Eating Disorder a Time in the Life Requirements – Grade 8

A Time in the LifeCreate a fictional character which suffers from an eating disorder and friends/family members to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the subject matter. You will have to be creative to show and describe the information required below. It should be clear to the audience who is the sufferer and who are the friend/family members giving the advice.

Project Requirements:● Present the Eating Disorder in a media of your choice. (Comic Life, powerpoint, prezi, poster, brochure,

dairy or animation, ).● Accurate information about Anorexia Nervosa OR Bulimia Nervosa OR Binge Eating (teacher to decide

which one you do) information to be included:

Content Requirements 1. Signs that someone is developing an eating disorder2. Short term health consequences3. Long term health consequences4. Treatments5. Advice about how you can help a friend who you think is developing a disorder6. Advice about healthy eating habits7. Advice about how to control a healthy body weight

● Information Technology (IT) – Each end product must utilize IT in the creation of the display area. This could be in the form of excel tables/graphs, images, etc.

● Visual Aids – The end product should be visually appealing and make use of appropriate information, graphics, photos, models, and/or charts to inform the audience.

● Bibliography (MLA format) – reliable sources used and cited. Students will have three full class periods to work on this project. Recommended websites:http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Eating-disorders/Pages/Introduction.aspxhttp://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinfoforall/problems/eatingdisorders/eatingdisorders.aspxhttp://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/eat_disorder.htmlhttp://www.b-eat.co.uk/

Eating Disorder A Time in the Life – Grade 8 – 30 points/Letter grade

Standard 4 Students will understand that advocating for personal, family and community health promotes healthy behaviors and choices.

ExemplaryA 100% A-

ProficientB+ 88% B-

DevelopingC+ 76% C-

EmergingD+ 64% D-

Accurate InformationM.W4.1 state a health enhancing position on a topic and support it with accurate information

M.W4.2 demonstrate how to influence and support others to make positive health choices

Includes all the project requirements. Gives the audience a clear sense of the main idea. Information is accurate, current and comes mainly from excellent sources.

Meets most of the project requirements.Includes persuasive information from reliable sources.

Meets very few of the project requirements.

Some of the information may not seem to fit. Sources used appear unreliable.

Information is incomplete, out of date and/or incorrect.Sequencing of ideas is unclear.

Creativity✓ Design✓ Organization✓ Neatness✓ Style✓ Use of visuals

Design of the end product is extremely eye-catchingVery well organized and neatly doneShows imagination, insight and styleMakes excellent use of pictures, slogans, facts and figures

Design of the end product is eye-catchingOrganized and neatly doneShows signs of styleMakes good use of pictures, slogans, facts and figures

Design of the end product needs more thoughtSome signs of organization and neatnessNeeds to refer to pictures, slogans, facts and figures

Design of the end product is rushed and incompleteLacking organization and neatnessNeeds to include more pictures, slogans, facts and figures

Connection✓ Communication✓ Responsibility✓ Self-directed✓ Personal Management

Completed ALL responsibilities, plus moreVery high degree of knowledge about entire topic

Completed MOST of my responsibilitiesGood knowledge about topic, but only for part that was researched.

Did a minimal amount of workWas not very productive in classMinimal amount of knowledge about topic

Did not do any workOffered no ideasWasted time in classHad no knowledge of the topic

Research /BibliographyMLA Format

Accurately researched a variety of information.Used four or more resources, recorded and interpreted significant facts, meaningful graphics and evaluated alternative points of view.Correct MLA format.

Recorded relevant information from multiple sources of information, evaluated and synthesized relevant information.

A few errors in the MLA formatting.

Bibliography indicates you misinterpreted statements, graphics and questions and failed to identify relevant arguments.

Many errors in the MLA formatting.

Bibliography indicates you didn’t recorded information from four or fewer resources did not find graphics and ignored alternative points of view.

Teacher Comments

Reflect on how well your group worked together . . .please answer the questions in full sentences

1. How well did you work as a group? What was your biggest challenges? How did you overcome them?

2. Next steps . . . . . .What would you change and why?

3. What effect does weight and body shape have on relationships among teens?

4. What can you do to better manage your own body image, weight and overall health?