Bilingual Research Centers
Subject: Language Arts
Thematic Unit: Myths
Materials: Laptops, books from my library, approved search engines, my sample myth and the following
links:
Northern Lights: http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/northernlights.html
Easter Island: http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/geography/easterisland1.htm
Nazca lines: http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/nazca-lines
Stonehenge: http://library.thinkquest.org/J002388/stonehenge.html
Grand Canyon: http://www.ohranger.com/grand-canyon/just-kids
Task Statement: The group will create a myth related to our study of mythology to explain one of the
following phenomena. We will get and organize information by researching our chosen phenomena
through the research resources from the UHES Library website and our classroom library of books. We
will share our findings by writing an original one to two page myth to explain how the phenomena came
to be and reading it to the class. The story must include elements and details of the phenomena to
demonstrate that the group has researched the topic.
Timeline: 2 weeks
Northern Lights
Stonehenge
Easter Island
Nazca lines
Grand Canyon
Creating an Original Myth!
Teacher Name: Mrs. Harrell
Students Names:
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4Above Standards
3Meets Standards
21Approaching Standards Below Standards
Sources
All sources used
for quotes,
statistics and facts
are credible and
cited correctly.
All sources used
for quotes,
statistics and
facts are credible
and most are
cited correctly.
Most sources used for
quotes, statistics and
facts are credible and
cited correctly.
Many sources are
suspect (not
credible) AND/OR
are not cited
correctly.
Evidence
and
Examples
All of the evidence
and examples are
specific, relevant
and explanations
are given that
show how each
piece of evidence
supports the
author\'s position.
Most of the
evidence and
examples are
specific, relevant
and explanations
are given that
show how each
piece of evidence
supports the
author\'s position.
At least one of the
pieces of evidence and
examples is relevant
and has an
explanation that shows
how that piece of
evidence supports the
author\'s position.
Evidence and
examples are
NOT relevant
AND/OR are not
explained.
Accuracy
All supportive
facts and statistics
are reported
accurately.
Almost all
supportive facts
and statistics are
reported
accurately.
Most supportive facts
and statistics are
reported accurately.
Most supportive
facts and statistics
were inaccurately
reported.
Sentence
Structure
All sentences are
well-constructed
with varied
structure.
Most sentences
are wellconstructed and
there is some
varied sentence
structure in the
essay.
Most sentences are
well constructed, but
there is no variation is
structure.
Most sentences
are not wellconstructed or
varied.
Transitions
A variety of
thoughtful
transitions are
used. They clearly
show how ideas
are connected
Transitions show
how ideas are
connected, but
there is little
variety
Some transitions work
well, but some
connections between
ideas are fuzzy.
The transitions
between ideas
are unclear OR
nonexistent.
CATEGORY
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