March 14

Humanities 8

Today we did a short silent reading session and a check-in from the weekend.  Next we organized our folders and handed in our last unit of work with a completed self-assessment attached. Finally we made a 5 W +H chart to record information about the Battle of Hastings and the Bayeaux Tapestry. 

English 10

Today we started off with handing in our daily reflections grid and cleaning out our folders.  Next we reviewed non-fiction features and infographs from previous classes.  Next students were tasked with creating an infograph and the students had the remainder of the block to work on that.  

Infograph Assignment

Step 1:  Find an article on a topic that you are interested in.  Print it off if or flag it in a magazine to hand into me. 

Step 2:  Take notes on the article.

Step 3:  Figure out how to transform the information into an infograph. 

·         Condense

·         Create graphs, charts, pictures, timelines

·         Include maps, symbols, captions

·         Utilize headings, color, text size

Step 4:  Sketch out a rough draft.  Think of balance, amount of text and how easy it is to read.  

Step 5: Consult rubric to tweak rough and seek feedback (peer, teacher, EA, parent etc). 

Step 7:  Create final version

Step 8:  Self-assess and hand-in with original texts!

Criteria	Not Yet Within Expectations	Minimally Meets Expectations	Fully Meets Expectations	Exceeds Expectations
Communication	No features of non-fiction features to communicate information.          Text only	Limited use of non-fiction features to communicate information.         Charts         Graphs, timelines etc         Pictures with captions         Headings/sections         Symbols	Good use of non-fiction features to communicate information.          Charts         Graphs, timelines etc         Pictures with captions         Headings/sections         Symbols	Effectively uses non-fiction features to communicate information.         Charts         Graphs, timelines etc         Pictures with captions         Headings/sections         Symbols
Transformation	Information is too similar to original text	Information has been changed in a limited way.          Condensed         Features created         Organized in a new way         Comparisons created etc         Varied sources	Information has been reformatted significantly.          Condensed         Features created         Organized in a new way         Comparisons created etc         Varied sources	Information has been transformed in a creative way.         Condensed         Features created         Organized in a new way         Comparisons created etc         Varied sources
Presentation	Little care demonstrated         messy         Major spelling/grammatical errors         No color         Unbalanced         Hard to read	Satisfactory presentation         A bit messy         Noticeable spelling/grammatical errors         Some color used         Attempt at balance         Hard to read in areas	Good presentation         Neat         Minor spelling/ grammatical errors         Color used         Balanced         Easy to read	Professional  presentation         Looks professional         No spelling /grammatical errors         Color used effectively         Balanced effectively         Very clear