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, PowerPoint presentation, and oral presentation of selected poem. The essay and PowerPoint presentation carry eighty percent of the weight, while the oral presentation carries the remaining twenty percent.
Persuasive Essay - This rubric is based very closely on the English Language Arts Rubric for the 2001 NYS Grade 8 ELA Exam.
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| Meaning: the extent to which the essay exhibits understanding and
interpretation of the task and information
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| Development: The extent to which ideas are elaborated using specific and relevant evidence | Taken as a whole:
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| Organization: the extent to which the essay exhibits direction, shape, and coherence | The essay:
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| 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:
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PowerPoint Presentation
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Self |
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The PowerPoint
presentation successfully presents the required information |
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1. A picture of the selected poet is included in the presentation |
15 |
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2.An obituary for the poet 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 |
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3. A bibliography of the poet's published work is included in the presentation. |
20 |
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4. A reference page which includes the sources of all student information is included in the presentation. |
15 |
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5. A single poem of at least fourteen lines is included in the presentation, or several poems totaling close to fourteen lines are included in the presentation. |
15 |
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Total |
100 |
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