Directions: Choose a role, audience, and format from the options given below. Complete the task in the voice of the
role you chose. Make sure to consider your audience as you complete your product. Use the list provided as a starting
place for choosing landforms for your task. Refer to the website (des5thgrade.weebly.com) to revisit the examples we
discussed in class.
This project is due Friday, April 18, 2014.
R – Role
A – Audience
Geologist
Teacher
Author
Park Ranger
Peers
Students
7-9 year old
children
Tourists
PowerPoint
Lesson Plans
Children’s Book
Brochure
Presentation
Georgia landforms that have been shaped by constructive, destructive forces,
and/or by a combination of both forces.
F – Format
T – Topic
This assignment will be scored using the rubric below.
1
No concern
for audience;
lifeless and
mechanical;
purpose not
present
2
Occasionally
intrigues the
reader; sits on
the surface;
unsure of
purpose
Content
Includes
accurate
information
about 1 of
Georgia’s
natural
landforms.
Includes
accurate
information
about 2-3 of
Georgia’s
natural
landforms.
Presentation
Illegible text;
poor use of
white space;
overall
appearance is
unacceptable
Text is difficult
to read;
overall
appearance is
overly busy or
distracting;
unorganized
Most text can
be read;
spaces is used
appropriately
to improve
clarity; overall
appearance is
acceptable
Requirements
of Assignment
Few
requirements
for your
format have
been met.
Some
requirements
for your
format have
been met.
Many
requirements
for your
format have
been met.
Voice
3
Reader/writer
connection
present but
not strong;
energy level
inconsistent;
purpose is
credible
Includes
accurate
information
about 4-5 of
Georgia’s
natural
landforms.
4
Effective and
strong
reader/writer
connection;
purpose is
powerful and
engaging
Includes
accurate
information
about more
than 5 of
Georgia’s
natural
landforms.
All text can be
read clearly;
good balance
of space and
text;
effectively
integrates
graphic
elements;
overall
appearance is
pleasing
All
requirements
for your
format have
been met.
Examples of Georgia Landforms (You may choose other Georgia NATURAL landforms as well. These are only a few of
Georgia’s many natural landforms.)
Tallulah Falls
Yonah Mountain
Providence Canyon
Appalachian Mountains
Brevard Fault Zone
Okefenokee Swamp
Pine Mountain
Lookout Mountain
Georgia Barrier Islands
Stone Mountain
Blue Ridge Mountains
Altmaha River
Amicalola Falls
Cumberland Plateau
Fall Line
Sawnee Mountain
Sand Mountain
Soapstone Ridge
Brasstown Bald
Chattahoochee River
High Falls
Helpful Websites
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Home.jsp
*****New Georgia Encyclopedia – Land and resources;
use search box to left
http://ngeorgia.com/naturally/
*****GREAT SITE!!! Scroll down to North Georgia,
naturally
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/name
rica/usstates/galand.htm
Click on Landforms – list some specifically, links go to
larger view of map; not a lot of info
http://www.uga.edu/gardenclub/m2s/index.html
UGA Garden Club site listing different areas. Most
useful info is in the brown sidebar to the left.
http://dromus.nhm.uga.edu/~GMNH/gawildlife/index.p
hp?page=information/regions
Gives more detailed information about the basic
landform regions of GA, area where located
http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/ga_geogra
phy.htm
Basic info on regions
http://www.wacona.com/okefenokee/okefenokee.html
Good info on Okefenokee Swamp
http://coastgis.marsci.uga.edu/summit/k12studenhom
e.htm
Good info on Altamaha River watershed
http://www.sherpaguides.com/georgia/coast/central_c
oast/sapelo_island.html
http://www.sapeloisland.org
http://www.georgiawildlife.com/node/1060
Sites about Georgia’s barrier islands