The 2008 Summer Olympics

Introduction

The 2008 Summer Olympics were in Bejing, China. These olympics were very successful leaving the US with 36 gold medals, 38 silver medals and 36 bronze medals. The US ended up winning first in the overall and won 110 medals in all. The 2008 Olympic games were a very successful and important competition that will go down in US history forever.

Task

1) For the first task, you will need to pick an Olympic gold medalist from the 2008 Olympics and write a one paragraph essay explaining how this person won their medal and how long the trained for this one moment.

2) For the second task, you will need to complete the word search on the 2008 Olympic games.

3) Finaly, you will need to draw a picture of your favorite athlete in the 2008 Olympics and write a brief sentence explaining why they are your favorite.

Process

You will need to chose an Olympic gold medalist and write a one-paragrph essay explaining how they won their medal and how much effort and training they put into their sport to get to this level. (Due 5/15/14)
You will need to have a minimum of 6 sentences, and you need to include lots of detail.You will also need to complete this word search. (Due 5/20/14)

You will now draw a picture of your favorite athlete in the 2008 Olympics and write one sentence explaining why they are your favorite. Be sure to put effort into your drawing and color it. (Due: 5/26/14)

Evaluation

Paragraph Grading:

Levels/Criteria	1 - Not Proficient	2 - Progressing	3 - Proficient	4 - Advanced
Mechanics	Frequent errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation	Errors in grammar and punctuation, but spelling has been proofread	Occasional grammatical errors and questionable word choice	Nearly error-free which reflects clear understanding and thorough proofreading
Content	·Topic/subject is unclear or confusing · May fail to establish focus on topic/subject ·Organizational structure may not establish connection between and among ideas and/or events	·Topic/subject may be vague · May lose or may exhibit major lapses in focus on topic/subject ·Organizational structure may establish little relationship between and among ideas and/or events	·Topic/subject is generally clear, though it may or may not be explicitly stated · May exhibit minor lapses in focus on topic/subject ·Organizational structure establishes relationships between and among ideas and/or events, although minor lapses may be present	·Topic/subject is clear, though it may or may not be explicitly stated · Maintains focus on topic/subject throughout the response ·Organizational structure establishes relationships between and among ideas and/or events0

Levels/Criteria

1 - Not Proficient

2 - Progressing

3 - Proficient

4 - Advanced

Mechanics

Frequent errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation

Errors in grammar and punctuation, but spelling has been proofread

Occasional grammatical errors and questionable word choice

Nearly error-free which reflects clear understanding and thorough proofreading

Content

·Topic/subject is unclear or confusing

· May fail to establish focus on topic/subject

·Organizational structure may not establish connection between and among ideas and/or events

·Topic/subject may be vague

· May lose or may exhibit major lapses in focus on topic/subject

·Organizational structure may establish little relationship between and among ideas and/or events

·Topic/subject is generally clear, though it may or may not be explicitly stated

· May exhibit minor lapses in focus on topic/subject

·Organizational structure establishes relationships between and among ideas and/or events, although minor lapses may be present

·Topic/subject is clear, though it may or may not be explicitly stated

· Maintains focus on topic/subject throughout the response

·Organizational structure establishes relationships between and among ideas and/or events0

For the word search, It wil be worth a toatl of 15 points!

Conclusion

CONGRADUALATIONS! You have just completed this lesson. I hope you learned a lot about the 2008 Bejing Olympics and had fun while doing it!!!!!:)

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