Peer Pressure & Today's Youth by Kelly Campbell - College of ...

Presentation to class 10
TOTAL 100
Option 2: Make a Commercial
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Description: Film or put together (using Movie Maker or a like program) a 3-5 minute
commercial warning kids about the effects of peer pressure. Write a 2 page paper about
how your commercial could have helped a character from Speak and a character from the
YA novel you read for your literature circle. The characters can be those who were
affected by peer pressure or those who put peer pressure on others.
Criteria Points
Commercial is at least 3 minutes long and
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does not exceed 5 minutes (by much).
Commercial makes sense, flows well, and
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sends a powerful message about the effects
of peer pressure.
Paper is at least 2 full pages. 10
Paper discusses a character from each
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book.
Paper clearly explains how the commercial
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could affect each character.
There are little to no grammatical and
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spelling errors in the paper.
Presentation to class. 10
TOTAL 100
Option 3: Make a Poster
Description: Make a creative poster about peer pressure using examples and quotes from
Speak and the YA novel you read for your literature circle, articles/research/statistics,
anonymous quotes or situations from your hallway logs, and images.
Criteria Points
Poster is visually appealing and organized. 15
Poster includes at least 2 examples and/or
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quotes from Speak.
Poster includes at least 2 examples and/or
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quotes from the YA novel you read for
your literature circle.
Poster includes at least 2 articles, statistics,
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or research findings.
Poster includes at least 2 anonymous 15