1. Eating Disorder a Time in the Life Requirements – Grade 8
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. 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:
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Content Requirements
Signs that someone is developing an eating disorder
Short term health consequences
Long term health consequences
Treatments
Advice about how you can help a friend who you think is developing a disorder
Advice about healthy eating habits
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
Standard 4 Students will understand that advocating for personal, family and community health promotes healthy
behaviors and choices.
A
Exemplary
100%
A-
B+
Proficient
88%
B-
C+
Developing
76%
C-
D+
Emerging
64%
D-
Meets most of the
project requirements.
Includes persuasive
information from
reliable sources.
Meets very few of the
project requirements.
Design of the end
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product is extremely
eye-catching
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Very well organized
and neatly done
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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
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Shows signs of style
Makes good use of
pictures, slogans, facts●
and figures
Design of the end
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product needs more
thought
Some signs of
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organization and
neatness
Needs to refer to
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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
✓ Communication
✓ Responsibility
✓ Self-directed
✓ Personal Management
Completed ALL
responsibilities, plus
more
Very high degree of
knowledge about entire
topic
Completed MOST of
my responsibilities
Good knowledge about
topic, but only for part
that was researched.
Did a minimal amount of
work
Was not very productive
in class
Minimal amount of
knowledge about topic
Did not do any
work
Offered no ideas
Wasted time in
class
Had no knowledge
of the topic
Research /
Bibliography
MLA 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.
Bibliography indicates
you misinterpreted
statements, graphics and
questions and failed to
identify relevant
arguments.
Bibliography
indicates you didn’t
recorded
information from
four or fewer
resources did not
find graphics and
ignored alternative
points of view.
Accurate Information
M.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
Creativity
✓ Design
✓ Organization
✓ Neatness
✓ Style
✓ Use of visuals
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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.
A few errors in the
MLA formatting.
Some of the information
may not seem to fit.
Sources used appear
unreliable.
Many errors in the MLA
formatting.
Information is
incomplete, out of
date and/or
incorrect.
Sequencing of ideas
is unclear.
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?