Assignments+and+Rubrics


 * Below are explanations, examples, and rubrics for all the graded assignments in this unit:**

** KWL Chart ** : Students will be keeping their own personal KWL chart which they will add to and answer questions on each morning as a part of their bell work. The KWL chart will be graded based on how much information is on there, and if the students recorded properly whether or not their questions were learned at some point during the week. **Total = 10 points**


 * Resource: [[file:KWL Chart.docx]]

** Invention Booklet: ** Each day, students will be learning about different inventions from Ben Franklin at the invention literacy station. Students will keep a small booklet that will have 5 pages so that they can record information about each invention. Each page of the booklet will be worth three points, one point for the name of the invention, one point for a simple drawing/description of the invention, and one point for a short excerpt of what the invention is. **Total = 15 points**
 * Resource: [[file:How to Make an Invention Booklet.docx]]
 * Rubric: [[file:Invention Booklet Rubric.docx]]

** Declaration Collage: ** Students will complete a Collage related to the Declaration of Independence and write about how the pictures relate to the Declaration during a literacy station on day four of the unit. There will be pre-chosen pictures for the students to choose from so that they may complete the assignment within the 15 minute station. Students will be required to have at least five pictures and five sentences explaining the pictures. Their sentences will be written in their “Colonial Diaries”. The collage will be graded separately from the sentences. ** Total = 5 points **
 * Rubric: [[file:Declaration Collage Rubric.docx]]

** C ** ** olonial Diary: ** Each day during the literacy block, students will be visiting a writing station and completing an assignment rel ated to the topic of the day. Their writing assignments will be kept in a small journal that they will make prior to the unit. This journal is called the Colonial Diary. Students will also be recording their word of the day in the Colonial Diary each day during bell work. Each “word of the day” is worth one point, and each day’s entry in the writing station is worth five points. Students will be asked to write in their best cursive handwriting and to try to use their word for the day in each day's activity. The writing rubrics could be cut out for each day and provided at the writing station so students will know what is being looked for. **Total = 30 points**
 * Resource: [[file:How to Make Colonial Diary.docx]]
 * Rubric: [[file:Colonial Diary Rubric.docx]]

** Battles Timeline: ** On day four of the unit, students will be learning about significant battles from throughout the revolution. Students will be breaking off into pairs or small groups (depending on class size and the amount of battles you wish to discuss). Each group will read provided information about a specific battle and create a graphic organizer related to the battle. Students will follow the format provided for the graphic organizer. After all the students have completed their posters, each group will present their battle in the order in which they occurred, and a timeline will be put together on the board. Students will be keeping their own personal timeline based on all of the other posters and presentations; this will be worth 10 points. **Total = 30 points**
 * Resource: [[file:Battle Timeline.docx]]
 * Team Timeline Rubric: [[file:Team Timeline rubric.docx]]
 * Individual Timeline Rubric: [[file:Personal Timeline Rubric.docx]]

** Historical Figure Glog: ** Students will be completing a Glog about one of the influential figures from the American Revolution. The Glog will be worked on each day throughout the week during a literacy station. They will do research using a book and by looking online. Each student will have a different person, and the Glogs will be printed out and made into a class book. Students will be provided with a rubric for the specific information the Glog needs. **Total = 30 points**
 * Resource: http://www.glogster.com/
 * Rubric: [[file:Glog Rubric.docx]]

** Webquest: ** As part of a center on one of the days, students will be completing a webquest related to the material for the day. The webquest will be graded as either completed or not completed. **Total = 5 points**
 * Resource: [[file:Webquest-1.docx]]

** Participation: ** Throughout the week, students will be graded based on their participation and focus during stations and the social studies block. Students will know that they are being graded on this so that they remember to participate in the discussions during their literature circles, bell work, etc. Each day will be worth five points. **Total = 25 points**