Hot Zone Project for Honors Biology Option 1: Create a Scrap Book Many events transpired in the Hot Zone by Richard Preston. For one of the events, create a scrap book page of the event. To help, think about all the kinds of mementos you would put in a scrap book if you had one. Then create a scrap book page of the event, cutting out pictures from magazines or drawing the mementos for the scrap book. Phrases/words to describe the objects are okay. The scrap book must use color, be neat and orderly, and contain no grammatical/spelling errors. Option 2: Create a Newspaper Article Many events transpired in the Hot Zone by Richard Preston. For one of the events, pretend your are a newspaper reporter at the scene of the event. Create a news article that could be published in a newspaper on the event. Include who, what, when, where, why, and how. The article should include quotes from relevant characters as well as images from the scene. The article must be formatted like a newspaper story. A title should be included. Black and white is acceptable for this newspaper article. Use newspaper article templates online to help you with the format. Due Date: ______________________ The Hot Zone Newspaper Article Rubric CATEGORY Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Who, What, When, The article includes The article includes The article addresses The article does not Where & How all of the 5 W's (who, 3-4 of the 5 W's 2 of the 5 W's (who, include the 5 W’s what, when, where (who, what, when, what, when, where and/or is a summary and how). where and how). and how). of the entire book. Articles - Purpose The article The article The article does not The article is more establishes a clear establishes a clear establish a clear than 25% off-topic. purpose in the lead purpose in the lead purpose in the lead paragraph and paragraph, but lacks paragraph. demonstrates a clear a clear understanding understanding of the of the topic. topic. Articles - Supporting The details in the The details in the The details in the The details in more Details article are clear, article are clear and article are clear and than 30% of the
Hot Zone Project for Honors Biology Option 1: Create a Scrap Book Many events transpired in the Hot Zone by Richard Preston. For one of the events, create a scrap book page of the event. To help, think about all the kinds of mementos you would put in a scrap book if you had one. Then create a scrap book page of the event, cutting out pictures from magazines or drawing the mementos for the scrap book. Phrases/words to describe the objects are okay. The scrap book must use color, be neat and orderly, and contain no grammatical/spelling errors. Option 2: Create a Newspaper Article Many events transpired in the Hot Zone by Richard Preston. For one of the events, pretend your are a newspaper reporter at the scene of the event. Create a news article that could be published in a newspaper on the event. Include who, what, when, where, why, and how. The article should include quotes from relevant characters as well as images from the scene. The article must be formatted like a newspaper story. A title should be included. Black and white is acceptable for this newspaper article. Use newspaper article templates online to help you with the format. Due Date: ______________________ The Hot Zone Newspaper Article Rubric CATEGORY Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Who, What, When, Where & How The article includes all of the 5 W's (who, what, when, where and how). The article includes 3-4 of the 5 W's (who, what, when, where and how). The article addresses 2 of the 5 W's (who, what, when, where and how). The article does not include the 5 W’s and/or is a summary of the entire book. Articles - Purpose The article establishes a clear purpose in the lead paragraph and demonstrates a clear understanding of the topic. The article establishes a clear purpose in the lead paragraph, but lacks a clear understanding of the topic. The article does not establish a clear purpose in the lead paragraph. The article is more than 25% off-topic. Articles - Supporting Details The details in the article are clear, The details in the article are clear and The details in the article are clear and The details in more than 30% of the
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