Activity#2

PICMONIC
1. Make a memory tool , “Picture Mnemonic” & encode “Common Changes in an Older
Adult” in a way that is much easier to remember.
2. Use pleasant images of an Older Adult with vivid, colorful, sense-laden images and
present them in a creative way.
3. Rubrics will be used in grading.

Infographic/Picmonic Rubrics
Items 5 4 3 2 1

Content Content is Content is Content is Content is Content is

Poster contains accurate and all accurate but accurate but either inaccurate.
appropriate items required some required some required questionable or Information is
and information information is information is information is incomplete. incomplete,
(information is presented in a missing and/or missing and/or Information is inaccurate, or
appropriate to logical order. not presented in not presented in not presented not presented in
a logical order in a logical
assigned topic). a logical order, a logical order,
but is still order, making it
making it making it
generally easy to difficult to
follow. difficult to follow. difficult to
follow. follow.
Presentation Presentation is Presentation is Presentation Presentation is Presentation has
Poster is clean, neat, neat, clean, well- mostly neat and flows well. unorganized. no flow.
and creative. The organized and clean. Some tools are Tools are not Insufficient
information is well presented in a Information is used to show used in a information and
organized, creative way. organized in a acceptable relevant lacking some of
interesting, logical manner understanding. manner. the member’s
Presentation is and shows some Each member’s information.
accurate, and Lacking some
colorful and degree of information is
reflects an of the
creative. creativity. The represented and
understanding of overall identified with members’
Information is
the topic. presentation is their name. information/
interesting and
interesting. and or
accurate.
information is
not identified

Pictures, Clip Art Images, pictures, Images, pictures, Most images Images are No images or
and Artwork clip art and and clip art and and/or artwork inappropriate artwork
Images, pictures, drawn artwork drawn artwork is are colorful and artwork included.
clip art and drawn are colorful, and are mostly and appropriate. shows little, if
artwork are colorful appropriate to colorful and The layout any, creativity.
and appropriate to the topic. Layout appropriate. shows little The layout is
the assigned topic. flows well, shows Layout may show creativity and/or messy,
The layout flows creativity, and is some degree of is not organized disorganized or
well and shows pleasing to the creativity but is logically or cluttered.
creativity. The eye. not organized cluttered.
overall result is logically and/or is
pleasing to the eye. cluttered.
Mechanics No spelling, A few (2-3) errors No more than 5 No more than More than 7
Spelling, grammar, grammar, or in spelling, spelling, 7 spelling, spelling,
and punctuation grammar or grammar or grammar or grammar or
punctuation in any errors in the text. punctuation. punctuation punctuation punctuation
text on the poster is Text is in the Most text is in errors. Several errors. Most of errors. Text is
accurate. student’s own student’s own instances where text is not in copied or not
the text is not in authors’ own included.
words. words.
student’s own words and/or
words. no text
included.