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You have a wonderful terrarium filled with plants. The aquarium has been balanced with plants and animals since you put it together. The cricket and isopod are on their way to the school. Do you have the terrarium set up to support life for them? What types of cycles need to be complete to support animal life? Is there enough food? Where will they settle?
Write a letter to the cricket and the isopod welcoming them to the terrarium. Please reassure them that their home is compete.
Rubric for grading your letter.
| Beginning | Novice | Intermediate | Advanced | |
| Content | Explanation not adequately developed | Explanation is inconsistent, lacks details, vocabulary imprecise | Explanation is well organized, generally clear intent, sufficient details | Explanation is concise, well organized, precise vocabulary. |
| Reflection | does not reflect on any prop work. | Mentions experiences completed during this unit, but doesn't include details. | Attempts to reflect on work that has been experienced during this unit. Lacks clarity. | Reflects on work that has been completed during this unit. |
| Mechanics | Errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, etc. make reading a problem. Students didn't spell check. | Spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors distract from ability to read. Some words are spelled correctly, but have a different meaning. | There are only a few spelling, grammar, punctuation or capitalization errors. | There are no errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling. |
| Effort | Very little effort was made to attempt to complete the task. | Work demonstrates that some effort was made to attempt the task. | Work demonstrates that much effort was made to attempt all task. | Work demonstrates that all tasks were completed with extra effort. |
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