsions.
Availability
Ms Sommers is available both before and after school, as well as during most Period 4 lunch hours for extra help or questions in her office inside the music room. Students have an opportunity to re-test all Performance Assignments (with the exception of the culminating task) and may do so up to one week after the first test. Students may re-test a piece only once.
Achievement Rubric
Evaluation of most assignments will be graded on a standard 13-point scale rubric, consisting of levels 1, 2, 3, and 4, and their achievement levels either plus or minus. A mark of “NR” or no report, will be assigned for students not achieving the minimum level on an assignment. For culminating activities, special music assessments and other large assignments, special evaluation rubrics will be assigned and presented to the class with the assignment.
The following is the standard homework rubric that will be used to assess students’ work:
|
Category |
Level 1 (50-59%) |
Level 2 (60%-69%) |
Level 3 (70%-79%) |
Level 4 (80-100%) |
|
Knowledge/Understanding ·
- Understanding
of relationships & concepts ·
- Knowledge of
facts and terms ·
- Reflects
information from lesson |
- Demonstrates limited understanding of relationships
& concepts - Limited knowledge of facts
and terms -Limited reflections from
lessons |
- Demonstrates some understanding of relationships
& concepts - Some knowledge of facts
and terms - Some reflections from
lessons |
- Demonstrates considerable understanding of
relationships & concepts - Considerable knowledge of
facts and terms - Considerable reflections
from lessons |
- Demonstrates thorough understanding of
relationships & concepts - Thorough knowledge of
facts and terms - Thorough reflections from
lessons |
|
Thinking/Inquiry - Completes the
task/responses fully and clearly |
- Demonstrates limited
clarity in task/responses |
- Demonstrates some clarity
in task/response |
- Demonstrates considerable
clarity & effectiveness in task/responses |
- Demonstrates a high degree
of clarity & effectiveness in task/response |
|
Application - Writing structure - Linking of ideas - Demonstration of skills |
- Limited structure to
writing - Makes connections with
limited effectiveness - Limited competence of
skill |
- Some structure to writing - Makes connections with
some effectiveness - Some competence of skill |
- Demonstrates considerable
structure to writing - Makes connections with
considerable effectiveness - Considerable competence of
skill |
-Demonstrates a high level
of writing structure - Makes connections with a
high degree of effectiveness - High degree of competence
of skill |
|
Communication - Organization - Level of completion |
-Limited organization - All components not
complete |
- Demonstrates some
organizational skills - All components not
complete or too brief |
- Demonstrates considerable
organization - All components complete |
- Demonstrates thorough organizational
skills - All components complete
with a high degree of effectiveness |
A separate achievement rubric is used for performance
tasks. Some tasks have specific
achievement rubrics.
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Declaration and
Agreement I, __________________________, have read this course
outline and understand the procedures, policies, resources and consequences
that exist in relation to this course.
If I have questions, concerns, or suggestions about any aspect of
this course, I will contact the teacher at the earliest possible time so
that I may meet with the greatest amount of success possible.
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