NOTE:
If you bring in a Youtube
video on flashdrive of the
song you interpret, you will
FAVORITE ARTIST/GROUP PARTNER PROJECT receive 5 points EXTRA
CREDIT! (Make sure it is appropriate to play
at school!)
Your Name________________________
Who is your partner? ______________________
Favorite Artist Name_________________________________
Due Date: _________________
circle one if you have a partner, both if you are working alone) Biography
or
Translation
circle one if you have a partner, both if you are working alone) Picture
or
Recording with lyrics
Presentation………………
/15 (Practice reading aloud in advance)
Picture/Collage…..……….
/10 (On 8 ½ X 11 paper)
Report…………………..…….
/50
Lyric/Criteria Sheet……...
/5 Pts./5 Pts.
Song Title: ___________________________ /15 (Must be the artists’ original composition)
Total………………………..
Extra Credit…………….
Total………………………..
/100
/100
(X-credit = performing a song of your favorite artist or preparing a poster collage)
(Students must read or present report in order to submit any extra credit towards project)
This is a Take Home Assignment. Prepare a single-spaced typed or hand
written report (50 points total). Your report should be in length: 2 page- single
space & use black or blue ink. Use 12-14 font size. The information should
NOT be copied from your resources, but information re-written in your own
words. (Use a Thesauraus & dictionary) Include a bibliography page (separate
from report) listing your references and websites. (5 points) You must use at
least 3 references. You may list more than 3 references.
I.
50 points for partners25 points for Solo
BIOGRAPHY of the group/artist:
This must include:
A.
NOTE:
Your report
must be
‘rewritten’ in
your own
words~
plagiarism
results in a
‘zero’ and
demerits for
2nd offense.
Include the artists or group members’ names both past and
present~Include first & last names and the instrument(s) they play.
B.
Include style of music performed and their influences and name only 3
top songs and 1-2 top albums.
C.
Include personal information like: Where the group or artist is from
(City/State/Country), family, parents, background of career, and people
who influenced them and 2-3 artists they model their own music after.
D.
Include an ‘interesting facts’ paragraph of your artist or group.
Note:
Write your
report in
paragraph
form~
Don’t forget your
Bibliography
page (on separate
sheet) (5 points)
E.
50 points for
partners25 points for Solo
Include a Conclusionary paragraph followed by a trivia question at the
end of report. This question should be an ‘interesting fact’ about your
artist or group.
II. Song Translation of your artist/group: This must include:
A. A description of the purpose of the song telling why the artist wrote the
song.
B. Other opinions of people from the internet using sites like:
songmeaning.com or songfacts.com~if you find other sites, include
them in your bibliography.
C. Why did you choose this song? Make sure and tell us what the song
means to you.
D. us what instruments are included in the song sample and any other
interesting information about the recording of that song you can find.
NOTE: If you are doing an instrumental, explain the mood of the song and how the music portrays
this mood, instruments used and ‘style of music’ (R.& B./Blues/Rock-n-Roll, Progressive Rock,
Classic Rock, Jazz, Country, Blues, Rhythm & Blues, etc..) For instrumental music, tell us how the
music makes you feel when you listen to it.
III. (10 points) Picture of your Favorite artist. You will pass around the picture
during your presentation. Must be sized on an 8 ½ X 11 sheet. You must include text
boxing on each picture and include a variety of different pictures of people, places, and
things you talk about in your report. (If you decide to do an extra credit poster collage,
that will suffice for your picture points as well as a possible 10 extra credit points.
IV. (15 pts) Recorded example of your artist on CD. Bring in a recorded
example on CD, MP-3 or I-Pod of your favorite artist or group performing the
song of your choice. (Itunes is a good resource to burn a cd sample)
(Use CD-R blank CD’s when burning a music sample)
V.
(5 pts) Provide a print out copy of the lyrics. This must be
turned in with your assignment. (You can find the lyrics on the
internet. Use any search engine, ex. Google search: type in search
window:
“title of song” “group name/artist” followed by the word, Lyrics (**If lyrics
are inappropriate or you’re not sure what the lyrics are, do not choose it!!!)
VI. (15 PTS) PRESENTATION Read your report to the class. Use articulation,
vocal inflection and speak clearly, making sure your voice is audible.
NOTE: *Extra credit available IF student chooses to sing or play an example and/or
prepares a Poster collage. You CAN earn up to 10 extra points only towards your
grade.
*Resources: Internet, reading material, CD Jacket, or public library, magazine, or live
interviews of a local artist or group.
WHEN SELECTING YOUR SONG, no inappropriate lyrics!!! (ex. profanity, drugs or violence
expressed in the lyrics will NOT be acceptable, and student will receive a “0”).
Have fun with this assignment and enjoy preparing it!
NOTE: Don’t forget your ‘TRIVIA QUESTION” which
goes at the end of your written report..(one from each
person if you are paired up with a partner!) (4 points)
Choosing When to Give Credit
Need to document
When you are using or referring to someone else’s words
or ideas from a magazine, book, newspaper, song, TV
program, movie, Web page, computer program, or any
other medium
When you use information gained through interviewing
another person
When you copy the exact words or a “unique phrase” from
somewhere
When you reprint any diagrams, illustrations, charts, and
pictures
When you use ideas that others have given you in
conversations or over e-mail
No need to document
When you are writing your own experiences, observations, insights,
thoughts, or conclusions about a subject
When you are using “common knowledge”
When you are compiling generally accepted facts
When you are writing up your own experimental results
What is “Common Knowledge”?
Material is probably common knowledge if...

