Grade8IndependentLearning

Complete6or7beatseachquarter.Deadlinesforeachquarterareonthewebsite.
Overtheyearcompleteatleasttwoactivitiesfromeachcolour.
Bytheendoftheyearyoumustcomplete26beatsofwork.
Whenyouhavecompletedsomework,checkinwithMsTessasothatitgetsrecorded.

1beat
a)CompletetherhythmandmeterquizontheQuizTimepage.(Youmustanswer20questionsandscore80%orhigherforthis
tasktocount.)
b)CompletethepitchquizontheQuizTimepage.(Youmustanswer20questionsandscore80%orhigherforthistaskto
count.)
c)CompletetheMusicTermsQuizletTestontheQuizTimepage.(Youmustscore80%orhigherforthistasktocount.Email
meascreenshotwhenyouvecompletethetest).
e)Listentooneofthepiecesintheonlinemusiclibraryandsubmitalisteninglog.http://mstessamusic.weebly.com/
f)RecordandsubmitASTALevel2Scalesvideo.
g)Whatmakesaperformancesuccessful?Createa1minutevideoorwriteaparagraphtoexplainyourthoughts.
h)Evaluateastudentperformancevideousingtheonlinetemplate.
i)Makeimprovementsto1beatworkyousubmittedinapreviousquarter.Allworksubmittedthroughgoogledrivewillhave
teachercomments/feedbacktorespondto.IfyouemailedtheworkIwillhaverepliedtoyou.

2beats
a)Createa10questionquizforotherG8studentsaboutdynamics,rhythm,meter,pitchandtempo.
b)Createa3minutevideo,presentationordetailedposteraboutsymphony,stringquartetortonepoem.
c)RecordandsubmitASTALevel3Scalesvideo
d)Recordandsubmitalevel2solostudy.
e)Selectapieceofmusicinanystyleandcreatea3minutevideoorpresentationaboutit.Providesomebackground
informationaboutthepiece,explainwhyitisagoodexampleoftheperiodanddescribeitsdistinctivecharacteristics.
f)MakealeafletorposteraboutoneofthefollowingcomposersMozart,Haydn,Beethoven,RichardStrauss,Debussy,Brahms.
g)MakeapostertodescribethecharacteristicsofRenaissance,Baroque,ClassicalorRomanticmusic.
h)Makeimprovementsto2beatworkyousubmittedinapreviousquarter.Allworksubmittedthroughgoogledrivewillhave
teachercomments/feedbacktorespondto.IfyouemailedtheworkIwillhaverepliedtoyou.

4beats
a)Composeandnotatean16measuremelodyforyourinstrument.Itshouldhavea6/8,9/8or12/8timesignature,cleartempo
markingandchangesofdynamic.
b)Writea400wordpapertitledThedevelopmentofthesymphonyfromHaydntoBrahms.
c)RecordandsubmitASTALevel4Scalesvideo.
d)Recordandsubmitalevel3solostudy.
e)Recordandsubmitalevel4solostudy.
f)RecordAMISHonoursOrchestraAuditionVideo.
g)Completefourrehearsalslogsduringonequarter.
h)Attendaconcertofanystyleofmusicandwriteareviewfollowingtheonlinetemplate.Youmustsubmitacopyofyourticket
ortheconcertprogrammewithyoureview.
i)Makeimprovementsto4beatworkyousubmittedinapreviousquarter.Allworksubmittedthroughgoogledrivewillhave
teachercomments/feedbacktorespondto.IfyouemailedtheworkIwillhaverepliedtoyou.