Student+Performance

Castle Unit Expectations

Students will be able to name the major areas of a castle. Students will know more jobs in a castle than the classic king, queen, and knight. Students will have exposure and experience in writing a short story. Students will appreciate the need for directness in a short story.

Rubric for Short Story (8 points possible)

Did they choose a medieval job? (1+) Did they give the reference of where the job came from? (1+)

Level of staying on topic in the story (1-4+) Story was a blend of both variety and directness in development and plot. (4+) Story had minor issues that hindered the development and plot (3+) Story had major issues that hindered the development and plot (2+) Story had basic development and plot (1+)

Grammar and punctuation. (1+) Vocabulary was varied, or words borrowed from the online tours. (1+)

Knight Unit Expectations

The student can give a basic explanation of the sport of jousting and its scoring system. The student can tell the meanings behind a few colors and symbols on heraldic crests. Through research on the crests, students can evaluate the validity of a website. The student can look at a modern sport and critique it using a different set of ethics.

Design a Knight Rubric (20 points possible)

I. Knight Creation (8+) Did they show understanding of jousting in the knight’s description? (2+) Did they share more than two relationships between the knight and others at the joust? (4+) Was the knight’s personality and history interesting and well developed? (2+)

II. Knight Crest (4+) Did they accurately explain the meaning of the color? (2+) Did they accurately explain the meaning of the symbol? (2+)

III. Modern Knight (8+) Did they bring the knight to a modern sporting match and discuss it? (4+) Did they show evidence of a new point of view from the knight’s perspective (4+)