Rubric

=__The Odyssey__ Blog Project - Rubric=

**// Blogs From Odysseus //** Now it’s your turn to write like Homer. Your task is to write a blog as Odysseus. ** Focus on one event only!! ** Otherwise, you will not be able to include enough specific details and elaboration. Use information from your background knowledge, the reading, and the movie to show how Odysseus used his intellect to vanquish his foes and survive his epic adventures. Your blog can include messages to Telemachus, Penelope, Odysseus’s mother, or someone else who would be important to him, but keep in mind that a blog is usually published publicly (it should be personal, but appropriate for a wide audience!). Sentences much include specific details and elaboration. You will be painting a picture with your words! __ All writing must //include the following// information __ : (15 pts) 1.) Describe your location, how you came to be there, and how you got away. 2.) Describe who/what you meet there (Cyclops, Scylla, Circe…) 3.) Describe what challenges you faced and how you overcame them.

You also need to focus on your __writing style and technique__. (15 pts) 1.) Use __vivid verbs__ and powerful __vocabulary__
 * 1) For example, don’t __walk__, when you can: leap, sprint, dash, bound, saunter…
 * 2) Don’t __say__ anything that you can: exclaim, rant, whisper, moan, utter….
 * 3) Use strong vocabulary as you __recount__ (tell) the amazing tales of your __arduous__ (difficult) journey and __audacious__ (brave, risky) __exploits__! (daring achievements)

2.) Use __sensory details__ to describe the experience.
 * 1) What do you see/hear/feel/smell/think?

3.) And of course, use proper capitalization, punctuation, and spelling (mechanics).
 * 1) Nothing __detracts__ from a good story, like poor mechanics!

// Be creative; have some fun with this, //// and make Homer proud! //
 * ** Rubric ** ||
 * ** All necessary information is included: ** ||
 * Self-grade ||  Teacher Grade  ||  Possible Points  ||   ||
 * ||  ||  5  ||  Accurately describe your location,and how/why you got there.  ||
 * ||  ||  5  ||  Accurately describe who/what you meet there.  ||
 * ||  ||  5  ||  Accurately describe what the challenges you face while you are there, and how you got away.  ||
 * ||  ||  5  ||  Accurately provide examples of the culture in ancient Greece.  ||
 * ** Style and technique ** ||
 * ||  ||  3  || Word choice: vivid verbs, powerful vocab. and sensory details used ||
 * ||  ||  2  || __ Mechanics __ (capitalization, punctuation, spelling) ||
 * ||  || 3 || __ Blog format __, and includes one hyperlink and one image ||
 * ||  ||  2  || Creative effort and neatness ||
 * ||  || 5 || Reference List - Separate document. __MLA Format__ ||
 * ||  || ** 30 ** || ** Total (out of 30) ** ||