PoemRiddle Activity PoemRiddle Instructions Your activity will be

Poem-Riddle Activity

Poem-Riddle Instructions Your activity will be to write a riddle worthy of the Benjamin Banneker name. The length should be no more then one page. The riddle-poem will be graded on the four major attributes below: • Grade level Content- should be on grade level • Innovative thinking • Multiple ways to possibly solve -i. e. Graph, equation, diagram, table • Written/Grammar – it should be written in a creative manner

Poem-Riddle Rubric Attribute 1 Content Below grade level 2 Grade level surface level understanding to be able to solve the riddle Innovative Simple and direct, Thinking direct looking at the situation from third perspective Solve Only a single approach is considered. (2 step (1 step problem) Written/ Inconsistencies Grammatically Grammar are evident. correct Grammatically Incorrect 3 4 On grade level written for a deeper understanding of the content Create a novel idea. On grade level content written for deeper understanding of the content integrates various domains Create a novel idea Integrates alternate divergent or ideas Multiple Entry Ways and approaches to solving. (2 step) Multiple entryways and approaches. Multi-step problem (3 or more steps) Word choice is inventive, sophisticated, and appropriate for work. Vivid and imaginative descriptive details are present. Setting, characters, and plot are fully fleshed out, vibrant, and connected -Flow of action is logical and deliberate

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