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EVALUATIONRUBRIC:Usethe6+1traitsrubrictoevaluateyourproject.Thisisthe
samerubricIwillusetoevaluateyourproject.
Category

Criteria

Comments

Ideas

Eachpieceisfocusedand
detailsaredeveloped.The
overallsubmissionisalso
focusedanddeveloped.

OverallProduct:5E:Readersquestionsareanticipatedand
answered.5F:Insightfultopic5B:Relevant,telling,quality
detailsgobeyondtheobvious

Overallandfor
eachgenre

Thepieceisamanualfortheorganization.Eachgenreis
focusedonthetopicoftheorganizationandworks
cohesivelytodevelopanunderstandingoftheorganization
forthereader.
Thereaderwillhaveeachquestionansweredbecausethe
pieceincludesanagenda,aconstitution,anapplication,and
aninterestflyerinformingthereaderofthemeetingtimes.

Organization
Overallandfor
eachgenre

Eachpieceshows
appropriateorganization
forthegenre.Theoverall
submissionisalso
organized.

OverallProduct:5E:Titleisoriginal5F:organizational
structureisappropriateforpurposeandaudience
3B:Transitionssometimeswork.
Thepieceisorganizedneatly.Forexample,headingsas
Constitutionpreparethereadingforwhatistofollow.The
piecewillgreatlybenefitfromatableofcontentsandpage
numbersbecauseofitsformalconnotation.Thiswouldhave
increasedtheflowofthetransitionsfromonesectiontothe
next.Thepiecedoesfollowasequenceof,Hereswhat
Imgoingtotellyou.Imtellingyou.HereswhatItold
you.Thepieceguidesthereaderthroughtheorganization.
Thetitleisveryinfluentialastheauthorsoughttouseitasa
verbandanoun,ECWEPandEducatorsConcerned
WithEducationalPolicy.
Theaudience,educators,isimmediatelyrecognizedinthe
title,againinthecreed,againintheconstitution.The
audienceischallengedinthecontractandtheapplication
becauseoftheeligibility.Theaudienceisgreatlyconsidered
inthispiece.

Voice
Eachpiece

Eachpieceiswrittenina
vibrantvoiceappropriate
tothegenre.

OverallProduct:5B:Purposeisreflectedbycontentand
arrangementofideas5C:Thewritertakesriskwith
revealingdetails.5D:Expositoryorpersuasivereflects
understandingandcommitmenttotopic
TheVoiceisheardmostclearlyinthehistoryportionofthe
constitution.Thewritertookarisktosharehermotivations
forstartingaclubinhopesthereaderwilldrawnear.Italso
displaysherpassionateconnectionanddesireforsucha

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club.Bytakingthatrisk,readersmayfeeltheurgetojoin
becauseofsimilarrealizations.Forexample,theauthor
writes,shedesiredtoadvocateforstudentsbeyondthe
classroom,butwasuncertainonhowtostartsoshestarted
fresh.
WordChoice
Eachpiece

Eachpieceuses
appropriate,varied,and
interestingvocabulary.

OverallProduct:3BFamiliarwordsandphrase
communicate.3F:Occasionally,thewordsandphrases
showrefinementandprecision.5E:Languageenhancesand
clarifiesmeaning.
Thewordsareroutinelypreciseandrefined.Theonlytime
thewritertookariskinwordchoicewasinthehistory
portionasemphasizedintheVoicesectionofthis
evaluation.Theapplicationwasprecisebynature.The
creed,tookonitsownvoiceastheauthorincludedWeto
beginmostofhersentences.Thiswordchoiceservedasan
affirmationofbeliefsasamemberoftheorganization.

Sentence
Fluency
Eachpiece

Thewritingineachpiece
issmoothandthesentence
structureisvaried.

OverallProduct:3A:Sentencesgetthejobdoneinaroutine
fashion.
AsIreevaluateseveralpieces,Inoticemysentencefluency
iswonderfullyvaried.Ididinfactcreatesomesentences
thatwouldjustgetthejobdone,butthatwasnecessaryin
myconstitution.IntheMembershipContract,thesentences
followasimilarstructureasinthecreedwhichagainserved
toenticeemotionthroughrepetition.

Eachpieceand
overall

Practicallyperfectin
capitalization,spelling,
punctuation,and/orusage.
Assignmentis
exceptionallyeasytoread.

OverallProduct:5A:Spellingisgenerallycorrect.5E:
Paragraphingtendstobesound.5F:Thewritermay
manipulateand/oreditforstylisticeffect;anditworks!

Published
Format

Attractiveandappropriate
tothetheme.

Thefinalproductisanengagingandinformative
manualfornewmembersofaneworganization.The
formatiseasytoread,butcouldhavebenefittedfrom
theuseofatableofcontentsandpagenumbers.There
aresomeissueswiththecolorchosenfortheflyer.The
gradienttoolfortheblackcolorontheflyercausedthe
imagetolookfadedorlowonink.

Conventions

Certainconventionswereignoredduringbulletpoint
sections.Forexample,TheAgendalacksappropriate
punctuation,thenotesonthecalendararenotcomplete
sentences.Ialsocreatedanewspellingforafamiliarword.
ThecreationofECWEPwasforstylisticeffecttomirrorthe
soundofequip.

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Brieflyexplainhowasimilarprojectcouldbetaughttothefollowingstages/developmental
levelsforbothfirstandsecondlanguagelearners.

ADAPTATIONS

Primary(K2):Iwouldcreatethiswiththestudents.BecauseIchangedmyideaso
closetothedeadlineInoticedtheprocessindevelopingideas.Personally,Iwritemy
bestpieceswhenthereislessplanning.Foryoungerstudents,Iwouldencourage
themtowritethestoriestheywishtotellme.Therewillbenosetplanningstructure
forthestudents,buttheywillmakeconnectionsonhowtheydevelopedtheirideas.
Theywillessentiallybeabletoanswerthequestion,Whatmadeyouthinkabout
thatidea?
MiddleGrades(34):
Studentswillchoose23genrepiecesaroundthesameidea.Theywillhavethe
opportunitytocreateaportfoliothatwillpresent3differentwaystodeliverthe
samemessage.Thepurposeofthisistointroducestudentstothemanyaspectsof
differinggenres.
UpperGrades(56):
Studentswilldevelopa23multigenrepiece.Thedifferencebetweentheirsandthat
ofthemiddlegradesistherequirementtopresenthowthepiecessupportedthe
informationtheywishedtoconvey.Thepurposeofthisistounderstandhowtheuse
ofmanygenrescanincreasethecomprehensionaboutthetopic.
Preproductionand/orEarlyProductionELLstudents:
PreProduction:Studentswillrecreateanobjectthatutilizesmultiplegenresand
selectthedifferenttypesofgenres.Forexample,studentscancreateacerealboxand
labelthepicture,thenameofthecereal,andtheingredientsasthreedifferentgenre
inonedisplay.

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