Map to California and Letter home

Map 1 Student used map making site to make a map that outlined 2-3 routes to California. Student did not label each route. student labeled 0-2 cities and included less than 4 graphics. Student struggled to work cooperatively with peer(s) in group. student followed less than 8 of the working in groups rules. 2 Student used map making site to make a map that outlined 3 routes to California. Student did not label each route. Student labeled 3-4 cities and included less than 4 graphics. Student struggled to work cooperatively with peer(s) in group. Student followed 8/10 of the working in groups rules. 3 Student used map making site to make a map that outlined 3 routes to California. Student labeled all routes. Student labeled 4 cities and included 4-5 graphics. Student worked cooperatively with peers in group. Student followed 9/10 of the working in groups rules. 4 Student used map making site to make a map that outlined 3 routes to California. Student labeled all routes and 5 cities. Student included 5 graphics. Score/Level

Group work

Letter Home

Student included 4-0 parts of the friendly letter home template. Student did not write a rough draft or edit. student had more than 7 spelling/punctuation errors.

Student included 5 parts of the friendly letter home template. Student did not write a rough draft or edit. Student had 5-7 spelling/punctuation errors.

Student included 6 parts of the friendly letter home template. student wrote a rough draft and only 1 edit (self or peer). Student wrote a final draft with 2-4 spelling/punctuation errors. The completed map and final draft of letter were uploaded to the students blog under the heading Beginning the Journey. Student replied to 1 peers posts.

Blog

The map and letter were not both uploaded to the students blog. The heading was incorrect and student replied to 0 peers posts.

The completed map and final draft of letter were uploaded to the students blog under the incorrect heading. Student replied to 0-1 peers posts.

Student worked cooperatively with peers in group. student participated in the assignment and offered help and ideas when needed. Student followed all 10 of the working in groups rules. Student followed the friendly letter home template (7 parts). Student wrote a rough draft of a letter home and did a self and peer edit. Student wrote a final draft with less than 2 spelling/punctuation errors. The completed map and final draft of letter were uploaded to the students blog under the heading Beginning the Journey. Student replied to 2 peers posts.