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The Watsons Go To Birmingham Timeline

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry Central Idea

Students are to create a timeline using by hand or using an online interactive timeline creator such as Capzles (capzles.com) concerning important events from their book. There should be no less than 10 events on the timeline. Students are to include either a picture, photo, video, or audio file for each event that they believe represents the event on their timeline. Each event is to have a brief explanation of its importance along with the picture.

Rubric Code: YX556A4

By jeannie226

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Subject: English

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Timeline
	Exemplary 4 pts	Accomplished 3 pts	Developing 2 pts	Beginning 1 pts
Events	Exemplary A concise description for each event is included. Each item is in sequential order.	Accomplished Nearly all incidents are provided with a brief description and are in chronological order.	Developing Nearly all incidents are provided with a brief description however they are not in chronological order.	Beginning Most incidents (more than half) descriptions are missing, incorrect for several events and/or not in chronological order.
Illustrations	Exemplary Visuals are appropriate and add significantly to the meaning of each event.	Accomplished Visuals are appropriate but do not always add significantly to the meaning of each event.	Developing Visuals are appropriate but do not always add significantly to the meaning of each event. Some include aids or have any connection to the events	Beginning Visuals are appropriate but do not add significantly to the meaning of events.Few, if any of the events include aids or have any connection to the events.
Significance of Events	Exemplary The significance of each event is explained in a clear, concise statement on the timeline. Significance makes sense and reflects higher order thinking.	Accomplished The significance of nearly all events is explained in a brief statement on the timeline. Significance makes sense and reflects some thought.	Developing Several events are missing the explanation on significance and/or significance reflects little thought or depth.	Beginning Less then half of the events are explained in the timeline.
Grammar & Spelling	Exemplary Timeline has no misspellings or grammatical errors. Well written and concise.	Accomplished Timeline has no more than two misspellings and/or grammatical errors.	Developing Timeline has 3 misspellings and/or grammatical errors.	Beginning Timeline has 4+ misspellings and/or grammatical errors. Timeline is difficult to read and understand due to the amount of grammatical and/or spelling errors.
Presentation & Quality	Exemplary Impressive timeline. Neatly organized. Good use of visuals. Excellent quality!	Accomplished Overall quality of timelines reflects effort, and some extra effort apparent.	Developing Timeline has areas which reveal a lack of effort.	Beginning Most of timeline reflects a lack of effort. Not engaging or interesting.

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timeline, interactive, novel

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