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TASK:
Talk Show
DEFINED TASK: Students
will take part in a talk show as members of a community's historical society.
PROCESS:
1. With your group, begin to look
over information about your community. Pay
special attention to the location, geography,
climate, history, and culture
of your community.
2. Prepare questions to ask represenitives
of other communities.
3. Following the talk show, you
will be asked to write a paragraph explaining
how the three communities were
alike and different.
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Talk Show Rubric
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Criteria
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Excellent
(3)
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Satisfactory
(2)
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Needs Improvement
(1)
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Weighting
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Talk Show
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| Knowledgeable
about the assigned community |
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x8
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| Able to answer
questions accurately |
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x8
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Group skills
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| Equal participation
among group members |
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| Listens respectfully
to the ideas and opinions of others |
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| Stays on task |
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Speaking
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| Maintains
eye contact with audience |
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| Speaks loudly
and clearly |
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Writing
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| Focus
on the similarities and differences of the three communities |
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x7
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Mechanics
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| Topic sentence |
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| Supporting
details |
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| Conclusion |
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| Organization |
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| Neatness |
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| Correct Spelling,
punctuation, and capitalization |
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** Note: There are 102 possible points
on this assignment. It will be translated into the following scale:
Excellent= 18-20 points
Good= 16-17 points
Satisfactory= 14-15 points
Needs Improvement= 13 and below
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