Procedural Knowledge Rubric (9-12)
Learning Objectives:
Students will demonstrate mastery knowledge of drawing tools in Microsoft Word by creating a letterhead design.
Students will demonstrate procedural knowledge of creating letterhead by using the drawing tools in Microsoft Word to create their own letterhead for their business.
Instructional Activity:
Students are taught to create letterhead through instruction on the SmartBoard, observation, and creating a sample with the teacher. Students review proper address format from a previous business letter unit. After viewing several examples of letterhead from local businesses we discuss as a class what are the main parts of letterhead. Then we review the drawing tools (learned in a previous unit) by creating a sample letterhead as a class. I lead students on my SmartBoard and they follow my steps on their computers to create the same letterhead.
Rubric Development Process:
Once the sample is complete and I have checked everyone’s screen we discuss again the important elements of letterhead. I prompt students to tell me what a person should look for when reviewing letterhead. What makes a good letterhead? Students’ ideas are written on the board with guidance through the discussion. Students commented that the letterhead should look nice and professional with no mistakes. They listed the requirements that everyone should have on a good letterhead. (Those ideas are reflected in the finished rubric with some rephrasing and adjustments. I created the rubric with Rubistar – exported it as an excel file and made a few more changes to the finished product.)
Assignment:
I will then instruct students to create their own business letterhead. Students can make up the information or it can be a family business that they are currently helping out with. I will remind students to create the letterhead keeping in mind the criteria discussed previously through the rubric development process.
Procedural Knowledge:
Procedural knowledge is assessed through this activity as students take the knowledge they learned to build a basic sample letterhead and use that knowledge on their own to create their individualized letterhead. They are not creating a letterhead by looking at another sample and recreating that sample, but they have to use their skills learned to create their own letterhead. Not only are they applying basic skills from the letterhead sample, but also they are applying skills used previously with the drawing component of Microsoft Word. I would definitely say this is a domain-specific basic skill.