Yellowjacket Anthology

The Yellowjacket Anthology of Poetry

-a web quest for middle school students

Evaluation

The evaluation of this webquest is divided into three components: persuasive essay, web site, and oral presentation of selected author. The essay and web site presentation carry eighty percent of the weight, while the oral presentation carries the remaining twenty percent.

Persuasive Essay -

Quality	6 Responses at this level:	5 Responses at this level:	4 Responses at this level:	3 Responses at this level:	2 Responses at this level:	1 Responses at this level:
*Meaning:* the extent to which the essay exhibits understanding and interpretation of the task and information	Taken as a whole: fulfill the requirements of the tasks show an insightful interpretation of the information make connections	Taken as a whole: demonstrate most of the characteristics of responses at the 6-point level, but they may show slightly less understanding, provide less elaboration, or lack the consistent quality of responses at the 6-point level	Taken as a whole: fulfill some of the requirements of the tasks show a predominantly literal interpretation of the information make some connections	Taken as a whole: are similar to responses at the 4-point level, but may be weakly organized or sketchy, with ideas that are not supported by examples from the text; there may be a few minor inaccuracies, and fewer details	Taken as a whole: fulfill some requirements of the task address basic elements make few connections	Taken as a whole: are more difficult to read and understand than responses at the 2-point level; may be repetitive and focus on minor details
Development: The extent to which ideas are elaborated using specific and relevant evidence	Taken as a whole: develop ideas fully with thorough elaboration make effective use of relevant examples		Taken as a whole: may be brief with little elaboration, but are sufficiently developed to support the thesis provide some examples and details may include minor inaccuracies		Taken as a whole: may provide some examples and details may include some inaccuracies
Organization: the extent to which the essay exhibits direction, shape, and coherence	The essay: establishes and maintains a clear focus shows a logical, coherent sequence of ideas through the use of transitions and other devices		The essay: is generally focused, though may include some irrelevant details shows a clear attempt at organization		The essay: may show an attempt to establish a focus may include some irrelevant information shows little attempt at organization
Language use: The extent to which the essay reveals an awareness of audience and purpose through effective use of words, sentence structure, and sentence variety	The essay: is fluent and easy to read, with vivid language and sense of voice or engagement is stylistically sophisticated, using varied sentence structure and challenging vocabulary		The essay: is readable, with some sense of voice or engagement primarily uses simple sentences and basic vocabulary		The essay: is readable, with little sense of voice or engagement uses minimal vocabulary may indicate fragmented thoughts

Web page

*Element*	*Points Possible*	*Self*	*Teacher*
The web site successfully presents the required information	-----------------	---------	----------
1. A picture of the selected author is included in the presentation	15
2.A brief biography of the author which includes date of birth, date of death, major achievements, awards, and interesting facts about the poet's life and career is included in the presentation	35
3. A bibliography of the author's published work is included in the presentation.	20
4. An annotated list of reference links for the author is listed, and a reference page which includes the sources of all student information is included in the presentation.	15
5. Representative excerpts of the author's work are included in the presentation	15
Total	100

Main	Introduction	Task	Process	Resources
Evaluation	Conclusion	Acknowledgements	Teacher Page	MWCS Home

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