Community
Service Project
Name __________________
____ Community Service
20 __ you completed a minimum of five hours of community
service with a nonprofit
organization
or church
__ you had a clear role or duties to
perform
__ you completed the community service during this unit
__ you had an adult supervisor validate
the completion of your service
____ Research and Summary Paper (Note: you must
earn a minimum of 49 points on this
70 section to meet standard on the assessment)
__ you researched the
issue your nonprofit organization is working to improve, using
a
minimum of two credible sources
__
you clearly explained the issue and problem being faced, using
specific facts and
statistics
__ you provided clear information on what
is being done to alleviate the problem in
__ you wrote a minimum of one typed page
on your research findings (12 pt font,
standard
margins)
__ you included a works cited page and
in-text citations for at least two sources
__
you clearly summarized your personal experience doing community
service
__ you made sure to discuss your specific
actions/work, and how valuable you felt
the
work was to society
__ you demonstrated logical, creative
thought in explaining suggestions for how
you
think the problem could be improved
__ your comments show reflection and
thought, not just surface level summary
__ your summary was a minimum of one
typed page (12 pt font, standard margins)
__ your paper is organized into
paragraphs
__ your spelling, punctuation, and
sentence structure are outstanding
____ Presentation (Note: you must
earn a minimum of 42 points on this section to meet
60 standard
on the assessment)
__ you presented a
sales pitch to the class on why people should volunteer or not
__ you included a clear, memorable
catchphrase or thesis
__ your presentation included either a
creative video advertisement or a poster or tri-fold
board with an oral presentation
__ whatever the format, you included
clear visuals and pictures of what you did
during
your volunteer work, presented in a neat, professional manner
__ your presentation included at least
three specific reasons to support your viewpoint
__ each reason was clearly written in a
solid paragraph (100 words minimum per
paragraph)
__ paragraphs were typed, coherent, and
free of spelling, punctuation, and sentence
structure
errors
__ oral presentation, whether in a video
or in front of class, was delivered with
clarity
and smoothness
__ if you did a video, the video actually
functioned and was well-edited
____ Total Score (minimum of 105 points overall
required to meet standard, along with meeting
150 standard
on individual sections above)