The COOLEST National Monument Project in the World!!! Name: _________________________ Class: ______________ Date: _________ Due: _____ Directions: National Geographic is looking to hire a teen to construct for the next issue, an informational page with text features on 1 of the 30 coolest National Monuments. National Geographic is willing to reward any design that could appear in the next issue. Discover the details as we read on. The monument I chose: _________________________________ Located: _____________________ Initial Facts: __________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Use the Step by Step process on the next slide to help you win this competition! T.A.P.F. IT OUT

Step by Step: 1. Read the article on the 30 Coolest Items about National Monuments. 2. Select one of the 30. 3. Design an informational page about that Monument that includes: 1. Titles/Subtitles Main Title: ________________________________________________ Subtitles ____________________ _________________________ 2. Pictures – What are your picture ideas? ______________________ 3. Explore Numbers- At least 3 numbers with detailed facts about the monument. _________________________________________________________________________ 4. Activities - Explain with a list statement at least 3 activities you can do at the monument. ________________________, _________________________, and ____________________. 5. Argument- Compose an occasion/position statement which argues why this monument is the COOLEST. _______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 6. Resource(s) - at the bottom list in MLA format the sources you used to construct your page. _____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

DRAFT Title of Monument: ____________________________ Student Name: _____________________ DRAFT Short summary:________________________________ _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Numbers about that Monument: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Picture with a caption: Caption: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Check it out: List activities you can do at this National Park Monument: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Occasion/Position: Why this is the COOLEST monument. _______________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Resources in MLA: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________ __________ ____________________________ Student Name: _____________________ Summary:________________________________ _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ _________________________________________: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Why this is the COOLEST monument. _______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Resources in MLA: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

CATEGORY A B C D Diagrams & Illustrations Total: ____/5 Illustrations are neat, accurate and add to the reader\'s understanding of the topic. Illustrations are accurate and add to the reader\'s understanding of the topic. Illustrations are neat and accurate and sometimes add to the reader\'s understanding of the topic. Illustrations are not accurate OR do not add to the reader\'s understanding of the topic. Sources Total: _____/10 All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented in the desired format. All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but a few are not in the desired format. All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but many are not in the desired format. Some sources are not accurately documented. Quality of Information Total: _______/15 Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes all details below: numbers activities you can do summary Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes: numbers, activities, and summary Information clearly relates to the main topic. Some of the numbers, activities, and summary are missing. Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic. Argument - Occasion/Position Total: ______/5 An occasion/position statement (claim) clearly argues why this piece of history is the coolest. An occasion/position statement (claim) argues why this piece of history is the coolest. An occasion/position statement (claim) was attempted by the student struggles to show how it is the coolest. A sentence was written in this section but is not an occasion/position format. Student Name: ________________ Monument: _____________________ Reflection: The strongest text feature I constructed was: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A piece of my page I would improve would be ____________ ______________because _______ ________________________________________________________. Teacher Comments: ____________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Total: _________/35