Country+Reflections+SM

Incan Ruinas En Peru by SM
My Bookr report was on the country of Peru.

These are the facts that I know about the country/country site.
 * Know**
 * 1) Peru is located in South America.
 * 2) Peru's capital is Lima.
 * 3) The Incas were conquered by the Spanards.
 * 4) The Inca's most famous abandoned city is Machu Picchu.
 * 5) The Inca worshiped gods.


 * Want to Know or Need to Learn**
 * 1) History
 * 2) number of ruins
 * 3) culture
 * 4) names of ruins


 * 4. Go to Country Report to research more information about the country. **
 * And go to the CIA World FactBook **
 * Do not copy and paste, but make notes of information about the country here. **
 * Incas owned empire that rivaled Rome's
 * a lot of Inca ruins
 * Incan Trail
 * beautiful sites

Adventurers.
 * 5. Decide on a specific focus for the brochure and decide on a target audience. Describe both here. **

Experts. Ruins.
 * 6. What language of persuasion will you use in the brochure. Explain with examples. **


 * 7. Use Open Office Text to create a 3-column, 2-sided brochure. Make sure the information is accurate. You may use creative commons images for the documents. **


 * Keep in mind the 4 principles of good design: Contrast, Alignment, Repetition, Proximity. **
 * Use //**CONTRAST**// to “pull” the viewer in, create hierarchy, and make it easy to pick out important information
 * Use //**ALIGNMENT**// to unify and organize the page(s) and publication(s), and make text easy to read and understand
 * Use //**REPETITION**// to unite, join, and fuse the pages and publication(s) together, and provide a consistent “look and feel”
 * Use //**PROXIMITY**// to indicate relationships and create visual connections between elements.

=Thinking about Your Thinking=
 * 8. Export the final document as a jpg and upload it to your wiki page. **

=9. Your Analysis:=

Learned: These are facts that I learned about the country.


 * 1) Peru has very many Incan ruins.

Resources: The most useful resources for images and ideas were:


 * 1) Frommers
 * 2) Countryreports

Discuss the following:

 * 1) What is the target audience? Explain why this was a good audience for the country you were researching. Why would they be interested in the country? The chosen audience for my brochure is adventurers. They are a good audience for my country because adventurers like to explore unknown places and ruins. They would be interested in the country because of the many sites to explore and the amount of the country's history.
 * 2) What creative techniques are used to attract attention? How do the text, colors, language, images appeal to a specific audience. Provide specific examples. I used the color red for the background and gold borders for each column of the two sides. Red can represent the sacrifices that the Incas did in the temples. The gold borders represent
 * 3) What Language of Persuasion did you use? Provide examples of the application to your document. I used experts because the brochure has to do with ruins.
 * 4) How might different people understand this message differently? (Would a different audience find the brochure appealing to them? why or why not?) Different people might find this message to interest them less. When they read the brochures, they might probably respond with: eh...It's ok... It's not interesting, but it's ok... If they have a little bit of an adventuring spirit in them, then they'll find this interesting.
 * 5) What values, lifestyles and points of view are represented in, or omitted from, this message? The lifestyles are the styles of the buildings that the Incas built.
 * 6) Why would this message be distributed? This message would be distributed because the ruins are good to explore.

Problems and Solutions: What were the biggest problems that you encountered in completing the assignment. How did you solve the problems?

=Assessment Rubric for ICT=

Based on Science Leadership Academy Rubric

4 || Meets Expectations 3 || Approaches Expectations 2 || Does Not Meet Expectations 1 || - Does student plan and structure the project thoughtfully and purposefully? ||  ||   ||   ||   || - Does student demonstrate the understanding of ideas through inquiry, research, analysis, or experience? ||  ||   ||   ||   || - Does student use a variety of skills and strategies to apply knowledge to the problem or project? ||  ||   ||   ||   || - Does student take the necessary steps to fully realize the project goals? ||  ||   ||   ||   || - Does student effectively communicate the central ideas of the project? ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * || Exceeds Expectations
 * || Exceeds Expectations
 * ===Design===
 * ===Knowledge===
 * ===Application===
 * ===Process===
 * ===Presentation===

Spanish Class Rubric

Travel Brochure Rubric

Students’ brochures will be graded using the following rubric.

=Travel Brochure Scoring Rubric:Grade 8=

5 points Excellent || Bueno 4 points Good || Necesita Mejorar 3 points Below Average ||
 * =Criteria= || Excelente
 * ===Content and Vocabulary Accuracy=== || Varied use of vocabulary, few inaccurate travel descriptions, details are very realistic, contains very few errors and accurately reflects the current events and activities || Basic use of vocabulary, some inaccurate travel descriptions, details are realistic, contains some errors, but does reflect current events and activities || Limited use of vocabulary, many inaccurate travel descriptions, details are unrealistic, contains many errors and does not reflect the current events and activities ||
 * ===Linguistic Accuracy=== || Brochure contains few agreement, conjugation or spelling errors and is easily understood by the reader || Brochure contains some agreement, conjugation, or spelling errors but it does not interfere with the basic understanding of the reader || Brochure contains many adjective agreement errors, conjugation errors, and/or spelling errors that impede the understanding of the reader ||
 * Visuals || Visuals are from the country described and are colorful and attractive with many descriptive and appropriate words || Visuals are from the country described most of the time and are in color with appropriate descriptive words || Visuals are not from the country described, or are only in black and white; did not use appropriate descriptive words ||
 * Internet Resources || Used three on-line web sites as resources || Used two on-line web sites as resources || Used a minimum of one on-line web site as a resource (www.countryreports.org) ||
 * Total =__ /20 points

Mrs. Casanas ||