Name a stop motion video that you like.  What is it about that video that is impressive?  How does the audio impact this particular video?  How did the artist create this video?  What kind of effects are possible in stop motion that are not possible in regular video?   Weekly writing assignment – minimum 100 words, clearly focused on question given   Struggling Novice Acceptable Advanced Communication A challenge to read, not well developed, spelling mistakes are distracting A few spelling or grammatical mistakes, Good intro and conclusion, no more than two spelling mistakes Everything is written correctly and interestingly.   0-2.5 3 3.5  4 4.5  5 Ideas Ideas are limited and not well supported Some support for a main idea but not well developed Main ideas have examples and are clearly expressed A convincing explanation with examples and detail   0-5.5 6  6.5 7  7.5  8 9  9.5  10