Final project scrap book or final cumulative written exam, progress checks along the way.
Create a 10 pg scrap book with pictures and Spanish writing on every page plus a cover page.
Each page needs about 6 to 7 sentences covering the picture topics. This is the Test grade to replace the Final exam. Daily participation/daily work grades will be earned. A rough draft of all the Spanish writing 10 pages (5 pages at a time) take the place of a 6 weeks tests.
Page topics
1) About you (your name, when and where you were born, how much did you weigh, when did you start to walk…, what were your favorite toys)
2) About your family ( how many people in your family, how many brothers/sisters you have, describe your mom and dad, include cousins, grandparents etc.., favorite things to do or sports to play of certain or all family members
3) About your friends (who are they, childhood best friends and or current people you like to be around, what are some events or places you have gone with them to, if childhood friends what you used to like to play/do, what movies or shows you used to watch or currently watch, what are some characteristics you look for in a friend or describe those characteristics of your current friends.
4)Your favorite activities/sports/church/passions/what you do outside of school or in school (what you did when you were in primary and middle school as well as currently, awards received it’s ok to brag, favorite color/s, clothing, weather, your pets etc..
5) A vacation you went to (preterite tense=, talk about different ones at different times in your life, where you went, what mode of transportation, where you stayed, what you did while there, what was the weather like, why did you like or not like it)
6) Describe emotions (use adjectives and adverbs, talk about a birthday party you had, what decorations you used, what you did, who came to it, you can describe a perfect party scenario if you want, what music would be played who would be there, what emotions …..)
7) Daily schedule (reflexive verbs= describe your routine, what time do you get up, shower, when do you brush your teeth, hair, get dressed, do to school, work/homework, watch television, practice sports, go to bed, sleep)
8) Food (what is your favorite restaurant, food, why you like or don’t like certain foods, memories of eating certain food in certain places, include desserts, whose cooking you prefer etc…
9) Suggestions/Recommendations (subjunctive= it’s good that…., I hope that…maybe ….I recommend that my friends/family….. it’s sad that…. It bothers me that….I am happy that…
10) Future plans ( future and conditional= in the future I will go to ……I would like to learn …. At the university I will study every day, I will work in the ……I will get good grades, and receive my diploma in 4 years… I will live in…. and I will help…..because I will have a lot of money.
Rubric:
A variety of verbs, tenses, nouns, adjectives, adverbs learned throughout the year were used. =25%
The scrap book consisted of 10 pages with at least 1 picture per page to go with the pg topic described above. =25%
At least 6 sentences per page were written grammatically correct for a total of at least 60 sentences. =40%
Creativity and Neatness =10%
