Writing Assignment: The Second Familty and The Other Parent

Due October 7th

40 Points

 

If you are teaching K-6, please read Steyer (The Other Parent). Those of you who are teaching beyond K-6, please read Taffel (The Second Family).

 

The author's contend the the mass media now functions as a surrogate parent AND a surrogate school for today's youth. American children and teens are exposed to more media than any generation in the history of the world.

 

In approximately four word-processed, double-spaced pages write a reflection that responds to the following three queries:

 

1. With specific reference to key statements from the chapter/s you read (use direct quotations), select five key ideas or arguments and respond to them making it clear whether you a. agree or b. disagree and WHY.

 

2. What are the implications for you as a teacher, or having to teach and reach students who spend so much time interacting with mass media?

 

3. In what ways does this expanding electronic environment and media landscape challenge our traditional and/or emerging concepts of literacy whether in the classroom, living room and or bedroom?

 

 

Rubric

 

Media Literacy

 

 Beginning Developing

Accomplished

Score

Total

40

 

Content

Response reflects each one of the three questions
Provides basic summary of the main ideas and arguments made in the reading.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the main ideas contained in the reading and elaborates with examples from the text and/or personal experiences/observations
Comprehensively articulates the key statements presented in the reading while also analyzing the implications for teachers as well as the challenge to our traditional concepts of literacy through appropriate examples or experiences from personal life and or the text or other relevant texts.
 
Scoring Continuum
0  
25
  

Writer's Craft

Creativity, Flow, Organization, Transitions

Loose organization: tangential information; lacks introduction and/or conclusion; unfocused
Hard to follow in some places; some reorganization would enhance readability of the paper; lacks transitions.
Smooth flow of ideas, paper is cohesive: includes introduction, conclusion, transitions, headings and subheadings.
 
Scoring Continuum
0  
10
  

Mechanics

Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, APA
Faulty punctuation; misspellings; sentence fragments and other mechanical errors, which detract from the content.
Some grammatical, puncutation and APA errors.
Appropriate punctuation, sentence and paragraph formation; appropriate use of APA style for references.
 
Scoring Continuum
0  
5