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Performance Assessment- “La gente en mi vida”
 * Students will work individually to create visual displays of people in their lives using photos, magazine cutouts, or other materials/media they choose. The visuals will be accompanied by captions using vocabulary and structures from the unit to describe the people represented. These projects will be displayed around the room. Students will then present the information from their projects to the class as though giving an introduction to themselves and the people in their lives for a talk show on which they will be a guest.
 * This project will give students the opportunity to get to know each other better (as it will still be near the beginning of the year) and to talk about the things and people that they feel are important to them, rather than a more arbitrarily assigned (and possibly very boring) topic.
 * This project will give students the opportunity to display their language skills both orally and in writing. They will gain practice using //ser//, one of the most common verbs, and gender/number agreement, a fundamental skill.
 * To complete this project, students will need: vocabulary to describe people (adjectives like tall, short, blond, nice, mean, etc.), various conjugations of the verb //ser// (to be), understanding of gender/number agreement for adjectives, public speaking skills to do the oral “interview,” and basic design skills to create the written/visual component.
 * The teacher will provide basic art supplies like markers and paper, and well as magazines to be used for collage-style projects. Students will provide photos of family and friends if possible, and any other supplies (poster board, etc.) they wish to use.
 * Students will have one class period to work on the project, during which they should be able to complete most of the visual portion (we’re not expecting complexity and artistic perfection as long as the project is neat and meets given requirements- of course students are welcome to spend more time if they wish). Outside of class, students will be expected to finish their display and prepare for their oral presentation. Students may create note cards to use as references, but presentations are not to be scripted. Students should expect to spend no more than one hour total at home finishing their displays and preparing for their presentations.

Assignment:

 * Who?** All Spanish I students.


 * Where and When?** Monday, November 10 and 11, 2008 in our classroom. Everyone will turn in their written/visual portion on Monday. “Interviews” will be both Monday and Tuesday, but all students should be prepared for Monday, as we will be taking volunteers, then drawing names out of a hat.

1. A written/visual presentation of at least 4 important people in your life. These can be family, friends, or anyone else you want. If you’re having trouble thinking of people, see me for help! This portion should contain pictures of your important people with captions of 4-5 phrases* that describe them. At least three of the phrases should use what we have been focusing on this unit (//ser// and adjectives). An example: //Mi madre se llama Jean. Ella es baja y tiene pelo de color café. Es muy simpática.// The way you choose to put the pictures and captions together is up to you. It could be a poster, a scrapbook, a mobile… be creative! 2. A short (2-3 minute) “interview” about yourself and the people in your life. This will be in a talk-show format, with the teacher as the host. While this may sound scary, it’s actually designed to make it easier for you, because you’ll just have to answer questions, rather than memorizing a speech. If you forget something, you’ll be asked. You’ll first give a brief description of yourself, then talk about the important people in your life. While one student is being interviewed, everyone else will be listening, and at the end each student will turn in a paper with at least one description given in each interview.
 * What?** Presentations of //La gente en mi vida// projects. This project will have two parts:


 * Why?** To help us practice describing people both in writing and speaking.


 * When we speak or write, we don’t say things like, “My dad is tall. He is blonde. My dad’s name is Jim. He is serious.” Natural langauge is strung together. When you’re doing your descriptions, it’s ok to combine more than one phrase in one sentence. In the example, //Ella es baja y tiene pelo de color café// would count as two phrases: //Ella es baja// and //tiene pelo de color café.// Keep in mind, though, that simply listing adjectives (//mi amiga es rubia, alta, feliz…//) does NOT count as more than one phrase.

Rubric:
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