GRADE 7 TAKE HOME ASSESSMENT: Let s Create a VICTORIAN ENGLAND Scrapbook!

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1 GRADE 7 TAKE HOME ASSESSMENT: Let s Create a VICTORIAN ENGLAND Scrapbook! SURNAME, NAME: CLASS: DUE DATE: For this Take-Home Assessment, you will prepare a scrapbook about Victorian England. This scrapbook will require your creativity, critical thinking and comprehension of our reader A Christmas Carol. Good luck & We hope you have fun! You can choose between two options for your scrapbook: Time travel, back to London in 1842! Imagine that somehow a time machine took you back to Victorian England during Christmas time. After you had some adventures, you came back and prepared a scrapbook of this incredible experience. How did you get there? Where did you find yourself? What was the most shocking thing for you? Why? What did you see while you were there? What did you hear / smell in on the dark and grim streets of London? Who did you see / meet? Where were they? What did you talk about? What did it feel like to be there? What did you want to do? Were you happy? Why? Why not? Try to be as descriptive as possible use sensory adjectives, similes and metaphors! What did you learn about family life, role of men & women, living conditions, food & health, jobs people had during the time of Victorian England? The diary of a homeless boy in Ebenezer Scrooge s neighbourhood. Imagine you are the child who sings a song and begs Scrooge for money at the beginning of A Christmas Carol. Create a diary for him as a scrapbook of your life in Victorian England. Who are you? Where do you live? Who do you live with? What kind of a life do you live every day? What do you see? What sounds do you hear? What can you smell in the grim streets of London? What do you eat? How do you feel about living in London? Are you happy with your life? Why? Did you have an interesting / happy Christmas Day? Why / Why not? Who did you see / meet? Try to be as descriptive as possible use sensory adjectives, similes and metaphors! What do you know about family life, role of men & women, living conditions, food & health, jobs people had during the time of Victorian England? eng-ta-t2-(Take-Home Assessment)

2 No matter which option you choose, your scrapbook MUST have the following sections: Information about family life (1 paragraph) Information about the role of men and women (1 paragraph) Information about living conditions (1 paragraph) Information about food and health (1 paragraph) Information about jobs (1 paragraph) At least 5 pictures with captions explaining each of the pictures. A reference to the book ( where can you find this information in A Christmas Carol?) IN CLASS PART 1 : My Research & Notes on Victorian England - 20 min. (5pts x3=15 pts) Choose 3 of these topics given and start doing your research in class. You will use these notes later on in your scrapbook. (You may get help from the QR code resource links at the end of the booklet or find your own resource links) The other 2 topics can be done at home and they are still needed. Note taking does not mean copying and pasting everything! Paraphrase and take notes of important sections. (4-5 sentences for each part) Family Life in Victorian England (size of families, role of the father / mother ) Living Conditions in Victorian Era ( for rich & poor ) Industrial Improvements in Victorian Time Resource(s) used eng-ta-t2-(Take-Home Assessment)

3 Pollution / Health problems in Victorian time _ Child Labor during Victorian England _ Resource(s) used : IN CLASS PART 2 AN IMPORTANT PERSON FROM THIS TIME 20 min. (25 pts) Write about an important person that lived during Victorian England. Who is he/she? Describe him / her. Why is he/she so important? For e.g. Charles D. / Queen V. / Florance Nightingale /. (Note taking does not mean copying pasting! First read, then take notes of important parts sentences) Content : / 13 pts Organization: / 6 pts (Topic S & Body & Closing) Accuracy (Grammar & Spelling & punctuation) : / 6 pts Total : / 25 pts eng-ta-t2-(Take-Home Assessment)

4 Before handing in your scrapbook to your teacher, make sure you go through this checklist. I have searched and found informative resources and taken enough notes. I have used these notes in my scrapbook. I have created a cover page for my scrapbook. My project is related to my choice. I followed the guiding questions of my choice. I have written one full paragraph about each information topic in my project (family life, men and women, living conditions, food and health, jobs). I have included pictures (at least 5) and captions explaining each of the picture. I have given reference to the book at least once (where I found this information in A Christmas Carol) Some useful resources Important notes: You can find more examples of scrapbooks on Google. The deadline is important as usual. If you do not complete it on time, you will lose points for each day that it is turned in late. (1 day late = -10 points, 2 days late = -20 points, etc.) All writing must be in your own words. Copying and pasting from the internet, a book or a friend is not allowed and will not be accepted. Please remember that Academic honesty is a very important value of our school eng-ta-t2-(Take-Home Assessment)

5 Rubric for the Scrapbook Presentation The work is very neat and attractive. The content is clear and exciting to the viewer. The overall appearance is excellent. The overall appearance is good. The content is interesting. The scrapbook looks rushed and put together at the last minute, missing some key details. Very little time or effort has been put into the presentation of the scrapbook. It is dull and unappealing to the viewer. Pictures & Captions & Clarity The scrapbook contains at least 5 pictures for all important sections and the descriptions/ explanations are very clear and relate clearly to the topic. The scrapbook contains 3-4 pictures and some labels/captions for important sections. The explanations are mostly clear and related to the topic. The scrapbook contains 2 pictures and almost no captions; or few of the descriptions. The scrapbook has 1 or no picture, little or no use of captions. Grammar & Spelling & Punctuation The scrapbook has almost no mistakes at all. The scrapbook is mostly error free only a few simple mistales are done in spelling / grammar / punctuation The scrapbook has many errors in spelling / grammar / punctuation. The scrapbook is full of errors in spelling / grammar / punctuation and work cannot be read / does not make sense due to the mistakes Reference The scrapbook has at least one reference to the book and all resources are stated at the end of the task clealry. The scrapbook has one reference to the book however resources are not stated clearly at the end of the task. The scrapbook has no reference to the book however some resources are stated at the end of the task. The scrapbook has no reference to the book and no resources are stated at the end of the task. Following the format requirements (Time machine Adv. or Dairy) The scrapbook follows the requirements / guiding qs of the chosen format perfectly well. The scrapbook mostly follows the requirements / guiding qs of the chosen format. The scrapbook at times follows the requirements / guiding qs of the chosen format. The scrapbook does not really follow the requirements / guiding qs of the chosen format. Content (all 5 research areas are included) The work has all the required sections written clearly with well thought, original ideas. The work has many of the required sections written clearly. The work has only a few of the required sections written and they are not sometimes very clear. The work has a limited amount of information of the required sections eng-ta-t2-(Take-Home Assessment)

6 Take Home Assessment Grading Rubric TASK CRITERIA POINTS COLLECTED Research (in Class) Researching and taking notes on the following ; Family life Living Conditions Industrial Improvements Pollution / Health Child Labor Important Person Taking good and required amount of notes (4-5 sent.) Completing all sections (at least 3 topics & one important person) Working independently focusing on the task Choosing informative resources and stating the references / 40 The scrapbook (at home) Choosing one of the tasks given ; creating a story / diary and completing your scrapbook with other necessary information, pictures and captions. Following the format requirements & guiding qs ( diary / story) Following the content requirements (all researched areas included) Accuracy of grammar / spelling / punctuation Giving at least one reference to the book events / characters Presentation / Neatness of the work Pictures & Captions / 60 TEACHER S NOTES Total / eng-ta-t2-(Take-Home Assessment)