rubric gallery

Students will create their own 60-120 second video public service announcement (PSA) to educate and persuade others their own age what bullying and harassment looks like and feels like. The PSA should include 2-3 powerful portrayals of bullying/harassment incidents, tools, or skills people can use to stop or deal with bullying/harassment, and a creative way of making their message clear without direct dialogue tot the audience.

I can write an expository piece of writing that has a clear topic sentence. I can write an expository piece of writing that has clear details that support my topic sentence. I can write an expository(descriptive) piece of writing with sentences that are in a logical order. I can write a conclusion that restates my topic and ties the details together.

Personal satire writing assignment.

The students will put together a poster on their self-selected Bible Character.

Objective: The student will summarize a book of the Bible with a 2-3 minuet book trailer. Trailers should encourage others to read the book. The movie trailer should describe what the book reveals about Jesus. It should also include the title, author, setting, summarize the plot and talk about the main characters, include pictures and sound. Students will present their trailer to the class. Biblical World View Integration: God reveals himself to humans through his holy word the Bible.

Rubric for assessing persuasion techniques in a print ad student's create.

Design an (8 X 10 vertical) ad that will go in the pages of the magazine students designed earlier in the course (100 points)

You must create a print advertisement using a poster board, drawings, magazine ads, or other pictures. All elements must be present, including the AIDA principle. You can not use the Internet for this activity. Be very creative. You must also create at least two jingles/slogans for this assignment.

Rubric for assessing persuasion techniques in a print ad student's create.

Your commercial will need to demonstrate an understanding of rhetorical and persuasive ad techniques. Your task is to win the ad campaign for the selected product. You must include: 1. At least rhetorical technique 2. At least one ad technique 3. Green screen background that makes sense 4. Story board submission 5. Commercial must be 30-60 seconds.

Write a five paragraph essay utilizing five paragraph essay structure. Your essay should be typed and in MLA format.

For this research essay, you (and up to 3 colleagues) are to choose a tourism trend that is of interest to you. Choose from one of the following: Religious Tourism, Medical Tourism, Voluntourism, Gay/Lesbian Tourism or Culinary/Wine Tourism. If you would like to research another topic, please see your instructor. Regardless, set up a meeting with your instructor before starting too much research. This research essay will follow the APA style and be 1500-1800 words in length, not including the title page, table of contents or reference page/s. The reference page should include at least six (6) sources used in researching the paper. The paper will be graded on quality of research, effective use of information gained through research, credibility of sources and relevance of included information.

OBJECTIVE: To create a brochure of a poet and his/her work. Included in the brochure is a Biography of the poet including but not limited to biological details about the poet that have had an impact on his or her work. A poem and poetry analysis from the given poet. The analysis must contain examples of form, structure, and language highlighted in the poem.

Read four or more poems by the same poet and discuss the features they have in common. What would you say is the poet’s writing style or artistic signature?

You have been hired as the structural engineer in charge of designing a new housing project in a devastated area. You must research the area to know what type of structure is best suited to withstand the external and internal forces acting against it. You must provide a sketch of design or build a 3-D model. You will present your budget and justification for materials in class.

Student created timeline. Timelines are based on a self-selected system and demonstrate the evolution of the system from conception to current version.

Students reflect on topic and respond to questions in a paragraph.

Students use figurative language and illustrations to make a strong statement about a hot topic.

Students use figurative language and illustrations to make a strong statement about a hot topic.