GRADE 9: MUSIC
TOPIC: PLOT, MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL ELEMENTS OF AN OPERA
WEEK: 1 AND 2
You are a musician searching for music that deeply connects with you, and you have been
tasked with creating a recycled scrapbook featuring four legendary opera composers:
Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Richard Wagner, and Georges Bizet. Using recycled
materials like old magazines, newspapers, and cardboard, design a scrapbook that highlights
each composer’s life, famous operas, and musical style. As you explore their works, focus on
how their music and theatrical elements evoke emotions and tell powerful stories. Get creative
by adding drawings, cutouts, and artistic details, ensuring that your scrapbook is both
engaging and well-organized. Once completed, you will present your work to the class, sharing
how each composer’s music resonates with you and its significance in opera history. Your
project will be evaluated based on content accuracy, creativity, organization, and
presentation quality. This activity will help you discover the beauty of opera while expressing
your passion for music in a creative and meaningful way.
Criteria 4 – Excellent 3 – Proficient 2 – Developing 1 - Needs
(30-25 POINTS) (24-17 POINTS) (16-9 POINTS) Improvement
(8-0 POINTS)
Content Provides highly Provides mostly Provides some Information is
Accuracy accurate and accurate relevant incomplete,
well-researched information with information but inaccurate, or
information on minor errors, lacks details or missing key
all four covering all four contains multiple composers and
composers, composers and inaccuracies. their works.
including their their works.
lives, works, and
contributions to
opera.
Musical & Clearly explains Includes Mentions some Little to no
Theatrical the plot, musical descriptions of elements but discussion of
Elements style, and plot, music, and lacks depth or musical and
theatrical theatrical clear connections theatrical
elements of each elements, but to the musician’s elements; lacks
opera with strong connections to perspective. personal
connections to personal connection.
personal reflections could
reflections. be stronger.
Creativity & Exceptionally Good use of Uses recycled Minimal effort in
Design creative use of recycled materials but lacks design, lacks
recycled materials with creativity or creativity, and is
materials with some creativity organization; disorganized or
visually and a neat layout, presentation feels difficult to read.
appealing layout, though some incomplete.
artistic elements, parts could be
and well- more engaging.
organized
content.
Organization & Scrapbook is Mostly well- Some Lacks clear
Clarity logically organized with organization but structure, making
structured, easy some minor may feel it hard to follow
to follow, and issues in flow or scattered or or understand.
presents clarity. difficult to
information in a follow in parts.
clear and
engaging
manner.
Presentation & Confidently Presents with Presentation is Struggles to
Explanation presents the some confidence, unclear at times, explain the
scrapbook, explaining the with limited composers and
clearly composers and engagement or operas, showing
explaining the operas with connection to the little
significance of minor gaps in topic. understanding or
each composer clarity or personal
and how their connection. connection.
music resonates
personally.
