Scrapblog Requirements

Event Scrapblog Assignment (150 points)

1) You are required to attend FIVE (5) of the following seven (7) events on campus this semester:

Art Show

Athletic event (besides one you may be participating in) 

Club, student government meeting or cultural event

Concert or recital

Symposium or Guest lecturer (besides those who come to your regular classes)

Theatre production

Christian church service (not including Vespers and Chapel)

2) Blog about each event you attend including:

1.        .     A picture of at least one artifact for each event (a ticket, program, etc.) or a picture of yourself at the event.
2.            The name of the event
3.            Where and at what time the event took place
4.              Names of the people with whom you attended
5.              A paragraph description of the event (at least 150 words) that includes this information:   

o   What was the environment like? 

o   What was the event like?  (exciting, boring, relaxing, obnoxious, memorable – use your arsenal of descriptors)

o   Did the event go as you expected?

o   Did you enjoy it?  What did you enjoy and what did you not enjoy? 

o   Would you likely attend something like this again? 

           You are also encouraged to blog about your service experiences. If you choose to blog about your service experiences, please begin the post with ‘SERVICE’ in all caps, then follow the guidelines listed above to write about your experience. Note: These service experiences do not count towards fulfilling the 5 event requirement for this Event Scrapblog assignment; however, each service experience you blog about (following the blog post guidelines above) will earn you 3 extra credit points. Woohoo!

5) Your completed Scrapblog (all 5 blog posts) and your synthesis paper will be graded based on the following rubric:

	D Level	C Level	B Level	A Level
Component Parts	Three (3) or more component parts is missing from one (1) or more of the events	Two (2) or more component parts is missing from one (1) or more of the events.	A component part is missing from one (1) or more of the events.	All of the component parts are present for all (5) events, including:  1) A picture of yourself at the event 2) The name of the event 3) Where and at what time of event 4) Names of the people with whom you attended
Written Description	The written descriptions are too short and do not provide a complete description of your experience of the event.	The written descriptions are of the correct length but have numerous  grammatical mistakes.  They lack interest and description.	The written descriptions are interesting, of the correct length and mostly grammatically correct.  They lack a rich description.	The written descriptions are vivid, interesting, of the correct length, and they are grammatically correct.