iRubric: Macbeth Character Facebook Page rubric

At the end of the Macbeth unit, students will create a fictional Facebook online social networking site through the guise of one of the characters in the play. Students will have to demonstrate extended depths of knowledge about the play through a variety of ways. On their Facebook page, students will include: friends of their character (selecting both characters from the play and extending into history, other literary texts etc.); provide status updates that chronologically depict a timeline of events from the play; use quotes from the text as status updates/ wall posts and commentary to facilitate inter-character communication; and use graphics, pictures and video with captions to highlight character interests, activities, motivations etc. Students will use the platform of iGoogle to create their Facebook page, which they will orally present to their peers, and will also be required to write a 3-5 page analysis/reflection of their work which will be submitted to their instructor.