Mole Day Project Due Date: Name:

Mole Day 2013 Theme: AniMole Kingdom

The purpose of this project is to have fun and be creative in constructing a mole with a unique and original theme, and to write a story to explain the theme of your mole (for example, a molerina is a mole with a pink tutu, Messimole is a soccer playing mole, etc). The theme of your mole can be just about anything but the more creative, clever and ORIGINAL the mole theme, the greater your score. Moles will be displayed in the class and be prepared to give a short statement about the theme of your mole on the day they are turned in. The story portion will be hand written (neatly) or typed using complete sentences and should be less than a page. Make the story interesting, funny, and creative as you give the background history of your mole character with such descriptions as name, occupation or career, personal history and biography, etc. Introduce us to your mole. These are intended to not only explain the theme of your mole, but to be a creative writing activity. Use your imagination! Make this fun to write and to read. Make your mole theme and the story behind that theme stand out from everyone else’s- that is how you get a great project grade. The pattern for the mole is found on the other side. Use this pattern to make your mole out of cloth, an old t-shirt, paper, clay or any other material that make the mole 3-dimensional, sew or staple or otherwise hold it together, and then stuff it. You don’t have to be a sewing expert to do this, just make sure that the stuffing doesn’t come out and that the mole is neatly put together well as this is part of your grade. If you rush to make your mole at the last minute, then the quality of construction is going to be lower and will hurt your grade, so allow yourself plenty of time (days in advance) to make your mole well and to fix any unexpected problems you might encounter as you make it. Decorate your mole according to your theme; make your mole interesting to look out because the more it stands out from the others, the better your grade. The Grading rubric is given below, and keep in mind that you will receive a higher score when your mole theme and story are more unique and interesting, the quality is high, and the mole is decorated nicely so don’t just copy someone else’s idea from the internet or from last year, use your imagination and have fun coming up with your own ideas! This is your time to be creative! Make sure that you label your creative writing essay and your mole with your name and class period.

Grading: Originality of Theme =30% (how unique is your theme for the mole) Quality of Construction = 30% (how well put together is it and decorated/designed) Quality of Writing = 30% (how interesting and well done is the background story of this mole; grammar and complete sentences) Neatness = 10% (how neat is the overall appearance of the mole and the writing) Originality of 0 1 3 5 Theme Total points: Copied or no mole Lacks originality, Mostly original, Highly original, one turned in many other moles creative theme, very of a kind, has with similar themes few duplicates, components of the also turned in evidence of AniMole Kingdom thoughtfulness in theme and/or developing an idea incorporates a chemistry theme Quality of 0 1 3 5 Writing Total points: Copied or no Poor grammar and Some grammar Excellent grammar essay turned in poor overall quality mistakes but overall & sentence of writing. Few good quality of construction. interesting facts and writing. Fairly Interesting to read, limited biography. interesting to read good background Theme is poorly with several information. Theme explained or not at background thoroughly all. Creative ideas statements related to explained. Very limited. theme. creative ideas. Quality of 0 1 3 5 Construction Total points: Pieces present but Poorly made, falls Generally well made Very well made and not put together or apart easily. and stuffed. Stands sturdy. Stands on its not made at all Stuffing falls out. on its own. Design own. Stuffing is not Boring appearance and decoration visible. Evidence of and does not stand present but not highly extra time and effort. out. Evidence of original. Similar Design and minimal effort looking moles are decoration of mole present. Evidence of makes it unique and a time and effort. standout in a classroom full of moles. Neatness 0 1 3 5 Total points: Messy handwriting Mole or paper is Very neat and messy mole. messy, or both are handwriting, mole Poor overall generally in need of neatly put together. appearance and improvement. Overall appearance impression. Overall appearance is very organized of both is average. and well put All components are together. All present and legible, components of the but overall project are of high appearance is quality. average.