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Literary Narrative

by Rok Churnovic

Alright everyone,

today we are going to learn

about Solfege. I had no

idea what Mr. Deboer was

talking about. What the

heck is soul fish? I

thought to myself rather

loudly. Im in my

advanced music theory

class in the choir room.

Signs litter the wall. The

signs are strange to me.

They are singing jokes and

are memes that only choir

people would understand.

Unfortunate for me, I am

not a choir person. Soul

fish is that fish symbol that

says Jesus on the

inside. Solfege is a singing

technique that uses words

to represent a note in a

scale. You probably

remember it from that

awful movie The Sound of

Music. Doe, a deer, a

female deer

blah blah blah.

Remember? I thoroughly

enjoy DeBos humor. Now

that I knew

what solfege was, I quickly

noticed the sign on the

wall that has it written

down in order. This week

should be a piece of cake.

But then I was informed

we would be sight reading

music using solfege and

our voices. Sight reading is

when you have to perform

a piece of music without

ever seeing it before,

which is usually pretty

difficult. Now, I have to

sight read with

this solfege bologna and I

have to sing it. There are

two things wrong with

that; I dont quite

understand solfege, and I

surely dont sing. EVER!

Thats when, to my relief,

the bell rings and Im

aloud to go home. Ill have

to wait another day to

make a fool of myself by

singing in front of the

class. I went home and I

just practiced

my solfege all night.Do.

Re. Mi. Fa. Sol. La. Ti.

Do. That part is easy for


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me to get, because I have

seen The Sound of

Music. The part that was

hard was to reverse the

order going back down the

scale. It was harder yet to

sing it. The next day in

school, all I could think

about was solfege. In

calculus class, one of the

hardest classes I have, I sit

and sing solfege in my

head. I was trying to

prepare for the inevitable.

When I got to the choir

room for AMT, I saw the

piece on the smart board. It

was a simple little piece

comprised of about ten

measures- it just danced

around the C scale. Im

lucky because I have a

musical background. Ive

been in band since I was in

5th grade. I then look

towards Charles, the kid

that sits next to me, whom

has no experience in music

at all. Why would he take

a class that is this hard?

my thoughts were

interrupted. Rok, youre

up princess. Well here it

was. That moment that I

thought would seem a lot

scarier. I guess Im not

scared anymore, because I

realize Charles must be

terrified. It took forever for

the song to end.

Finally, Deboer told me to

sit down. Well,

you feged up

your solfege pretty

badly but on the bright

side, your voice sounds

like a mixture between

Jesus and Fergie. I was

just so relieved that my

turn was over.

Then Deboer told us

tomorrow wed be singing

in different modes. Lets

try singing

in mixolydian mode.

What the heck is

Nickelodeon mode?

Rok, there are some very

funny parts of this essay,

keeping with your

personality, but there isnt

a lot of development.

What is the thesis? What

does it mean to think to

oneself loudly? For

example, I thought to

myself rather loudly.

Also, work on your tenses.they switch a few times in

the essay from present to

past.


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RubricName:_________________

______________

Period:_________

Below are the criteria toachieve an A+ thru B in anyparticular category. The

Somewhat Successfulessay (B- thru C-) has notsucceeded in one/some/all

of these areas, and theUnsuccessful essay (D

thru F) has failed inone/some/all of these areas.

Purpose (20): 15Successful (A+ thru B):

The purpose of thisassignment is to

convey a significantliteracy event thatconsiders the entire

Rhetorical Situation.

Genre (25): 18Successful (A+ thru B):

Captures theauthors momentand demonstrates

the significance of

this moment Contains a thesis

(explicit or implicit)

that unifies the piece Uses vivid detail Demonstrates

sophisticated

reflection

Design/Layout (10): 10

Successful (A+ thru B): Uses columns

effectively Uses

font/spacing/size tomake the readingexperienceenjoyable

Includes a title andthe authors name inthe appropriate

place

Audience (25):19

Successful (A+ thru B): Uses vocabulary

appropriate for a

college audience Assumes a level of

intelligence andsophistication for

the audience Adheres to the rules

and conventions ofmechanics, spelling,

usage and grammar Uses a style that fits

with the concept of

a narrative so the

audiencesexpectations are met

Stance(20): 17

Successful (A+ thru B): Uses the narrative to

offer an argument

about literacy Includes a consistent

tone that presents

the authors take onthe event

Takes risks in that itoffers the readersome insight intothe author

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