1. Eating Disorder a Time in the Life Requirements – Grade 8
Team members(groups of 3 or 4)___________________________________________________
A Time in the Life
Create 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. The methods that you choose to do this will be varied and it is your job to collaborate
with your group. 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 group’s choice. (Power point, prezi, poster, brochure or
even a movie).
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 disorder
2. Short term health consequences
3. Long term health consequences
4. Treatments
5. Advice about how you can help a friend who you think is developing a disorder
6. Advice about healthy eating habits
7. 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.aspx
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinfoforall/problems/eatingdisorders/eatingdisorders.aspx
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/eat_disorder.html
http://www.b-eat.co.uk/

2. Eating Disorder A Time in the Life – Grade 8 – 30 points/Letter grade
Final grade: _________________
Exemplary
A 100% A-
Proficient
B+ 88%
B-
Developing
C+ 76% C-
Emerging
D+ 64% D-
Comments
Accurate
Information
 Requirements
 Detail
 Explanation
 Critical
thinking/
problem solving
 Caring/empathy
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-catching
Very well organized
and neatly done
Shows imagination,
insight and style
Makes excellent use
of pictures, slogans,
facts and figures
Design of the end
product is eye-
catching
Organized and
neatly done
Shows signs of
style
Makes good use of
pictures, slogans,
facts and figures
Design of the end
product needs more
thought
Some signs of
organization and
neatness
Needs to refer to
pictures, slogans,
facts and figures
Design of the end
product is rushed and
incomplete
Lacking organization
and neatness
Needs to include
more pictures,
slogans, facts and
figures
Connection and
Collaboration
 Communication
 Responsible
 Self-directed
 Personal
Management
Completed ALL
responsibilities, plus
more
Offered Ideas
Coordinated the
assignment.
Very high degree of
knowledge about
entire topic
Completed MOST
of my
responsibilities
Offered some ideas
Moderate amt. of
help coordinating
assignment
Good knowledge
about topic, but
only for part that
was researched.
Did a minimal
amount of work
Was not very
productive in class
Did very little to help
put assignment
together
Minimal amount of
knowledge about
topic
Did not do any work
Offered no ideas
Wasted time in class
Did not help to put
assignment together
Had no knowledge of
the topic
Research /
Bibliography
MLA Format
Accurately
researched a variety
of information.
Completed the Big 6
research sheet fully.
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,evaluat
ed and synthesized
relevant
information.
Completed the Big
6 research sheet
well.
A few errors in the
MLA formatting.
Bibliography
indicates you
misinterpreted
statements, graphics
and questions and
failed to identify
relevant arguments.
Completed the Big 6
research sheet
partially.
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.
Did not turn in the
Big 6 research sheet.