Manor New Tech High
American Ink Times
Picayune
Team: First
Period
Evaluator:
Date:
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Criteria
Individual
Humanities
Unsatisfactory
(Below Performance
Standards)
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Less than two
pieces are
submitted per
student.
Multiple errors in
spelling,
grammar, and
punctuation.
Writing does not
take place in the
era 1890-1920.
Uses people from
school as a frame
of reference.
Uses
inappropriate or
offensive
language.
Proficient
(Minimal Criteria)
 Piece should be
entertaining and should
keep you guessing.
 Does not use people
from school as a
reference for writing.
 Conveys a sense of the
era (what would it be to
live back then?)
 Stories are long enough
to get the point across
and convey a message.
 Polish yo grammah.
 Spellcheck, yo
 Contains obituaries,
political cartoons, ads,
and travelogues.
 At least two
submissions per student
to the completed
newspaper: one of these
submissions should be a
writing piece (obituary or
travelogue)
 Story makes sense and
is organized so that it
tells one story completely
(not 12 bits of stories or a
story that is
underdeveloped)
 Stories are developed
and have details that
keep the writing from
being bland or cliche.
 Must be school
appropriate (Santagata
and McKelvy have the
final say on what is
appropriate.)
 Addresses the who,
what, when, where, why.
Advanced
(Demonstrates
Exceptional
Performance)
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Story should
convey emotion
and should make
the reader feel
something.
Newspaper
contains more
than two polished
submissions.
Stories are vivid
and contain
interesting or
thoughtful details
that make the
piece seem true.
pts
Group
Humanities
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67
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Does not fit the
format of a
newspaper.
Writing does not
take place in the
era 1890-1920.
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pts
Oral
Communication
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Student is not
dressed in
presentation
attire.
Student does not
maintain eye
contact with
audience.
Presentation
contains verbal
fillers that
distract from
understanding.
Presenters are
defensive,
argumentative,
make excuses,
blame members
or their group, or
otherwise fails to
act professionally
when given
criticism/praise.
Contains
obituaries,
political
cartoons, ads,
and
travelogues.
Refer and ties
to historical era
(1890-1920)
Must be school
appropriate
(Santagata and
McKelvy have
the final say on
what is
appropriate.)
18-------------------------22
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Student is
dressed in
presentation
attire.
Students are able
to transition from
one member to
another without
delay.
Student
maintains eye
contact with
audience.
Presentation does
not contain
verbal filler.
Student responds
respectfully and
appropriately to
criticism/praise a
nd questions
Group members
do not talk
over/answer
for/or interrupt
other group
members or
audience when
talking/asking
questions.
Group engages in
the active
listening protocol
for questions and
instructor/audien
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Newspaper
presents a
cohesive, well
thought image.
Newspaper is
visually
appealing and
unified.
Newspaper
follows a unified
theme (ie:
Yellow
Journalism,
tabloid writing,
scholarly
journal, etc).
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Presentation
appeals to the
audience with an
engaging and
interesting hook.
Student spoke in
a natural
way,and fluidly
participated in
the presentation
without speaking
over other group
members or
dominating the
presentation.
Student makes
appropriate
references to
expand audience
understanding.
Student
demonstrates
academic
vocabulary in
defense of ideas
or assertions.
ce feedback.
pts
Work ethic
PRESENTATION
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--100
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Presentation is
not ready to go at
the beginning of
class.
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pts
Work ethic
PAPER
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pts
Presentation is
ready to go by
the beginning of
the class (all
multimedia is
good to go).
Each group
member
completed and
contributed two
pieces of writing
to the
newspaper.
Newspaper is
not submitted to
the assignment
on Echo by 9
AM on
12/20/12.
Paper does not
contain at least
two pieces of
writing from
each group
member.
There are many
careless typos
and errors in
the final draft.
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Newspaper is
submitted to
the assignment
on Echo by 9
AM on
12/20/12.
Final newspaper
is free of errors
that distract
from the quality
of the writing.
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