Situation of Integration: Written Expression
Iferhounene New Middle School
March 2012
Second Term Exam for MS4
Musical Heroes
Music and songs fill the lives of most Americans and people around the globe. People include music in their daily lifestyles. United States has exported its music to the point where it has become part of the culture in many countries. Nearly all musical heroes have stories of dedicated effort and devoted fans around the world who understood and recognized the end product of that effort. Music, as they say, is a truly universal language.
American musicians and singers have effectively influenced music the world over. Through their music, they have brought both of love and of tears to the hearts of many. Musical heroes, because their stories truly inspire, have influenced many individuals to pick up a guitar or write words to a special song. The poetry and words, in many American songs, have helped musical heroes promote values within many minds.
Musical heroes are exposed to a changing world today where their songs and recordings are more easily attained by illegal copying or downloading on the internet. This type of theft of copyrighted property deprives many musicians from royalty rights and other income. Many musical heroes, however, are using the internet to further their exposure and are finding new means to spread their musical endeavors over the internet and through cell phone technology.
From Usahero.com facts
Part One (14 points)
Reading Comprehension (07 points)
Activity One: Match each idea with the corresponding paragraph. (03 points)
| Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 | The effects of the internet on musical heroes’ careers The effects of music on people worldwide The effect of musical heroes on people’s feelings and behaviours |
Activity Two: Answer the following questions about the text. (02points)
1. Do musical heroes have an influential role within societies?
2. Can technology help musicians expand their art?
Activity Three: Find in the text words that have the following definitions. (02 points)
1. people noted for special achievement in a particular field
2. prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
Mastery of language (07 points)
Activity One: Complete the following sentences with the correct relative pronoun.
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(03 points)
| when where which whose who |
1. Lady Gaga is an American singer and song writer …………………... has become one of the biggest names in music.
2. At the age of 17, she went to New York Art College …………………. she learned singing and songwriting.
3. Her second album, …………………… title is “Born this way”, enjoyed spectacular success.
Activity Two: Make one noun/ verb from each of the following words. (02 points)
| Noun | Song | ……………… | …………….. | Exposure |
| Verb | …………….. | live | Inspire | ………………. |
Activity Three: Find in the text four words that have the following vowel sounds. (02 points)
| / ai / as in five | / ei / as in take |
| 1. …………………………. 2. …………………………. | 1. …………………………. 2. …………………………. |
Part Two: Situation of Integration (06 points)
Written Expression
Lady Gaga made a significant contribution to American music. Write a short biography of this artist to include in your research paper about American musical icons for your school magazine. Use the following information that you found in an encyclopedia.
- born March 28, 1986/ New York
- learn to play piano/ age 4
- start sing in public/ age 14
- family/ not be wealthy
- Lady Gaga/ spiritual woman/ believe in God
- become famous 2008/ release her debut album “The Fame”
- “Just Dance” and “Poker Face”/ top charts around the world
- recognize/ one of the best-selling music artists of all time
Key Answers
Part One
Reading Comprehension
Activity One
Paragraph 1: The effects of music on people worldwide
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Paragraph 2: The effect of musical heroes on people’s feelings and behaviours
Paragraph 3: The effects of the internet on musical heroes’ careers
Activity Two
1. Yes, they do.
2. Yes, it can.
Activity Three
1. heroes
2. illegal
Mastery of Language
Activity One
1. who
2. where
3. whose
Activity Two
1. sing
2. life
3. inspiration
4. expose
Activity Three
Possible answers:
/ ai/ : lives lifestyles united recognized write minds type copyrighted deprives rights finding
/ ei / : daily states dedicated they say today attained
Part Two
Situation of Integration: Written Expression
Evaluation Grid
| Relevance | Syntax | Semantic | Mechanics and Conventions | Excellence |
| Piece of writing in accordance with the given situation of communication: -Article about a celebrity’s biography and career using: - Simple past -“used to” for past habits and states -relative pronouns -prepositions and articles -connectors -appropriate vocabulary | Syntactic coherence: -suitable tense -syntactic order | Cohesion of ideas: -meaningful sentences -logical transitional elements | Learners: -use punctuation and capital letters -make not more than 5 spelling mistakes -have a legible handwriting | Good presentation and organization of the paper |
| 02 points | 02 points | 01 point | 01 point | 01 point |
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