"The Big Question" Honors Assessment

• Lists of questions or topics and rubrics for both paper and presentation are provided.

• Sample materials are offered for teacher reference; use or modify these resources as needed.

• Regarding the format of the final product, teachers have the option to offer students choices or require a single format from all students.

• In all grade levels, the final product -- an essay or written component(s) for presentation or PBL/PBA -- should be submitted to TurnItIn.com.

*In tenth grade, an additional PBL/PBA option is provided. Teachers who wish to offer the PBL/PBA option to students will need to develop their own rubrics for this option.

The following revisions were made during the summer of 2019:

• Vertical alignment to ensure differences in requirements between grade levels (see chart - length, topics, and weighting)

• All grade levels have the option of a paper or presentation

  • • In ninth and eleventh grade, the option of a paper or a presentation is given.

    • In tenth grade, an additional option for a PBL opportunity is given (teachers will develop their own rubrics for this option).

    • Teachers have autonomy to give students choice or mandate the format of the final product.

    • Encourage vertical alignment discussion within schools

• Assignment to be completed during the second semester (grade may be in third or fourth quarter)

• Rubrics were edited to align language with LCPS argument rubric

• Distinct rubrics created for both papers and presentations

  • • Written components required for presentations

      • MLA Outline and works cited (required)

      • Additional options: Proposals, Annotated Bibliography, Split-Level Journal

• Resources added for each grade level for teacher use and editing

• FYI, old language of "artifacts" revised to "sources"