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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.

Talk Show Rubric

Criteria

Excellent (3)

Satisfactory (2)

Needs Improvement (1)

Weighting

Talk Show





Knowledgeable about the assigned community


x8

Able to answer questions accurately


x8

Group skills





Equal participation among group members



Listens respectfully to the ideas and opinions of others



Stays on task



Speaking





Maintains eye contact with audience



Speaks loudly and clearly



Writing





Focus on the similarities and differences of the three communities


x7

Mechanics





Topic sentence



Supporting details



Conclusion



Organization



Neatness



Correct Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization




** 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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