Guidelines for Creating a Metaphor:

For this project you will create a metaphor poster that completes this comparison: “The Government under the Constitution is like a _____________________.”

Essentials:

1.An accurate metaphor: The major challenge for your pair is to choose a metaphor that you think most accurately completes the statement: “The U.S. Constitution is like a _______________.” You may choose from ANY object or idea as long as it is APPROPRIATE for class.

2.Visual Image: Create a central image for your metaphor. You image should be bold and artistic. In can include drawing, cut-out pictures, or both. For each of the 10 required items and the five optional items, create a visual or part of a visual that represents each of them. Be sure they are labeled and explained and they fit with the theme of your metaphor.

3.Use of proper materials: Your project should be completed on a poster board and should be colorful, and the effort of creativity must be shown.

4.Title: At the top of your poster, you must have a title written clearly and in large letters that reads, “The Government under the Constitution is like a ___________________.”

5.Labels: Your metaphor must make direct comparisons between the government and parts of the object you choose for your metaphor.

For example: If your metaphor was a car, you might have the steering wheel labeled as the President with the explanation “The steering wheel is the President, because it controls the direction of the car and the President controls the direction of our nation.”

Required: All twenty terms/metaphors.

6.Explanation Chart: You must complete the chart describing what item you used for your metaphor and the metaphor comparison.

7.Extras: Your metaphor should be neat, colorful, and show creative effort.

Constitutional Metaphor: Grading Rubric

Essentials:

1. An Accurate Metaphor

5 Points __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5

2. Use of proper materials

5 points ___________ 0 1 2 3 4 5

3. Title

5 points __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5

4. Labels and Explanations 100 points (5 points each) All 20 required parts Comments: _________________________________ Mastery of terminology displayed _________________________________ Accurate comparisons between two _________________________________

terms exhibited _________________________________

5. Extras 35 points ____ ____ 0 1 2 3 4 5 Creative effort exhibited through color and neatness Large visual graphic drawn clearly on front of poster Colorful with words or colors Well thought out; smooth transitions; clearly focused; descriptive; imaginative;

unlike anyone else’s; impressive; overall effort has a “WOW” factorOverall: ________/ 150

Suggestions for improvement: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Praise: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Scoring Guide5 point scale:

5 –Exemplary: fully meets requirements of project; properly uses vocabulary words; properly uses facts and figures from the notes; exemplary metaphoric comparisons with all words; proper use of terminology; well thought out; correct grammar; very detailed; has a “WOW” factor

4 –Above Average; uses some vocabulary words; includes some direct comparisons between vocabulary words and metaphor; some terms used from the notes; well thought out; mostly correct grammar; somewhat detailed

3 –Competent: answers basics of the assignment; uses vocabulary words, but improperly; very few accurate comparisons between metaphor (somewhat unclear); very few terms from the notes; not well thought out; grammar mistakes; few details

2 – Below Average: barely meets requirements of assignment; barely uses vocabulary accurately; no proper comparisons noted between metaphors (unclear); almost no terms from the notes; no clear plan; shows no understanding of the material; poor grammar

1 – Poor: does not meet the requirements of the assignment; no attempt to use vocabulary accurately; no comparisons between metaphors, extremely unclear; no terms from notes; no plan or links; no understanding of the material; bad grammar. Project would need to be completely revamped in order to show somewhat mastery of skill

0 – not attempted