Composer Report Rubric

Composer Report Rubric Grade 8

A-/A+  Detailed background information about the life of the composer  Good use of music vocabulary  Many connections between the life of the composer and relevant historical events.  Names and descriptions of two or more pieces by the composer  Interesting facts or stories about the composer  Significant evidence of research or study of the composer

B/C  General background information about the life of the composer  Some attempts to use a music vocabulary  Some connections between the life of the composer and relevant historical events  Name and some description of one piece by the composer  Some interesting facts or stories about the composer  Some evidence of research or study of the composer

D/F  Limited or no background information about the life of the composer  Limited or no music vocabulary  No connections between the life of the composer and relevant historical events  No evidence of listening to a work by the composer, no descriptions of the music of the composer  No interesting facts or stories about the composer  No convincing evidence of research or study of the composer  Evidence of plagiarism