Performance Task Title: Fourth Grade Guidebooks for
Regions
Submitted by: Falguni Beed
Date: 10/15/2007
Performance Task - GRASPS
Goal- You will find out more about your home regions' physical and human characteristics.
Role- You will be a travel agent. You will provide all the information about the important features of your home region.
Audience: You will be giving information to the prospective travelers who want to visit your home region.
Situation: Mr. Visitor is new to the United States of America. He does not know much about the regions here. Your job is to create visitor guidebooks that describe the unique physical and human characteristics of your home region. The guidebooks should include pictures and should feature the things that you feel are special about your home region. They should list elements of the physical landscape, such as climate, landforms, plants, animals, and elements of the human landscape, such as work opportunities, economic activities, recreational activities, regional accents, and foods.
Product/Performance: You will make a visitor guidebooks that describe the unique physical and human characteristics of your home region.
Standard/Criteria for Success – See rubric
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Home Dweller |
Local Visitor |
World Traveler |
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The visitor guidebook is well organized. |
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All the information provided in the visitor guidebook is accurate. |
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The physical and the human characteristics are clearly labeled and elaborated. |
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Students shared the information with entire class in a systematic manner. |
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