GUIDELINES FOR REPORTS ON AN EXTRACURRICULAR EVENT

As you start your college career, you will have an increased opportunity to learn outside of the classroom, as well as in the classroom. There will be many cultural, recreational, organizational, and community events in which you can participate (e.g. club meeting, concert, intramural tournament). I would like you to choose at least one event to attend and report on. Ideally, this will be an event that you have not attended before and/or where you will get to meet people that you have not met before.

To report on your participation in an extracurricular event I would like you to write one to two typed pages in which you respond to the questions numbered below. Don’t just answer the questions, but write a cohesive report with complete sentences and paragraphs.

1. Where and when was the event?
2. Why did you choose to go to it?
3. What happened at the event
4. What ideas did you hear that were familiar?
5. What new ideas did you learn about?
6. What was the most interesting thing you learned?
7. What new people did you meet at the event?
8. How did the people that were with you or that you met influence what you learned?
9. What changes in the ways that you see the world and/or in your actions do you think will result from participating in this event.

The maximum number of points earned for your first extracurricular event report is 10; they will be earned according to the following grading rubric. An additional point will be awarded for presenting a neatly typed paper with your name, the title (NSM 21) of the course, and the date.

CRITERIA	1 POINTS	2 POINT	3 POINTS
Questions answered completely and thoughtfully, reflecting personal experiences	Little to none of the time	Some to most of the time	All or almost all of the time
Ideas developed fully with logical sequence of ideas, use of examples, accurate information	Little to none of the time	Some to most of the time	All or almost all of the time
Use of correct grammar, spelling, punctuation	Little to none of the time	Some to most of the time	All or almost all of the time