Introduction
OH NOES!!! A house here in rural Japan had a housefire! We have come to you because you are the best architect nearby. It is your job to research the hosues in this area, study the geography and restructure the house! All of our faith is in you, sir(or ma'am).
Task
1. Create your rough draft . . .
a) Must have all required rooms (2 bedrooms, bathrooms, living room, garage, kitchen, dining room, etc.)
b) Has to have the room sizes (A = lw)
c) Stairs to other floors if having more than one
2. Create the final copy! . . .
a) Copy the rough draft on to graph paper
b) Add furniture to the design of your house based on Japanese culture
3. Write a paragraph on what you learned . . .
a) Brainstorm all the interesting facts you learned during this process
b) Create a paragraph using your brainstorm and RAPPS(restate, answer, prove it, prove it, sum it up)
c) Edit your first draft of the copy and rewrite it for the final draft
Process
1. Study the houses in the area.
2. Research the geography in the area
3. Start building your house!
Links:
http://www.contemporist.com/2009/09/19/rural-japanese-houses-by-kidosak…
Evaluation
Note: Once done counting your points multiply all of them by "5".
| Evaluation Type | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Total |
| Architecture | Has very neat rooms, design is well, all rooms are accesible and is greatly shaped. | The rooms are okay, There could be more but otherwise it has okay design, the rooms are accesible and it is shaped well. | The rooms, design and accesibility are okay but could've been done a lot better. | I don't know what you have done I think you couldn't have done worse. | /4 |
| Design | It looks like you have researched Japanese architecture a lot ! ! ! | Wow you did a lot of research but could've done a bit more. | You did okay research but it could've been better. | Did you even do any research at all? | /4 |
| Paragraph | It was a strong paragraph and used RAPPS well. | It was strong but could've been better. | Was sort of strong but used RAPPS okay. | Was weak and used bad details. | /4 |
Conclusion
Great job sir(or ma'am)! The family is loving their new house even better than the one they had before. I'll count on you next time I have a task for a great architect. Have a nice day!