Stories of Homelessness
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- Points 10
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READ
The website Invisible People Links to an external site.has videos and stories of homeless people.
Choose one story and watch the video about one of these people and tell this person's story.
In a paragraph, write about this person's:
- History/Background
- How they became homeless
- The problems they are facing
- Anything else important or interesting about this person
GRADING
Make sure you have the following in your paragraph:
- a topic sentence that is not too general or specific
- several supporting sentences that give details and explanations
- a concluding sentence
- transition words like first, second, third, finally etc.
- complete sentences, avoiding fragments, run-ons, and comma splices
- few grammatical errors & misspellings
- good use of level 4+ vocabulary
Rubric
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Topic Sentence
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Concluding Sentence
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Transitions
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