Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century

TREND-ZINE: A Finals Performance Task

I. Introduction

The whole subject focused on transmitting analytical skills to students by providing

them with different tools to probe certain issues besetting our contemporary society as well
as exposing them to the various mediums where such tools and analysis could be
showcased. Through various written works and performance tasks, they were able to
express their opinions and analysis on various topics and trends, all the while the facilitator
of learning has witnessed the growth of their skill in the midst of social and political
challenges currently overshadowing modern society.

Such assumptions became the cornerstone of this finals performance task—the

construction of a small publication (the guidelines and contents of which are stipulated
below)—a magazine, that shall contain advertisements, opinion articles, and editorial
cartoons that shall spotlight the skills of the students on expressing their critical opinions on
trends and issues, as well as an avenue for such expression should the students’ means are
through the creation of visual artworks (comic strips, editorial cartoons) or literary attempts
(poem, flash fiction).

II. Guidelines for the Activity

1. The students will be divided into four (4) groups.

2. Each group will be tasked to create a magazine with the following parts:
a. Title and Cover Page (which shall contain the title of the magazine, and must give
hint on the contents, like in an actual magazine)
b. First Advertisement Page (the advertisement shall be persuasive. It could either be a
product ad or a campaign ad)
c. Editorial Cartoon (this must talk about a social issue and must be accompanied
with…)
d. Editorial Article (this must expound the social issue being talked about in the
editorial cartoon and must not be more than 300 words)
e. Second Advertisement Page
f. Feature Page (this shall contain Book and Movie reviews, interest articles and
listicles)
g. Critical Article Page (groups may utilize the revised critical papers that the teachers
has checked and corrected)
h. Third Advertisement Page
i. Literary Page (this page shall contain poems and other literary attempts whose
themes revolve around social trends and issues)
j. Group Members’ Page (this page shall serve as the “about the authors” section of
their magazine

3. IMPORTANT REMINDER: While the groups are given the freedom to present and lay-
out the magazine to the extent of their creative abilities, the teachers of TNCT are
HIGHLY ENCOURAGING that each group do it in the EASIEST and CHEAPEST way
possible. Creativity can be showcased even with the simplest of materials.
 4. The magazines must be submitted during the scheduled Finals week of the FEUHS.

III. Rubrics (see attached)

Prepared by: Checked by:

Mr. Don Vittorio C. Villasin Mr. Michael Denniel M. Palaganas

Designated Point-Person Academic Assistant
Trends, Networks and Critical Humanities and Social Sciences
Thinking in the 21st Century

Noted by: Approved by:

Ms. Yolanda S. Lingat Mr. Teofilo Bernardo L. Gonzales III

Academic Coordinator Academic Head
Humanities and Social Sciences
 TRENDS, NETWORKS, AND CRITICAL THINKING IN THE 21ST
CENTURY

Midterm Performance Task

Trend-Zine: A Finals Performance Task

Group No. _____

Section: ___________

Total Score: ________

Members:

Rubric for Trend-Zine

Criteria Excellent Good Very Satisfactory Needs

Satisfactory Improvement

The articles and Some of the The articles and The articles The articles
literary works articles and literary works, and literary and literary
possess high literary works while straight to works is works needs
regard for textual contain neglect the point, lacks mainly an careful
aesthetics and for critical expounding and attempt to revisions not
standards of analysis analysis explain a only with the
Textual
academic writing including some especially where particular ideas
Content
(23 – 25) biased citations criticality is topic but presented but
and deemed easily resorts with the
assumptions expected to already organization
that fall short of (16 – 19) available of ideas
the topic assertions (0 – 10)
(20 – 22) (11 – 15)

The
advertisements, There is a
The
photos, and need for major
advertisements,
The overall lay-out revisions in
photos and
The advertisements, of the magazine the
overall lay-out
advertisements, photos and is an attempt to advertisements,
of the
photos, and the overall lay-out live up to photos, and
magazine has
overall lay-out of of the magazine standards of overall lay-out
Visual major lapses
the magazine contain concepts current popular of the
Content in terms of
possess high that speak of the magazine trends magazine in
emphasizing
regard for visual theme of the but falls short of terms of its
trends and
aesthetics and magazine with scope and scope,
issues
creativity minor lapses in execution execution, and
(11 – 15)
(23 – 25) execution (16 – 19) creative
(20 – 22) attempts
(0 – 10)
 The contents of The discussions The contents of The contents There is a
the magazine done in the the magazine of the need for the
contain magazine touches on magazine magazine to
Relevance
discussions and provides a mere social issues but misses most of dwell, reflect
to Social
reflections hinting bird’s eye view does not the points in and expound
Issues
on a high of a particular expound and its attempt to on particular
relevance for social issue dive deeper in analyze social social issues
social issues (18 - 19) terms of scope issues
(20) (17) (11 – 16) (0 – 10)
The magazine’s The magazine’s The magazine’s The majority There is a
contents are contents, while contents are of points from need for the
connected to creative and simple but its the magazine’s
socio-political simple, fell short socio-political magazine’s contents to be
implications on relaying a scope and contents needs aligned with
Impact enough to affect a significant socio- significance to find more socio-political
reader despite its political needs to be connection to implications
simplicity substance further socio-political (0 – 5)
(13 - 15) (10 – 12) emphasized implications
creatively (6 – 7)
(8 – 9)
The magazine’s The magazine’s The magazine’s The The
content possess content possess content, while magazine’s magazine’s
high evidence of noticeable still making content content needs
mastery of grammatical textual sense, contain more to be
grammatical and lapses that does contain grammatical thoroughly
Conventions
literary standards not impede with grammatical lapses that edited to
in writing the wholeness of errors that are makes highlight the
(13 - 15) the text hard to ignore comprehension ideas being
(10 – 12) (8 – 9) difficult. discussed
(6 – 7) (0 – 5)