You find the same information undocumented in at least five other sources

When researching, notetaking, and interviewing


When paraphrasing and
summarizing


When quoting directly
Writing Process
On your note cards, mark
everything that is someone else’s
words with big quotation marks
Record all relevant
documentation information on
your source cards
Finished Product
Proofread and check with your notes to make sure that
anything taken from your notes is acknowledged in some
combination of the ways listed below:

in-text citation

parenthetical documentation

Works Cited page

Quotation marks

Indirect quotation
Write your paraphrase and
summary without looking at the
original text, so you rely only on
your memory.
Check your version with the
original for content, accuracy,
and mistakenly borrowed phrases

Keep person’s name near the
quote in your notes and in your
paper or use parenthetical
citation at the end of the




Begin with a statement giving credit to sources:
According to Jonathan Kozol, ...
Or use parenthetical citation at the end of the
sentence
Put any unique words or phrases that you cannot
change, or do not want to change, in quotation
marks: “savage inequalities” exist throughout our
educational system (Kozol 10).
Mention the person’s name either at the beginning,
middle, or end of the quote or use parenthetical
citation.
Put quotation marks around the text that you are
sentence
Select those direct quotes that
make the most impact in your
paper – too many quotes may
lessen your credibility and
interfere with your style

Keep person’s name near the text
in your notes and paper
When quoting indirectly

Rewrite the key ideas using
different words and sentence
structures than the original text

You think it is information that your readers will




quoting
Indicate added phrases in brackets ([ ]) and omitted
text with ellipses (. . .)
Mention the person’s name either at the beginning,
middle, or end of the information
Double check to make sure your words and
sentence structures differ from the original text
already know
Making Sure You Are Safe
Information on this page is taken in whole or in part from:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/research/r_plagiar.html
Book with one author
Author last name, first name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. Denver: MacMurray, 1999.
Book with more than one author
First author’s last name, first name, second author’s first name then last name. Title of Book. Place of
Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000.
Article from a reference book
“Article title in quotations.” Book title underlined. Edition #. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of
publication.
"Jackson, Thomas" Encyclopedia Britannica. 10th ed. New York: Britannica Corp., 1999.
Magazine or newspaper article
Author’s last name, first name. “Article tile in quotations”. Magazine title underlined. Month and year of
publication: page numbers.
Trembacki, Paul. "Brees Hopes to Win Heisman for Team." Purdue Exponent 5 Dec. 2000: 20.
Web site
Author(Last name, first name). “Article Title.” Name of Page. Date of posting. Name of institution or
sponsoring organization. Date of Access. <Internet address>
*If any of the information is not provided on the page, move on to the next requirement.
Not all sites provide all information.
Felluga, Dino. “Sojourner Truth.” Africans in History. 2002. PBS online. 12 Mar 2007.
<www.pbs.org/people/sojournertruth>