As we are approaching the end date of our food truck project, I want to remind students of the criteria/requirements for the project and the different elements teams should be focusing on. I will have pockets of class time available between now and May 15/16, but if teams are finding themselves farther behind most, outside class time will need to be used (especially if one or both team members has had several absences).
The required writing components of the project are:
- A food truck theme and name page focusing on understanding puns
- An “about us” page that shows proficiency in homophones
- A menu that shows proficiency with punctuating coordinate adjectives
- A print advertisement that shows proficiency in punctuating pauses or breaks
- A design plan showing proficiency using ellipses to omit information
The writing should be engaging and creative. It should include effective word choice and clear, varied sentences that flow well. Final drafts should demonstrate few to no errors in standard grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc.
All the rough drafts for these components should already be completed, and class time given will be to clean up and finalize each part. Team members should be discussing with each other a plan for acquiring the needed items to create the physical truck. The only guidelines given concerning the truck are that they need to be at least the size of a large boot-sized shoe box. They can be as big as students want as long as they can get them here easily. Food trucks should have wheels, even if they don’t work.
Students have been told they can bring sample-sized giveaway food items that represent what their food trucks would be serving, but this is in no way required. Students will not be penalized for not having giveaway samples; this is totally optional!
There will be several judges (teachers and staff) that will look at the written components as well as the time and effort spent on the creation of the food truck itself. There will be awards for food truck design, an award for writing components, and an overall award for best all around.
I love how excited they have been about this project and can’t wait to see the final results!