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1 grade : 5. SUBJECT: LIFE SKILLS . CREATIVE ARTS. TERM ONE. FORMAL ASSESSMENT TASK (FAT) 1. Name: _____. Class: _____ Date: _____. School: _____ Teacher: _____. Learner's Learner's %. FAT Activity/Form mark Performing Arts: Drama and Music Performance TOTAL. Please note that either Performing Arts OR Visual Arts should be formally assessed in a term not both streams. LIFE SKILLS : CREATIVE ARTS. FORMAL ASSESSMENT TASK: PERFORMING ARTS. DANCE AND MUSIC. grade 5 TERM 1. NOTE TO THE TEACHER: The Formal Assessment Task has been developed as a step by step guideline to learners. The activities are to be done in class, during the first term. It is important that teachers mediate the various steps of the task with learners to ensure active, CREATIVE and critical participation by all learners.

2 In the Formal Assessment Task you will be exposed to the following: Notation of rhythms on a single line stave. Creating rhythm patterns of different note values. Musical phrases using voice or instruments exploring pitch, dynamics and rhythmic patterns. Movement sequences exploring contrasts in time, direction and force. 1. You will revise the note values that you have been taught. 2. Complete the Musical Maths Worksheet below to show your understanding of these note values. Gr 5: FAT LS CREATIVE Arts: Performing Arts: Term 1 Page 1. Gr 5: FAT LS CREATIVE Arts: Performing Arts: Term 1 Page 1. 3. In pairs, create a rhythm pattern of two bars in 4/4 time and write them in your workbook. 4. Rehearse your rhythmic pattern and add body percussion to it.

3 5. Your teacher will now guide you to use your rhythmic pattern and create a four bar musical phrase. 6. Add voice and/or instruments to demonstrate understanding of pitch and dynamics. 7. Once you have rehearsed your musical phrase, create a movement sequence to demonstrate your understanding of contrasts in TIME, DIRECTION and FORCE. 8. Perform your movement sequence and musical phrase in pairs. MEMORANDUM: MUSICAL MATHS WORKSHEET. 1. 4. 2. 3. 3. 8. 4. 4. 5. 2. 6. 4. 7. 8. 8. 4. 9. 3. 10. 12. Gr 5: FAT LS CREATIVE Arts: Performing Arts: Term 1 Page 1. Your teacher will use the following rubric to assess the performance: Criteria 10-8 7-6 5-3 2-0. Shows an Some Creating Confidently understanding Struggles to understanding of rhythmic created rhythmic of creating create rhythmic creating rhythmic patterns of patterns using rhythmic patterns using patterns using different note different note patterns using different note different note values values different note values values values Musical phrases Learner could Learner uses Poor use of Limited use of with use of successfully use voice or an voice or an voice or an voice / voice or an instrument to instrument to instrument to instruments instrument to demonstrate the demonstrate the demonstrate the exploring pitch, demonstrate the meaning of meaning of meaning of pitch, dynamics and meaning of pitch, pitch, dynamics pitch.

4 Dynamics dynamics and rhythmic dynamics and and rhythmic and rhythmic rhythmic patterns patterns rhythmic patterns patterns patterns Well executed Movements Movement movement Sequence Sequence sequences sequence sequence, showed some lacked exploring showed an showing good understanding of understanding contrasts in understanding understanding of contrasts in time, of contrasts in time, of contrasts in contrasts in time, direction and time, direction direction and time, direction &. direction and force and force force force force Learner Learner can Learner shows Learner Working confidently works work as an ability to work struggles to individually and alone and co- individual and alone and in a work alone and in unison operatively in the forms part of the group, at times in a group group group Subtotals: TOTAL /40.

5 INTEGRATED LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT STRATEGY. The learning and assessment processes are integrated. Assessment is continuous and formative as the teacher will observe the progress of the learner and give guidance towards the final performance. The final performance is assessed formally by the teacher by means of a rubric. Gr 5: FAT LS CREATIVE Arts: Performing Arts: Term 1 Page 2. Assessment Form Assessment Assessment Assessment Method Technique Instrument Informal: Formative Self/peer/teacher Observation of Class list (just to be assessment development of ticked off). rhythmic patterns. Informal: Formative Self/peer/teacher Observation of Class list (just to be assessment development of ticked off). body percussion. Informal: Formative Self/peer/teacher Observation of Class list (just to be assessment development of ticked off).

6 Movement sequence. Formal: Summative Teacher Performance of Rubric musical phrases and movement sequences. DISTRIBUTION OF COGNITIVE LEVELS. REMEMBER AND APPLY AND ANALYSE EVALUATE AND CREATE. UNDERSTAND. Dance elements: time, Application of music and Create and perform musical direction, force and music dance concepts in a musical phrase for voice concepts: rhythmic patterns phrase and movement and/instruments and in 4/4 time, pitch, dynamics sequence. movement sequence. and use of body percussion, etc. (According to Revised Bloom's Taxonomy, 1990). Gr 5: FAT LS CREATIVE Arts: Performing Arts: Term 1 Page 3.