ALPHABET BOOK ABOUT ANCIENT GREECE AND THE ODYSSEY
You have been assigned an important person, god,
hero, place, or artifact connected with either
The Odyssey or ancient Greece. Your task is to
create a word processing document which will
include:
FIRST, you must include a title line.
SECOND, you MUST connect your topic to Ancient
Greek culture or history or to The Odyssey by Homer.
You will research to find the connection you need. Be
sure to use enough information. The writing must be in
YOUR words, no one else’s. Fill the page.
DO NOT COPY AND PASTE FROM THE INTERNET.
THIRD, you must include at least one illustration of
A is for Agamemnon
You should include at least one paragraph of
solid information about your assigned topic.
You should research to find
this information. You
should write about it in your
own words. You should find
an illustration (or two) of
your topic to include on this
page.
Fill up the page; don’t
leave large empty
areas.
some kind that is related to your topic.
Content
Requirements
This rubric will be used to score your work.
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Alphabet Title
1 long or 2 shorter
paragraphs of solid
information
2 or more illustrations
Connects topic to as many
as are appropriate: person,
place, event, or myth. No
errors or omissions in
information.
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Alphabet Title
1 paragraph of solid
information
1 illustration
One requirement was not
completely met.
More than one requirement was
not completely met.
Does not have enough information
OR there are several factual
errors.
Paragraph(s) show
deliberate structure and
‘flow.’
Sentences are complete
and varied; word usage is
correct.
Spelling, punctuation, and
capitalization are correct.
Paragraph(s) show some
structure and ‘flow.’
Most sentences are complete
and varied; word usage is
usually correct.
Spelling, punctuation, and
capitalization are usually
correct.
Paragraph(s) include information
not relevant to the topic and do
not show structure or flow.
Most sentences are fragmented
and/or choppy. Word usage is
frequently incorrect.
Spelling, punctuation, and
capitalization show many errors.
Makes excellent use of
font, color, graphics, and
effects.
Makes good use of font, color, Makes use of font, color,
graphics, and effects.
graphics, effects, but
sometimes they distract
from the content.
All writing is the work of
the student, not copied &
pasted.
Mechanics
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Connects topic to one of the
Connects topic to Ancient
following: person, place, event, Greece. Few errors or
or myth. Minor errors or
omissions in information.
omissions.
Illustration(s) depict
Illustration(s) generally depict Ancient Greece.
something like the assigned
Some writing is the work
topic.
of the student, not copied
Most writing is the work of
& pasted. Most writing
the student, not copied &
that is not the work of
pasted. Any writing that is
the student is cited as to
not the work of the student is source.
cited as to source.
Illustration(s) clearly
depict assigned topic.
Attractiveness
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Paragraph(s) contain
related information but do
not show structure or
flow.
Most sentences are
complete. There is some
attempt to vary sentence
structure.
Spelling, punctuation, and
capitalization show some
errors.
Only a little writing is the work of
the student, not copied & pasted.
Writing that is not the work of the
student is not cited as to source.
Use of font, color, graphics, and
effects, but these often distract
from the content.