Civil War Project Performance Task Due 5/15

Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information
clearly.
Performance Indicators complete each of the following and place a checkmark in the
yes box when it is finished.
THIS CHECKLIST NEEDS TO BE TURNED IN WITH YOUR FINAL PAPER AND
PROJECT!!!
Planning
Did you decide on a topic for your Civil War project?
What topic did you decide to do you project on? (circle one)
Person
Battle Event Leading Up to War
Which person, battle, or event did you choose? _____________________
Is your topic something that you can write at least 6 paragraphs about?
Is your topic one that you can find information about outside of the classroom?
Is your topic one that you can create a 3-D project to present to the class?
Did you decide on at least 5 main ideas about your topic?
What are your main ideas?
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Each of your main ideas will be the topic sentence for your paragraph. Does each main
idea have enough information that you can write at least 4 more sentences about it?
Have you decided on the order of your topics to make the information flow?
What is the order of your topics?
1) ___________________ 2) _______________________
3) ___________________ 4) _______________________
5) ___________________ 6) _______________________
Do you realize that you need to skip lines when you write your paper?
Intro Paragraph
Did your first sentence make it clear what your topic is?
Did you introduce at least 3 of the topics in your paragraph?
Does your paragraph have at least 4 separate sentences?
First Topic Paragraph
Is the topic of your paragraph clearly stated in the first sentence?
Did you include at least 3 more sentences of information to explain the topic?
Do all the sentences in the paragraph relate back to the topic sentence? (Are all your
sentences about the same thing?)
Is your paragraph written in your words?
Does every sentence have all correctly spelled words, capitalization, punctuation, and
grammar?
Second Topic Paragraph
Is the topic of your paragraph clearly stated in the first sentence?

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Did you include at least 3 more sentences of information to explain the topic?
Do all the sentences in the paragraph relate back to the topic sentence? (Are all your
sentences about the same thing?)
Is your paragraph written in your words?
Does every sentence have all correctly spelled words, capitalization, punctuation, and
grammar?
Third Topic Paragraph
Is the topic of your paragraph clearly stated in the first sentence?
Did you include at least 3 more sentences of information to explain the topic?
Do all the sentences in the paragraph relate back to the topic sentence? (Are all your
sentences about the same thing?)
Is your paragraph written in your words?
Does every sentence have all correctly spelled words, capitalization, punctuation, and
grammar?
Fourth Topic Paragraph
Is the topic of your paragraph clearly stated in the first sentence?
Did you include at least 3 more sentences of information to explain the topic?
Do all the sentences in the paragraph relate back to the topic sentence? (Are all your
sentences about the same thing?)
Is your paragraph written in your words?
Does every sentence have all correctly spelled words, capitalization, punctuation, and
grammar?
Fifth Topic Paragraph
Is the topic of your paragraph clearly stated in the first sentence?
Did you include at least 3 more sentences of information to explain the topic?
Do all the sentences in the paragraph relate back to the topic sentence? (Are all your
sentences about the same thing?)
Is your paragraph written in your words?
Does every sentence have all correctly spelled words, capitalization, punctuation, and
grammar?
Sixth Topic Paragraph
Is the topic of your paragraph clearly stated in the first sentence?
Did you include at least 3 more sentences of information to explain the topic?
Do all the sentences in the paragraph relate back to the topic sentence? (Are all your
sentences about the same thing?)
Is your paragraph written in your words?
Does every sentence have all correctly spelled words, capitalization, punctuation, and
grammar?
Addition Topic Paragraphs (optional)
Is the topic of your paragraph clearly stated in the first sentence?
Did you include at least 3 more sentences of information to explain the topic?
Do all the sentences in the paragraph relate back to the topic sentence? (Are all your
sentences about the same thing?)
Is your paragraph written in your words?
Does every sentence have all correctly spelled words, capitalization, punctuation, and
grammar?
Conclusion
Did you write describe the topic of your paper?

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 Did you include opinions about the topic?

Is the paragraph made up of at least 4 sentences?
Checking/Correcting
Did you reread your paper out loud to someone or yourself?
Did everything you wrote make sense?
Did every paragraph give enough information for the topic?
Finalizing
Is your final paper free of spelling errors?
Is your final paper free from capitalization errors?
Is your final paper free of punctuation errors?
Is your final paper free from grammar errors?
Is your final paper double spaced?
Project
Does your project represent your topic?
Is your project 3-dimensional?
Is your project accurate according to history?
Is your project completely colored?
Does your project at least 30 cm in length in every direction?
Is your project made of appropriate materials?
Reflection
Are you satisfied with the amount of effort you put into this project?
On a scale of 1 10, how would you rate your effort? _________
If you could pick a different topic to do over again, would you?
Was this project difficult?
What was the most challenging part? ________________________________________
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