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The Japanese Garden Assessment Plan Description: Students will build a Japanese Garden and fence following specific directions and research providing a hands-on application. The students answer the third column of the Problem-Based Learning Chart (Learning Issues). Next, the students write in the learning logs summarizing the lessons. They also write essays following the building of the garden which will be placed on Web Pages following a rubric. The teacher reads the learning logs and essays to ascertain their understanding of the Japanese Garden. Rubric for Essay
Japanese Garden Display
Supplementary Questions 1. How do we build and maintain a Japanese Garden? 2. What are the symbolic philosophies behind a Japanese Garden? 3. By building the Japanese Garden, what have you learned about the Japanese culture and philosophies? PBL CHART Ideas Facts Learning Issue Action Plan The types of students work submitted are: Student essays and learning logs. Creation of Web Pages All essays and learning logs are scored according to the rubric attached. The scores provide evidence of student performance. |