Making a Mixtape - Project Based Assessment

Essential Question:

How did the cassette tape change the audience’s experience by allowing the listener to record, compile and disseminate music?

Task:

You are tasked with compiling a mix tape following these steps:

1. Decide who the tape is for. It should be for someone who means a lot to you. A friend? A family member? A love interest?:

2. Decide the emotion you’d like to convey with this tape. Is it a party tape? A dark, brooding tape? Does it convey love, longing or loss?

3. Does this tape have a theme? Songs that start with “Z”? Songs about food? “My favorite ‘80s jams”?

4. Decide where this tape will be played most often. Privately or publically? In a bedroom or a living room or a car? Somewhere else?

5. Brainstorm eight to ten songs that will fit on your tape (remember, you’ll break them up across two sides). Write the songs on a separate piece of paper.

6. Take all of the information from steps 1-5 and create a blank cassette J-Card.  Remember, be colorful, and add artwork and personality; the look is important, especially if you’re trying to impress someone

You can click here for a J-Card to print.   You may also print the handout from class, and cut out the card.   Maybe your parents have some old ones laying around that you could use.

Once you complete the j-card, you will complete a one-page reflection, in which you discuss the answers to the questions above, as well as the reasons behind each of the songs chosen for your particular mixtape.

Here is the rubric, upon which your work will be evaluated.  Please print the rubric, and include it with your work.  

Due Date:  December 19.  

Work hard.  Be creative.  Have fun.