Title: The Soundtrack of Your Life Assignment
Course: BC - Literary Studies 11 - 1.1 > Section: Unit 6 - Short Fiction & Poetry

Having spent some time with songs and poetry that furnish a hopeful vision of the human experience, perhaps you have been reminded of some of your own favourite songs that engender an optimistic outlook on life.

Task: Create a five-song playlist of songs you love that cohesively articulate a sense of hope, good-will, or thoughtful approach to life for you, writing a 150-200 word commentary for each of the five songs, addressing how it is personally meaningful and applicable to you in the context of this unit. Along with your playlist and song commentaries, include the written lyrics of each song, and some kind of visual element, such as an album cover, liner notes, or other creative touches to bring your playlist to life. Your playlist songs can be a series of YouTube links, embedded videos, an iTunes or Spotify playlist, or any other accessible format.

Your Soundtrack will be marked according to the following rubric:

 | Not Completed | Emerging (Unsatisfactory) | Developing (Satisfactory) | Proficient (Very Good) | Extending (Excellent)
 | 0 | 4 5             6 7   8 9 10
Thematic song selection and commentaries | Not completed | Song choices do not cohere with unit themes, and commentaries are fragmentary or devoid of personal connections. | Song choices somewhat approach unit themes, while commentaries lack evidence of thoughtful consideration of lyrics and personal application. | Song choices have a good bearing on unit themes, and commentaries offer a good justification for your choices. Room for more depth and personal application. | Song choices radically cohere with unit themes, and commentaries make deeply personal, robust, and significant connections with the song themes.
Creative/ Visual Elements | Not completed | Artistry is profoundly lacking, with no clear consideration of visual themes relating to lyrical content of the songs. | Visual aspects are approaching a consideration of themes and content, but lack depth. More detail and effort would significantly benefit the project. | Artistry and visual effort are good, though some added polish and attention to depth and detail would add further value. Relationship between theme and content has some room for further exploration. | Artistic accompani- ments offer a brilliant visualization of themes and content of your playlist. Strong evidence of thoughtful care and effort have gone into your aesthetics.
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