Capt'n Eli - Educational Material

Assessment

Assessment and Self Reflection:
A useful ongoing and informal assessment might include recording on regular basis anecdotal information on how the students are participating in their work groups and inspecting their individual learning journal entries. For a more formal assessment of the final map product, a Rubric such as this one, would provide information as to specifically what features the students have mastered and indicates where they need improvement.

It is always best to develop the rubric with the students as you discuss with them what criteria should be included. This way your students fully understand what is to be achieved. Students can contribute to ongoing assessment by self reflection and by assessing the work created by their peers.

Advanced:
Teaching students how to create scale drawings using proportion and measurement skills would be a perfect fit with this lesson. Math concepts and skills would be applied for this visual representation. This is a scale drawing lesson created with NCTM standards by Creative Publications and available to all teachers.

CATEGORY	WEIGHT	4	3	2	1
Drawing Detail	X1 (up to 4 points available	All assigned details have been added. The details are clear and easy to identify. Cardinal directions intermediate directions,compass rose, individual symbols	Almost all assigned details(at least 85%) have been added. The details are clear and easy to identify. Cardinal directions intermediate directions, compass rose, individual symbols	Almost all assigned details(at least 85%) have been added. A few details are difficult to identify. Cardinal directions intermediate directions, compass rose, individual symbols	Fewer than 85% if the assigned details are present OR most details are difficult to identify. Cardinal directions intermediate directions, compass rose, individual symbols
Accuracy	X3 (up to 12 points available)	95% or more of the assigned structures are drawn accurately and are recognizable. All assigned structures are labeled accurately.	94-85 % of the assigned structures are drawn accurately and are recognizable. All assigned structures are labeled accurately.	94-85 % of the assigned structures are drawn accurately and are recognizable.94-85% of the assigned structures are labeled accurately.	Less than 85% of the structures are drawn AND/OR labeled accurately.
Knowledge Gaine	X3 (up to 12 points available)	When asked about 10 items in an unlabeled map, the student can identify all of them accurately.	When asked about 10 items in an unlabeled map, the student can identify 8-9 of them accurately.	When asked about 10 items in an unlabeled map, the student can identify 6-7 of them accurately.	When asked about 10 items in an unlabeled map, the student can identify 5 or less of them accurately.