Language Arts 7

Today students were given the first 25 minutes of class to read their novels.

While reading, students were asked to think about the following:

After students had read, we generated a list of criteria for the upcoming setting assignment:

Finally, students set to work on their assignments using this rubric:

Rubric for Setting Assignment

Criteria	Beginning	Developing	Accomplished	Exceeding
Where ·      draw a city ·      draw culture ·      map ·      environment ·      facts about population	·      draws only one feature	·      draws two features	·      draws three or more	·      draws all features, plus
When ·      date ·      clock/time ·      day/night	·      only one feature	·      more than one feature	·      more than two features	·      all features
Why setting is important ·      environment ·      show part of story ·      show character	·      environment unclear ·      forgets important parts ·      does not show characters	·      environment somewhat clear ·      shows some important parts ·      shows some characters	·      clear environment ·      shows important parts ·      shows characters	·      clear environment with good connections ·      shows many important parts ·      shows main characters and side characters
Your life ·      different ·      same	·      shows no real meaningful aspect of your life	·      shows some aspects that highlight a similarity or difference	·      shows aspects of your life that highlight both similarities and differences	·

Here is a sample so far: