Personal and Cultural Identity

ASSIGNMENT 4: Snapshots

Learning Target (Curricular Competencies):

  • Recognize and appreciate how different forms, formats, structures, and features of texts enhance and shape meaning and impact
  • Think critically, creatively, and reflectively to explore ideas within, between, and beyond texts
  • Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world

Task:

For this assignment, we will be capturing the essence of your town in small snippets of writing.

Think of feelings, events, people and landscapes that have become part of its identity. In one page or less, using descriptive sensory language, capture an aspect of your town in narrative form.  Make your words create a snapshot.

Consider certain landmarks, feelings and traditions that characterize your town and write a story about them. Your goal is to make your reader smile, remember and laugh at the truth it reveals about the place.

You will also be required to include a picture that complements your piece of writing.

Here are the criteria:

  1. One page or less
  2. Use descriptive sensory language
  3. Must be a narrative (includes a beginning, middle and end)
  4. Reveals something about your town
  5. Includes a picture that complements your story
  6. Proofread for proper grammar, punctuation and word choice (unless you are deliberately challenging conventions)

Assessment:  Below you will find the exemplary criteria used to assess the assignment.  

Learning Target: (Exemplary 6/6): Exemplary comprehension of the task and clear accomplishment of the objective.  Student demonstrates critical, creative, and reflective thinking to use sensory descriptive language in narrative format recognizing how different features and forms of texts enhance and shape meaning and impact. Ideas generated are thoughtful and unique with a clear personal connection to the image selection.

Written Expression:  Exemplary (6/6):  Sentence structure and vocabulary are varied, skillfully written, and carefully chosen.  Work has been proofread and there are few or no errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.  Content contributes to the central idea and makes insightful connections with logical organization.

Submission:

Use the "3.4 Snapshots" link on the main page of this section of the course to upload your assignment to your teacher for marking.