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The following defines what is expected of a quality press release. A press release should be viewed as a pyramid and should be written with most important information first and moving to least important details.

(Rubric for History 11, 12, 41, 42, 43, 44, 86 and 87)

Multi-Paragraph Essay Rubric: Research Essay

Argumentative-Persuasive Essay scoring rubric on a 10 point scale.

Students will demonstrate their knowledge of paragraph organization by writing a 5-paragraph essay utilizing the writing process of planning, organizing, writing, evaluating and revising. Specifically, students will write about important people who have had a profound effect upon their lives.

Audio Podcast for informational or instructional use.

Create a 2-3 minute video documentary about a person who: broke boundaries, discovered or explored, advanced technology or served and sacrificed themselves. In your documentary you will give facts about the person's life, support those facts with pictures and visuals and most importantly, show through evidence how this person fits the category that you have selected for him/her.

A How-to 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, even if it's something they've never done before.