Year 9 Coastal Environments Unit

Yew Chung International Secondary School

Assessment 3: Coastal Environments – Picture Book:

Semester Grade Contribution 25%

For this assessment you will use your prior knowledge and understanding of ocean and coastal
environments to produce a Picture Book that is suitable for children aged between 6 to 8 years of age
- so you need to aim your book towards students who are in Years 2 and 3.

Your picture book should be a creative and engaging story that also provides some factual information
about an issue involving an ocean (or oceans) and/or coastal environments of your choice.

Your completed Picture Book must include all of the following essential components:

 A creative and engaging book cover – which also includes the title and your name as the author.
 An interesting story that involves at least two characters – and which also includes:
 A detailed description and explanation of an issue involving an ocean (or oceans) and/or
coastal environment(s).
 Suggestions as to how this particular issue (or issues) might be improved or resolved.
 The text of your story should be at least 300 words in length.
 The “Story” part of your Picture Book should be a minimum of 10 pages in length.
 The final page must be your Bibliography – acknowledging all factual and graphical resources.
 The minimum size for your book is: width = 10 cm x depth = 10 cm.

You may take any one of the following approaches when producing your Picture Book:

 Hand-draw all of your illustrations and also hand-write your story and labels;
 Hand-draw and paste computer-generated text and labels;
 Use a computer to create and generate all of the pictures and text for the whole book.
 Your Picture Book should also be bound – using either staples, wood, leather, string or ribbon.
Coastal Environments – Picture Book - Marking Rubric

Criteria Component 5 points 3 points 1 point 0 point Total

Geographical Skills Book Cover A creative and A mildly A satisfactory An uninteresting /5

engaging book interesting book book cover – book cover –
cover – which cover – which which does not which does not
also includes also includes include both the include the title
the title and the title and title and or student’s
student’s name student’s name student’s name name as the
as the author. as the author. as the author. author.

Geographical Skills Illustrations There are at There are only There are only There are less /5
least 10 pages – 8 pages – and 6 pages – and than 6 pages –
and each some of these some of these and some of
includes a include a include a these include a
photograph or photograph or photograph or photograph or
drawing that is drawing that is drawing that is drawing that is
relevant and relevant and relevant and relevant and
clear. clear. clear. clear.

Geographic Skills Presentation The book is The book is The book is not The book is dull /5
bright and reasonably bright and and is not
colourful. bright and colourful. presented
The book is colourful. The book is not and/or finished
presented The book is presented neatly satisfactorily.
neatly and is presented and and is not
finished finished finished
appropriately satisfactorily. appropriately
with binding. with binding.

Understanding Information Includes a Includes a Includes an Does not include /5

and explaining detailed satisfactory unsatisfactory a description
people and place description and description and description and and/or
(HUMAN) explanation of explanation of explanation of explanation of
and processes an issue an issue an issue an issue
(PHYSICAL) involving an involving an involving an involving an
ocean (or ocean (or ocean (or ocean (or
oceans) and/or oceans) and/or oceans) and/or oceans) and/or
coastal coastal coastal coastal
environment(s). environment(s). environment(s). environment(s).

Understanding Information Several Only two Only one No suggestions /5

and explaining suggestions as suggestions as suggestion as to as to how this
people and place to how this to how this how this particular issue
(HUMAN) particular issue particular issue particular issue (or issues) might
and processes (or issues) (or issues) might (or issues) might be improved or
(PHYSICAL) might be be improved or be improved or even resolved.
improved or even resolved. even resolved.
even resolved.

Use of Story Line A creative and An interesting A predictable A dull story line /5
geographical engaging story story line that and/or boring that involves
language and line that involves at least story line that only one
literacy involves at least two characters. involves at least character.
two characters. two characters.

Use of Story Line Story has been Story has been Story has been Story has been /5
geographical written using at written using written using written using
language and least 300 only 200 words. only 100 words. less than 100
literacy words. Also includes an Does not words.
Also includes an accurately include an Does not
accurately formatted accurately include an
formatted bibliography. formatted accurately
bibliography. bibliography. formatted
bibliography.

Use of Communication Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book /5
geographical includes a wide includes a includes a does not include
language and
range of suitable range of limited amount any
literacy
geographical geographical of geographical geographical
words and words and/or words and/or words and / or
features features contains several contains many
excellent satisfactory spelling and spelling and
written written grammar errors. grammar errors.
communication communication
skills. skills.

TOTAL = / 40

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