Personal+interest+Project

Personal Interest Project. Please print this off as a signing sheet. Name:

You must do the following to complete the personal interest project for any topic.

1. Make sure you do all the basic level work first before you start your persona interest project. If you are unsure, ask Mr. Wiebe or Mrs. B.

2. Pick a topic that interests you that you woud like to know more about.

3. Write Mr. Wiebe a note on what you are interested. Be very specific in what you want to do. For example. " I am interested learning more about what the people wore in that time period."

4.Conference with Mr. wiebe or Mrs. B on how you are going to present .. You may want to look at #6 before you talk to them.

5. You will need to write an essay on the topic you are presenting. Remember an essay must have at least 5 paragraphs. Please write down any resources and the end of the essay.

6. You will present you personal interest project to Mr. Wiebe and at least 2 other students. Your presentation must include the following:
 * Brief introduction and overviowof what you are presenting.
 * Why are you interested in this topic?
 * What resources did you use to help you learn more about the project? You must have the books and website lists on hand during the presentation.
 * You must have some sort of 3d model or experience for the people watching you presentation to bring your topic to life! For example, if you are doing a presentation on farming. You might want to create a 3 d model of what the farm look like. If you are doing a presentation on food you may want to create a simple meal that was eaten during that time.
 * Conclusion. What was the most interesting thing you learned while doing this project
 * You wil be asked W5 type questions, so please be ready to answer them. Or better yet, have them in your presentation.
 * Time shoud be no more then 3 minutes.

Below is your scoring rubric. You must get at least 11.
 * Skill || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Inroduction || Brief and gives a quick overview of the presentation || Brief but only mentions the topic name. || Introduction is not well thought out. ||
 * Personal interest || You explain why you were interested and what was the most interesting thing you learned in your conclusion. || Only explained why you were interested in the topic || You didnt explain your interest at all. ||
 * Content || You are familar with the content and are very confident in explaining what you did. || Familiar but you are unsure of what you did. || Unfamiiar and unsure. ||
 * 3d experience || WOW! Lots of work, well thougth out. Fun, creative and was enjoyable to look at or participate in. || Not bad. You worked hard but not very creative as other students did the same project. It was a good idea but you could have done better. || Ho hum. Not very fun. Very litte work put into it. Last minute. You asked Mr. Wiebe for all the materials. Very little thought put into how you a ||