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Student Work 1

ELA	Performance Task	10-4 final
(Content Area)		(Grade Level-Task Number)

Standard(s):

Functional Documents

E7b - The student creates functional documents appropriate to audience and purpose, in which the student:

E7b.1 reports, organizes, and conveys information and ideas accurately

E7b.4 uses a variety of formatting techniques, such as headings, subordinate

terms, foregrounding of main ideas, hierarchical structures, graphics, and

color

E7b.6 employs word choices that are consistent with the persona and appropriate

for the intended audience.

Conventions, Grammar and Usage of the English Language

E4a - The student independently demonstrates an understanding of the rules of the English language in written and oral work, and selects the structures and features of language appropriate to the purpose, audience, and context of the work. The student demonstrates control of:

E4a.1 grammar

E4a.2 paragraph structure

E4a.3 punctuation

E4a.4 sentence construction

E4a.5 spelling

E4a.6 usage.

Performance Task:

Contracts are legally enforceable agreements between two or more parties. Each of the parties named in the contract agrees to provide services, privileges, and/or pay fees to meet the conditions stated in the contract. Common examples of contracts include rental agreements, bank loans, and marriage documentation.

1. Use your family and community resources to collect examples of contracts.

2. Compare and contrast the conditions of several different contracts. Within a small group structure, discuss the differences and similarities of the various contracts. Identify the conditions of the contracts to include services, agreement, resulting goal of the contract, etc.

3. Using this information each of you will create and develop a contract that includes:

· simple, clear, and precise language

· organizing structure that conveys information and ideas of the contract accurately

· specific details of each condition and what must be done and what will be earned if the contract is fulfilled, and

· professional format, i.e., heading, text, graphics, etc.

Circumstances of Performance:

The student work is produced under the following conditions:

X	alone	X	in a group

X	in class	X	as homework

	with teacher feedback	X	with peer feedback

	timed	X	extended project

		X	opportunity for revision

Criteria for Success:

ü Follows the appearance and language of contracts.

ü Specifies simply, clearly, and precisely what must be done and what will be earned if the contract is fulfilled.

ü States multiple conditions within the contract.

ü Uses a variety of formatting techniques.

ü Follows the conventions of English.

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