INTRODUCTION

You are at home listening to the radio, but you're so concentrated on the music that you get shrunk by a light beam coming out from the stereo speakers and get inside it, becoming part of the wonderful world of music! After a few hours you get back into the real world so excited that you want to share what you've experienced with your classmates.

TASK

The aim of this BlogQuest is that your group, working and cooperating as a team, produce a presentation about a music style such as rock, pop, jazz, etc.

You are going to get together in groups of four / five.  You should include the following points in your presentation:

1. A bit of history.

2. Most common instruments used.

3. Best known representatives of the genre and best known songs.

5. A song you´ve liked. Explain why you´ve chosen that song.

PROGRESS

1. Get started by doing some research:

- Music genres:
- ROCK. 1, 2, 3.
- POP. 1, 2.
- CLASSICAL. 1, 2.
- JAZZ.1, 2.
- ELECTRONIC.1, 2.

- Choose a genre to work with. But first, it would be good to listen to some examples of each. Why don't you try searching for radio stations? Then, if you like what you hear, you can select the kind of music you and your group are going to research. 

3. Create your presentation.

ASSESSMENT

Your report will be evaluated in group, so all of you have to work as hard as the others to get a good group mark. Your work will be evaluated in a scale from 1 to 4 as follows:

- BEGINNING (1)

. Web search and Planning: Passive role in team work. Shows little effort or interest. Random, last-minute activity.
. Design: Work barely meets the minimum requirements.
. Research and Gather Information: Does not collect any information that relates to the topic. Student didn't collect a map.
. Content: Does not report trip as planned. Shows little concern for topic.
. Grammar: Contains many grammatical errors.


- DEVELOPING (2)

. Web search and Planning: Shows more effort and interest but should improve research, planning and collaboration skills.
. Design: Work includes a few important ideas but are superficial and disorganized.
. Research and Gather Information: Collects little information. Some relates to topic.
. Content: Reports trip vaguely. Information is appropriate but report lacks organization and cohesion.
. Grammar: Contains several errors.


- ACCOMPLISHED (3)

. Web search and Planning: Demonstrates an ability to effectively use many sources of information. Contributes useful ideas to team work and assumes a responsible and encouraging role.
. Design: Work includes many good ideas clearly and logically. presented. Text and picture ratio well balanced. Shows attention to language and visual impression.
. Research and Gather Information: Collects good information. Most of it relates to the topic.
. Content: Report contains main information.
. Grammar: Contains some errors.


- EXEMPLARY (4)

. Web search and Planning: Assumes full responsibility for his/her own work and contributes a lot of original ideas to team effort. Is good at summing up ideas and presenting arguments.
. Design: Clearly and logically presented. Work demonstrates skilful use of web resources and ICTs. Work is original in approach and visually attractive.
. Research and Gather Information: Collects a great deal of information. All of it relates to the topic.
. Content: Relays a great deal of information. Report is organized.
. Grammar: It is virtually error free.

CONCLUSION

You have learned a lot about music.

You have worked in group and that is very satisfying.

You have used a lot of web pages in English and you have surfed the net in English.

You have used PowerPoint and you have found it useful to learn and study English.