Revised Assessment for PowerPoint Birthday Assignment

American Literature • Ms. M. Sierra-Perry

Task: You are a researcher who has been asked to create an informative presentation using PowerPoint software to share with your classemates ten events that occurred on your birthdate, culminating in a discussion of a main event of personal interest.

Assessment Requirements

Assessment Levels

Standards and Criteria for Assessment

You will be assessed on your ability to:

• Use PowerPoint effectively.
• Submit on time, complete work.
• Stay focused and on task.
• Locate information using library resources and the internet.
• Compare/contrast and evaluate sources used to discuss your main event.
• Identify and apply criteria for evaluating resources: accuracy, credibility, currency, and relevancy.
• Document sources properly using MLA standards.
• Use proper grammar, mechanics, punctuation, spelling, and paragraphing.

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Assessment Levels:

Level 6: Student can teach others to successfully do this.

Level 5: Student can do this correctly in situations when it is needed with additional assistance.

Level 4: Student can do this correctly with additional assistance.

Level 3: Student can do this correctly when directed to do so.

Level 2: Student can do this, but needs direction, help, or assistance.

Level 1: Student can do this, but needs one on one assistance.

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Standards and Criteria for Project Evaluation

Standards	Criteria
Areas of Assessment	High 6 - 5	Very Good 4	Adequate 3	Needs Work 2 - 1
Research and Preparation for Project	Used a variety of challenging, reliable , and appropriate resources Used appropriate evidence and examples Met all deadlines Used any extra time to extend research	Used several reliable, appropriate resources Made effort to use evidence and examples Met deadlines Used preparation time well	Used minimum number of resources for basic information Used some evidence and examples Needed encourage-ment to meet deadlines Spent minimal tme on preparation	Used few resources Used little evidence and few examples Didn't meet all deadlines Spent little time on preparation
Content of Project	Evaluated sources for credibility, reliability, accuracy, and currency. Used logical, easy-to-follow order Created and maintained high audience interest Covered topic with outstanding information Credited sources	Evaluated sources for credibility and reliability Used easy-to follow order Kept audience's attention Covered topic with appropriate information Credited sources	Some evidence of evaluating sources Used order that was confusing at times Lost audience's attention at times Covered the basics Credited sources	Did not fulfill evaluation of sources requirement Used hard-to-follow order Created little audience interest Omitted important parts of the assignment Provided incomplete credits
Visual elements of Project	Were highly interesting, easy to see and understand Suported purpose Communicated main ideas clearly Showed outstanding effort	Were interesting, easy to see and understand Supported purpose Communicated main ideas Showed effort	Were somewhat interesting Were related to purpose Generally supported main ideas Showed fair effort	Were messy, disorganized, hard to understand Were unrelated to purpose Didn't support main ideas Showed little effort
Written elements of project	Had few errors Were thoroughly proofread and revised Supported main ideas with rich details	Had few errors Were proofread andrevised Supported main ideas	Had several errors Needed more proof-reading and revsing Weakly supported main ideas	Had many errors Needed to be proofread and revised Didn't support main ideas
Oral Presentation of Project	Spoke audibly and expressively Used engaging gestures and props Maintained excellent eye contact	Spoke audibly and expressively Used gestures and props Maintained good eye contact	Could develop more expression Used few or awkward gestures and props Attempted to maintain eye contact	Was difficult to hear Used few or distacting gestures and props Made little attempt to maintain eye contact

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