DMS Chorus Journal
Objective: Students will document understandings of the voice outside of its physical context, explore deeper connections to their repertoire, as well
as draw social connection with peers in order to build 21st century teamwork and group building skills.
Journal
Entries
Organization
Creativity,
personalization
drawings,
articles etc.
Grammar
4 Points
3 Points
2 Points
1 Point
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* All entries are
completed
*Entries are meaningful
and exceptionally
written
*All entries are
completed
*Most are meaningful and
exceptionally written
*Most Entries
are completed
*Some are
meaningful and
well written
*Not all entries are
completed
*Some are
meaningful and
well written
*Journal is
incomplete
*Please improve
on creating
meaningful and
well written work
*Some Entries
use complete
sentences and
paragraphs
appropriate to
the assignment
* Some Entries
are out of order
*Dates are
missing from
some entries
*Journal sentence
structure needs
improvement
*Student should
work on placing
entries in the
order in which
they are assigned
*Student should
write the date of
completion for
each entry
*Cover Contains
students name,
grade level and
Chorus
*Student should
consider adding
creativity and
personalization
to enhance their
journal.
*Cover is missing
components
*Student should
considering
adding creativity
and
personalization to
enhance their
journal.
*Student has
more then 5
errors in
grammar,
spelling,
capitalization
Student rarely to
never uses good
grammar, spelling
punctuation
* Journal entries use
complete sentences
and/or paragraphs
appropriately to the
entry assignment
*Entries are in order of
assignment
*Each entry has a date
*Student took time to
complete entries neatly
*Journal entries
use complete
sentences and/or
paragraphs
appropriate to the
entry assignment
*Entries are in
order of
assignment
*Each entry is
dated
*Most entries
use complete
sentences and
paragraphs
appropriate to
the assignment
*Entries are in
order of
assignment
*Most Entries
are dated
*Cover is student
designed neat and
colorful
*Cover contains
students name, Grade
level and Chorus
*Student uses
drawings, illustrations,
clippings etc.
throughout their
journal
* Cover is student
designed and
colorful
*Cover Contains
Student name,
Grade level and
Chorus
*Student uses
some drawings,
illustrations,
clippings etc. to
enhance their
journal
*Cover
Contains
students name,
Grade level and
Chorus
*Student uses
some drawings,
illustrations,
clippings etc. to
enhance their
journal
*There are little to no
errors in grammar,
spelling, and
capitalization
*There are some
errors in grammar,
spelling,
capitalization
*There more
than 4-5 errors
in grammar,
spelling,
capitalization