Introduction
You have been hired as a researcher for the New Yorker. Your job will be to find specific information for the events inside the conventional convention. your editor wants information in a 250 word article. They have requested your to go undercover due to the fact that it is a closed session. They would like pictures of the Founding Fathers as well working. The poeple are going to be very interested to know about how the Founding Fathers are handling the Anti-federalist compliants, and how they are going to get 100% of the states to agree.
Task
Create a story board of the events at The Constitutional Convention of 1787 based on research done in class.
Process
Research- You will research The Constitutional Convention of 1787 on the Internet and through your notes. (No Wikipedia)- At least 3 source.
Summarize- Rewrite the information you find in a 250 short paragraph.
Proofread- You will have two classmates proofread your paragraphs. They must sign off that they read your paper
Pictures- You must have 2 pictures of 2 of the Founding Fathers present at The Constitutional Convention of 1787
Evaluation
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Grading Area |
4 |
(95%) |
3 |
(85%) |
2 |
(75%) |
1 |
(65%) |
0 |
(50% or below) |
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Content
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▪ This article is written with an interesting hook to bring the reader into the story. ▪ Takes a strong, well-defined position; presents appropriate reasons, supporting details and historical facts. ▪This story contains a considerable amount of relevant background information about the issue. ▪Headline strongly supports your view of the events. |
▪This article is written with an interesting hook to bring the reader into the story. ▪Takes a clear position; presents appropriate reasons, supporting details and facts. ▪This story contains some background information about the issue being debated. ▪Headline moderately supports your view of the events. |
▪ This article is written with a hook but it needs to be more interesting. ▪Position not clearly stated; gives unrelated, unsupported, general statements, reasons and details; minimal facts used. ▪This story contains very little background information about the issue at hand. ▪Headline weakly supports your view of the events. |
▪ This article is written with an uninteresting lead which does not encourage the reader to continue. ▪Does not take a clear position; ideas are undeveloped; no facts or details support position. ▪This editorial does not encourage the reader to continue. ▪Headline does not support your view of the events. |
No response or response is completely incorrect. |
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Organization
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▪ Descriptions of events are sequenced effectively; has strong introduction and conclusion; body is well developed; paragraphs are logically structured; overall structure is very effective.
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▪Descriptions of events are sequenced some what effectively; includes introduction and conclusion; paragraphs are well structured, but may have minor flaws; structure is generally effective.
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▪Descriptions of events are not well sequenced; introduction or conclusion is unclear or lacking; organization of paragraphs is flawed.
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▪ Structure is largely unclear, inappropriate, or lacking; introduction or conclusion is missing; there are significant flaws in the organization of paragraphs.
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Mechanics |
▪Accurate spelling, punctuation, and grammar; varied sentence structure. |
▪Some minor spelling, punctuation, or grammar errors; somewhat varied sentence structure. |
▪Careless spelling, punctuation, or grammar errors; repetitive sentence structure. |
▪Significant spelling, punctuation, or grammar errors; poor sentence structure. |
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Layout |
▪Headline is larger than body ▪Neatly typed; proper letter format and proper spacing. |
▪Headline can be better focused; ▪Neatly typed, but can have better formatting and spacing. |
▪ Headline is improperly placed ▪Format detracts from easily reading article. |
▪No Headline; ▪Difficult to read: is not properly formatted. |
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