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Rubric for Grammar in Play for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Whether the play is written or spoken, take the time to get the grammar correct in your play. If there are grammatical mistakes, your audience may be distracted by the mistake and miss the excellent theme and message you use to create your play!

Play is missing or barely started.Events or characters in the play are not supported by the text. It is easy to find quotes and events from the text that contradict this play. An event or character in the play is not supported by the text. Quotes and/or events from the text contradict this play. Events and characters in the play are supported by the text. It is easy to find quotes and events from the text that support this play.
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Rubric for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Article – 5 Facts

Use at least five facts in your news report to ensure that you giving your audience as much detail as possible. These facts are what makes your news trustworthy!

Article is missing or barely started.There are less than 2 citations or the citations may be vague or unconnected to the event.There are only 2-4 citations that are clear and connected to the event. There are 5 citations that are clear and connected to the event.
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Rubric for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Article – Supported by Text

This article can involve creativity, but it can’t have fake news. Your play should not be able to be contradicted by evidence from the book. Be sure to examine your plot and dialogue for things that are not supported by the text.

Article is missing or barely started.Events or characters in the article are not supported by the text. It is easy to find quotes and events from the text that contradict this article. An event or character in the article is not supported by the text. Quotes and/or events from the text contradict this article. Events and characters in the article are supported by the text. It is easy to find quotes and events from the text that support this article.
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Rubric for Grammar in Article/Video for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Whether the news is written or spoken, take the time to get the grammar correct in your play. If there are grammatical mistakes, your audience may be distracted by the mistake and miss the excellent theme and message you use to create your play!

News Article is missing or barely started.The news has many grammatical mistakes and/or the grammar makes it difficult to understand. The news has 2-3 grammatical mistakes and/or the grammar makes a paragraph difficult to understand. The news has 0-1 grammatical mistakes so the essay is easy to read and understand.
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What does The Legend of Sleepy Hollow show about America?

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow takes unique place at a time in American history. Research about what it was like to live in America during this time. You may find that some history sources only talk about famous people and events, but not common people. Keep searching! [Hint: See what life on a farm was like at this time. Or, what life in New York City was like at this time.]

The setting of this book is a great illustration of what it was like to live day to day in America at this time. Write a five-paragraph essay that describes three ways that the setting of this book describes aspects of day-to-day living in America during this time.

Be sure to include:

  • Five paragraphs
  • Three quotes from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  • Citations for any other resources you used

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Rubric for Grammar in Play for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Whether the play is written or spoken, take the time to get the grammar correct in your play. If there are grammatical mistakes, your audience may be distracted by the mistake and miss the excellent theme and message you use to create your play!

Essay is missing or barely started.The essay has many grammatical mistakes and/or the grammar makes it difficult to understand. The essay has 2-3 grammatical mistakes and/or the grammar makes a paragraph difficult to understand. The essay has 0-1 grammatical mistakes so the essay is easy to read and understand.
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Rubric for Citations in Essay for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

This essay may require some outside research. Be sure to show your reader where you are getting your facts by citing these outside materials.

Attempt is missing or barely started.The essay uses outside materials but there are many sources that are not cited. The essay uses outside materials and 1 source is not cited. The essay has a citation for each outside material used.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Inside the Museum of Fine Arts, Image from Google Street View. Click here to see the full image and more.

Explore the Museum of Fine Arts online with Google Arts & Culture street view! Click here to start

Here are some interesting exhibits that aren’t on the Google Arts & Culture tour:

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Art of the English Regency

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European Painting 1550–1700 and Hanoverian Silver

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

TAKE A TOUR! You can see a virtual tour of the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Google Arts & Culture Street View! Click the photo below to see the tour.

Click for the tour!

The Smithsonian American Art Museum showcases different time periods of American Art! Here’s some key time periods that the SAAM covers on their website.

19th Century Art

In the 1870s, artists like Mary Cassatt and Childe Hassam often worked outdoors to record gorgeous light and color, big features of the impressionist style.

The South Ledges, Appledore – Childe Hassam
The Caress – Mary Cassatt

20th Century Art

Artists in the twentieth century chose two ways to represent the world and the excitement of progress—realism and abstraction.

Sun and Wind on the Roof – John Sloan
Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii – Nam June Paik
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Welcome to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City!

Image from Google Street View’s Guggenheim Museum tour. Click here to access the full photo and tour.

Explore some of the Guggenheim’s current exhibitions through their website! Here’s one that has some wacky sculptures: Click here to see sculptures by Constantin Brancusi.

Go beyond the art! Use Google Expeditions to learn more about the famous architecture of the Guggenheim Museum building!

If you haven’t already, download Google Expeditions on Android or Apple devices now!

  • Expedition: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Instructions for downloading/using the Google Expeditions App

  1. Open the app store
  2. Search for “Google Expeditions”
  3. Select the app titled “Expeditions” with the orange icon
  4. After the app finishes downloading, open the app and log into a google account
  5. Go to the “Library” section at the bottom of the app
  6. Search the name of the tour you want to download in the search bar
  7. Tap the tour you want to see, then tap “Download to view or guide”
  8. Press “View” to open the menu for the virtual tour
  9. Scroll to the tour location you want to start at.
  10.  Press the binoculars icon in the top right to start viewing in VR mode
  11. To search for another tour, exit the tour and go back to the “Discover’’ tab at the bottom.