Effort

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Comic poster

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Presentation

Exemplary: / Conceptual understanding
Demonstrates strong and flexible understanding of concepts underlying academic disciplines while working with a group. / Factual knowledge
Demonstrates mastery of extensive factual knowledge and connects facts with concepts. / Application
Independently solves problems in authentic and real-life contexts by applying and adapting knowledge and skills by portraying it in presentation of poster.
18-20 points / -Worked well with group contributing to some part of the comic strip (drawing, writing, organization, story line)
*Students used time wisely, working hard.

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/ -Colorful, creative, and includes all steps in order with a story line.

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/ -Each group member is involved in the presentation; holding the poster, explaining the situation, and reading the steps- clear.

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Proficient: / Conceptual understandingDemonstrates substantial understanding of concepts underlying academic disciplines while working in a group. / Factual knowledge
Demonstrates command of significant factual knowledge and connects facts with concepts. / Application
Solves problems with moderate success in authentic and real-life contexts by applying and adapting knowledge and skills while presenting poster to class.
14-18 points / -One or two group members were not involved in doing the comic strip (drawing, writing, organization, story line)
*Students did not take advantage of the time class time to do project.

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/ -Contains relevant information but not colorful, or not very creative, and or the steps were not in order with a story line.

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/ -Some group members are involved in the presentation (not serious students laughing during presentation); holding the poster, explaining the situation, and reading the steps.

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Developing: / Conceptual understanding
Demonstrates understanding of basic concepts underlying academic disciplines while working in a group setting. / Factual knowledge
With support, demonstrates limited command of factual knowledge and sometimes connects facts with concepts. / Application
With support, solves problems with limited success in authentic and real-life contexts by applying and adapting knowledge and skills
5-14 points / -More than half of the group did not contribute (drawing, writing, organization, story line)
-Students slacked off and were talking and off task when they should have been working. Point value______ / *Story line did not make sense and the steps were out of order or missing. Little or no color.

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/ -One or two group members read the entire presentation and other group members were not involved.

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Comic Poster Project

Description: Students will work in groups to create a comic strip poster identifying all the steps to the decision making process. After creating the poster the group is responsible for presenting and explaining it to the class. Students will be given the whole period to do the assignment and it is worth 60 points. Student’s class participation grade for the day will be based on their individual performance.

Active Learners, 1a: Students will acquire and apply knowledge connecting curriculum