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This rubric will be used to evaluate essays in Social Studies

Assessment of elementary level writing

Students will complete a descriptive writing promt using their five senses to create a descriptive essay. Writing will be graded on capitalization, punctuation, use of main idea and supporting details, spelling of high frequency words, plural and possessive noun use, subject/verb tense and agreement

Students will create a city. They will use 3d forms to create a city of their own

Oral Presentation Grade on Provinces and Territories Report.

Students have to replicate by building a model or a "textured" (use materials similar to those used in reality so that it can be touched) poster of a North American Indian dwelling using materials that are authentic in representation (looks like the materials they would have used) and the structure is landscaped (the "ground" and background look like the environment in which the house would have been found). Must include a label with: 1. Student name and class 2. Name of tribe and region 3. Name of dwelling 4. Brief Description of dwelling including materials they would have used to build it. A written report identifying key facts about the chosen tribe and dwelling structure is also required. This report should be approximately 1-2 pages in length, typed, double-spaced and in 12pt common font. Thoughts should be organized into paragraphs. Include a bibliography at the end where the information was found. See rubric below.

A Five Paragraph Essay is a written, step-by-step explanation of a process. Choose a process that you enjoy and write a how-to essay that will help readers perform the process. This will be a five paragraph essay: introduction paragraph, three paragraphs for the body, and a concluding paragraph.

Students will build a teepee and create a story in Native American symbols.

Paragraph must include a topic sentence, 3 details of at least 2 sentences each, and a concluding sentence.