MENU MAGIC!
Formal Grade
DUE DATE: ________________
Your mission (which you must choose to accept) is to create with your cooperative group members the
most interesting, delicious, scrumptious, mouth-watering, tantalizing, colorful, tasteful, tempting
restaurant menu you can imagine!
You must complete each of the following items to receive full credit. HINT—all the bolded words two sentences
above are ADJECTIVES (words that describe nouns)!
This assignment will also be assessing your knowledge of sentence types that we have been reviewing in
class. Beware that if you are unable to work cooperatively with your group, you will not receive a perfect
score!
Requirements
Background Story
Narrative story about how your restaurant came to be (10-12 sentences)
Sentence structure is complete (color code the different sentences):
-at least 3 correctly written & identified simple sentences
-at least 3 correctly written & identified compound sentences
-at least 3 correctly written & identified complex sentences
Grammar and spelling are correct
Punctuation is correct
_____/30
Advertisement
At least one type of propaganda used
Grammar and spelling are correct
Punctuation is correct
Appropriate visuals and colors used
_____/10
Appetizers
Three appetizers are present on menu
Sentence variety:
-1 compound or complex sentence, stating the uniqueness of your appetizers
Adjective usage and variety (at least 6)
Sentence structure is complete
Grammar and spelling are correct
Punctuation is correct
_____/10
Soups and Salads
Three soups/salads are present on menu
Sentence variety:
-1 compound or complex sentence, stating the uniqueness of your soups and salads
Adjective usage and variety (at least 6)
Sentence structure is complete
Grammar and spelling are correct
Punctuation is correct
_____/10
Entrees
Six entrees are present on menu
Sentence variety:
-1 compound or complex sentence, stating the uniqueness of your entrees
Adjective usage and variety (at least 12)
Sentence structure is complete
Grammar and spelling are correct
Punctuation is correct
_____/10
Desserts
Three to five desserts are present on menu
Sentence variety:
-1 compound or complex sentence, stating the uniqueness of your deserts
Adjective usage and variety (at least 8)
Sentence structure is complete
Grammar and spelling are correct
Punctuation is correct
_____/10
Menu Construction
Originality (Restaurant’s name, theme)
Creativity (design, layout)
Overall Neatness/Typed Descriptions
Overall Effort
Menu items reflect the theme
Appropriate Colors and Visuals
_____/10
Group Work
Ability to work collaboratively & successfully
_____/5
Prices
Reasonably price all of your items listed on the menu
______/5
Total Points Earned
_____/100
Name of each student in the group:
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Extra Credit Challenge (Please, ONLY attempt if you’re AWESOME):
For 10 extra points, have your whole menu add up to a total of $521.90. On a separate
sheet of paper (that you’ll attach this rubric), show mathematical proof that your menu’s
total cost is $521.90. Remember, Ms. Pratt sucks at math so make sure you stick to simple addition!