Guidelines and Instructions in Creative Photo-Essay
Theme: “Significance of Science Education”
A. PHOTO
A.1. The student should take a photo of himself/herself together with his/her science textbook(s).
A.2. He/she must be creative in choosing an appropriate background or setting to emphasize the subjects [i.e., the person as student of a Science school and the
book(s)].
A.3. The photo can be edited or enhanced using photo-editing applications/softwares in iPad or computers.
B. ESSAY
B.1. The photo must come with an essay (interpretative literary composition dealing with the subject/theme from a personal point of view).
B.2. The essay must be a one-paragraph composition, minimum of 10 sentences; maximum of 18 sentences, discussing the central theme.
B.3. Guiding questions in constructing essay:
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What
What
What
What
What
is the importance of science in schools?
is the role of science education in building the future of a science student?
is the importance of science education in the environment?
is the role of a science teacher in teaching science subjects?
are the vital role roles of science education to make a better world possible?
C. SHARING
C.1. To share your output, post/upload it in social media (Facebook).
C.2. You need not gain a number of likes. Posting it is enough to raise awareness about the importance of science.
C.3. In case that you don’t have a Facebook account; you may seek help from your parents, classmates, or siblings to share your work in the social media.
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C.4. Only Facebook is the social media that you are instructed to use in this requirement.
D. Other important matters
D.1. You may seek help from your parents, siblings, or classmates in taking a creative photo and in constructing your essay.
D.2. Plagiarism or copying someone’s literary piece or photography idea is prohibited. It is punishable by law.
D.2. You may tag Sir Fern in Facebook for easy access on your work.
D.3. You may submit this requirement on or before the signing of clearance.
D.4. This requirement will also be graded under the PROCESS part of KPUP system.
D.5. Rubrics in grading the photo essay will be posted in LMS (Edu20) and discussed during science class.
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SY 2014-2015, Science 5 and 6
Photo-Essay Evaluation Rubric
Criteria
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3
2
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- highly creative, non-typical;
unique, appropriate to the
theme, conveys strong message,
engages audience immediately
- somewhat creative, original,
conveys a message, attracts
audience attention
- questionable creativity and
originality, subject is weakly
related to assigned topic,
message unclear, loses
audience attention
- lacks creativity, lacks
originality, does not follow the
guidelines, message incomplete
or disjointed, does not attract
attention of audience
- photo is clear, photo is free of
unwanted elements, photo
accurately emphasizes the
subjects
- photos generally clear, photo
has included unwanted
elements, photo accurately
emphasizes the subjects
- photo is not clear with
unwanted elements, photo
somehow emphasizes the
subjects
- photo is unfocused; grainy,
unwanted elements are
included, photo does not
accurately emphasizes the
subjects
Essay
Composition
- presents original idea with
great detail; concise, focused
wording on significance of
science education, accurately
addresses all five guiding
questions
- ideas understandable, but
fuzzy; a bit wordy, all text not
focused on topic; does not
address all five guiding
questions, some questionable
ownership
- ideas confusing, wordy,
repetitive, all text not focused
on topic; does not address all
five guiding questions, some
questionable ownership
- ideas unclear, focus unclear,
word choice weak, does not suit
photos, wordy, repetitive,
addresses 1-2 guiding questions
only
Reader
Engagement
Photo-essay captures reader’s
attention with compelling
captions and creative use of
images
Photo-essay is mostly engaging.
Captions often combine well
with images to hold attention.
Photo-essay is sometimes
engaging. Some original use of
photo and well integrated
captions.
Photo-essay is occasionally
engaging, but overall the
images and captions do not
sustain the reader’s attention.
Content
Quality
Of
Photograph
Requirement in Signing of Clearance
SY 2014-2015, Science 5 and 6