Write your SBSHS evaluation essay.
What is an evaluation?
Evaluation essays are, in essence, reviews. They pass judgment on whether something is good or bad, better or worse than something comparable, and how so.
For SBSHS, write an essay that evaluates a social service, app, or organization (for example, review a local charity, a dating app, or a club).
Use 3-5 criteria to develop the evaluation.
Judge how the organization, app, or organization meets that criteria.
Offer evidence to support that judgment.
The evaluation essay gives a writer more practice with the concept of the “I” as a researcher and gives the opportunity to gain experience conducting field research. Because this evaluation essay requires that the writer take and incorporate three relevant photographs, it also encourages the communication theory of multimodality (the use of media to create a text). Additionally, this essay continues to give the student writer an opportunity to further practice the recursive writing process (planning, drafting, revising, etc.) and gain a better understanding of the overall basic essay format (introduction, body paragraphs, conclusion) and essay development.
Finally, consider the value of crafting evaluations in the workplace. For example, employees are often asked to complete self-evaluations as part of completing a performance review.