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Sample/Model Task Performance
Grade 3
Target Test 2
Using examples from “Music of the People” and “Build Your Own
Guitar” 1.explain why the guitar would be easy to make and 2.how it
could be used in folk music. 3. Identify the type of folk music where a
guitar is often used and 4.explain why the guitar is important to this type
of music.
In the passage, Build Your Own Guitar, it
tells why the guitar would be easy to make. It states
that most of the things you need are easy to find.
In the passage, Music of the People, it explains
how the guitar can be used in folk music in the last
paragraph. It explains that people love to sing songs
that tell stories of adventure, work, and family. (It
could be under the heading, Music from Mexico, the
guitar is used to play songs.)
The type of folk music where a guitar is often
used is identified under the heading, Music from
Mexico. The passage states the guitar is an important
part of a mariachi band.
In the same part of the passage, it explains why
the guitar is important to this type of music. It states
that it is because of the strings, since many different
notes can be played at same time.
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