WWII/Holocaust Book Club Unit Final Assignment Task After reading fiction, memoirs and nonfiction and viewing

fiction and nonfiction media, write an essay that answers one of the following questions. Do people, both citizens and countries, have a responsibility to respond to injustice? How are freedom and democracy threatened during times of war?

In your response, be sure to cite textual evidence from both fiction and nonfiction sources using proper citation. Once youve crafted your answer, prepare a creative visual, artistic representation of your answer: a painting, drawing, film, collage, etc. Both your artistic representation and your essay must show the same answer to the same question. Rubric Plan Make deliberate plans, reflect, and persevere in order to achieve goals.

Not Yet

Meets Standards
___ During work periods, student is on task most of the time, but may need some teacher redirection. ___ Assignment shows the use of the writing process (includes outline and drafts). ___ Artistic half of project shows the use of planning: drafts/proposal and revisions.

Exceeds Standards
___ During work periods, student requires no teacher redirection. ___ Assignment shows the use of the writing process (includes outline and drafts). ___ Artistic half of project shows the use of planning: drafts/proposal and revisions. ___Student language is clear and spelling and grammar (capitalization, punctuation, run-on sentences/sentence fragments) use is consistent. Quotes are properly cited. ___ Successful and consistent stylistic choices (varied sentences, figurative language, higher level vocabulary, etc.) have been made to serve the writing purpose.

Be Precise Accurately represent language.

___Student language is clear and spelling and grammar (capitalization, punctuation, run-on sentences/sentence fragments) use is consistent. Quotes are properly cited. ___ There is some evidence of stylistic choices that serve the purpose of the essay (varied sentences, figurative language, etc.).

Communicate Make ideas and information understood, mindful of audience, purpose, and setting.

___ Thesis statement (claim) is formed by rewording the prompt. ___ Introduction contains a thesis and topic sentences. Readers have a clear idea of the students argument. ___ Student exhibits clear organization in the essay (which includes TIED format). She uses appropriate transitions to make her writing flow more smoothly.

___ Thesis statement (claim) is strong and in the students own words. ___ Students introduction is extremely engaging, contains a thesis, and outlines her arguments clearly. ___ Student exhibits clear organization throughout the entire essay (which includes TIED format). She also uses appropriate and varied transitions as a tool to persuade and aid readers in following her logic and arguments.

___ Conclusion of essay clearly summarizes her thesis and the key points in her argument. Conclude Infer meanings, analyze information and develop valid ideas based on evidence and analysis.

___ Conclusion of essay is extremely engaging. Student does not simply restate thesis and topic sentences, but summarizes her argument in a creative and persuasive way. ___ From texts, student makes reasonable ___ Student meets all criteria for Meets inferences and presents valid ideas, Standards. connecting ideas of multiple authors. ____ She develops her topic with facts, details, quotations, or other specific information from her research, but the evidence chosen could be stronger. ___ Student develops ideas based on fiction and nonfiction sources, but explicit connects are unclear in writing. ___ Student represents her idea--effort went into developing the artistic answer after analyzing evidence and studying WWII and the Holocaust. ____ She uses the most effective and relevant facts, details, and quotations.

___ Student draws meaningful connections between fiction and nonfiction sources in writing. ___ Student thoughtfully represents her idea--a lot of effort went into developing the artistic answer after analyzing evidence and studying the WWII and the Holocaust.