DISCIPLINE AND IDEAS IN THE APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES

Performance Task
1.) WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Directions: Analyze and explain briefly the thought of the passage. Write
your answer on the space provided. Note: Please use the writing rubrics as a guide.

The social work profession promotes social change, problem solving in human relationships and the
empowerment and liberation of people to enhance well-being. Utilizing theories of human behavior and
social systems, social work intervenes at the points where people interact with their environments.
Principles of human rights and social justice are fundamental to social work

2.) PUBLIC PERCEPTION

Directions: Describe public perception of social sciences and applied social sciences practitioners. Ask at
least 2 people in your community (neighbors, friends, relatives. etc.). What they know about applied
social science practitioners (i.e., social workers, guidance counselors, and media professionals) Note:
Please use the writing rubrics as a guide.

1. Does not meet 2. Partially 3. Does not 4. Meets 5. Exceeds

Meets fully meet
Content Writing is Writing is Writing does Writing is Writing is
extremely limited limited in not clearly Peaceful and confident and
in communicating communicating communicate focused. Piece clearly focused.
knowledge, with knowledge. knowledge. contains some It holds the
no central theme Length is not The reader is details reader’s
adequate or left with attention.
development. questions Relevant details
enrich writing
Organization Writing is Writing is brief Writing is Writing Writing include a
disorganized zed and confused and include a strong,
and underdeveloped loosely strong, beginning,
underdeveloped with very weak organize d. beginning , middle, and end
 with no transition transition s and Transitions are middle, and with clear
s or closure closure. weak and end, with transition s and
closure weak some a focused
and closure is transition s closure.
ineffective e. and good
closure
Vocabulary Careless or Language is Shows some Purposeful; us Effective and
inaccurate word trite, vague or use of varied of word engaging use of
choice, which flat word choice. choice. word choice.
obscure meaning.
Voice Writer’s Writer’s Writer’s Writer has Writes with a
voice/point of voice/point of voice/point of strong distinct, unique
view shows no view shows views shows voice/point of voice/point of
sense of audience littles sense of that sense of view. Writing view. Writing is
audience audience is engages the skillfully adapted
vague. audience s to the audience
Fluency Frequent run-ons Many run on or Uses simple Frequent and Consistent
or fragment s, fragment s. compound, varied variety of
with no variety in Little variety in and complex, sentence sentence
sentence sentence sentence s. structure. structure
structure structure. throughout
Conventions Parts of speech Inconsistent Maintain Consistent Uses throughout
show lack of agreement agreement agreement between parts of
agreement. between parts between parts between parts speech. No
Frequent errors in of speech. Many of speech. Few of speech. errors in
mechanic s. Little errors in errors in Uses correct mechanics
or no evidence of mechanics. mechanic s. punctuation, creative and
spelling strategies Limited Applies basic capitalization, effective use of
evidence of grade level etc. spelling
spelling spelling Consistent use strategies
strategies of spelling
strategies