HPC3O Culminating Activity: Parenting Magazine

Your task:

Your task is to create a parenting magazine. You will pretend that you are a journalist and create a 'letter from the editor" plus four different inserts for your magazine along with an appropriate magazine cover and table of contents.

There are several ways that you can choose to deliver the information for each insert:

- information based research article

- editorial/opinion piece

- book review

- interactive quiz

- interview

- advertisement

- puzzle (i.e. wordsearch or crossword)

- comic strip

- advice column

- other? (with teacher approval)

This assignment is designed to evaluate the information that you have learned throughout the course. Therefore, all of the information included in your inserts should be based upon the course content; you should not simply make it up! However, feel free to use your creativity to develop a unique and well-researched assignment.

Guidelines:

□You must create a name for your magazine as well as a magazine cover

□ You must include a "letter from the editor" that outlines your parenting philosophy which tells me what you believe the most important aspects of parenting should be. (150 - 200 words)

□ You will create one insert per unit (there are four units). You may choose the topic that you wish to address from each unit.

□Each insert must be a differentform/type(see options above).

□ Get creative! Aiming for a level 4? What else would a magazine include? Think advertisements etc.....

Due dates, work periods, and rubric

Due-dates:Rough work/outline for magazine due Thursday, June 8th

Final copy due Friday, June 16th

Work periods: Friday, June 2nd; Tuesday, June 6th; Thursday, June 8th,
Monday, June 12th, Tuesday, June 13th

HPC3O Culmination Assignment rubric:

Categories / Level 4
(80- 100%) / Level 3
(70 - 79%) / Level 2
(60 - 69%) / Level 1
(50 - 59%)
Knowledge and Understanding
 Demonstrates knowledge of course content from all four units studied
Information presented is accurate and complete / - Demonstrates thorough knowledge of course content
- Information is completely accurate / - Demonstrates considerable knowledge of course content
- Information is mostly accurate / - Demonstrates some knowledge of course content
- Information is somewhat accurate / - Demonstrates limited knowledge of course content
- Information is rarely accurate, or mistaken entirely
Thinking & Inquiry
- Deliberately crafted for audience and purpose (parents)
Items included in project are well-chosen
Demonstrates creative thinking skills / - Demonstrates a strong sense of audience and purpose through selection of content, style
- High degree of originality, creativity, impact / - Demonstrates a clear sense of audience and purpose through selection of content, style
- Considerable originality, creativity, impact / - Demonstrates some sense of audience and purpose through selection of content, style
- Some originality, creativity, impact / - Demonstrates little or no sense of audience and purpose through selection of content, style
- Little or no original, creative thought, impact
Communication
Information is well-organized; well- edited; clear style enhances the effectiveness of ideas
Correct word choice for intended audience (future child) / - Few or zero stylistic errors
- Organization and clarity enhance impact of work / - Some minor errors present, but do not detract from the overall flow of the work
- Information is clear and organized / - Minor and major errorsexist and detract from the meaning of the work
- Information is somewhat clear and organized / - Many major errors present; work is difficult to understand
- Information displayed with limited or no clarity, organization
Application
 Demonstrates application of planning process (rough work: lists, notes, drafts, sketches, etc.)
Follows instructions (meets all assignment expectations) / - Rough work shows evidence of thorough planning
- Meets and exceeds assignment expectations / - Rough work is complete
- Meets all assignment expectations / - Rough work is somewhat complete
- Meets most assignment expectations / - Little or no rough work has been submitted
- Barely meets or does not meet minimum assignment expectations

Note: A student whose achievement is below Level 1 (50%) has not met the expectations for this assignment or activity