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Directions and Rubric for Final Project






TASK for 11/20 - You may do this alone or with a partner
1. Review the objectives for the final project and what we decided about the task (below)

Objectives of final project:
Plan and implement an L2 lesson primarily in the target language that incorporates: - 5Cs - Basic SLA principles - Key pedagogical principles (scaffolding, modeling, interactive, communicative purposee) Students want experience, not be bound by the text, enjoyment

For our task: - Assign each group a C - combination of teaching a snippet in TL and explaining in TL - with a written component - groups of 3 (Kristin will work alone, one group of two in French) - 10 minutes per group

2. Based on these objectives, write a paragraph describing the assignment. Type your paragraph into a Word document in case someone else is trying to post on the Wiki at the same time as you. If this happens, post it at another time. You'll want to be careful not to spend too much time on the description so you'll have time to work on the rubric. Post here: Description (Put your names below your description)

[|Food Fin Final Project] Aubrey and Amy

3. Go here to create a rubric for assessing the final project http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php If you do not have a rubistar account, create one. Once you've logged in, start creating the rubric. Make sure it is consistent with our goals for the project. You can adapt an existing rubric template or go to the very bottom of the page and click on "create rubric from scratch." Be sure you identify your rubric as permanent. In either case, make sure you save your rubric! Once you've finished your rubric, write the title of the rubric beneath your project description; if possible, also post the link.


 * Click here to vote for your choice of final project.

Please post a paragraph explaining the project your group is proposing. Be sure to explain the project in enough detail so we can understand what, when (prepare before or at the final exam day), who (individually or in groups), and why.

1. **Food Fun:** Students would pair up and come up with a recipe that is culturally authentic to a country that speaks their language. Each pair would bring in their food, and have a lesson prepared that would incorporate their food and each (or many) of the things we had written on the board. This project would have a specific rubric for which or how many factors would need to be incorporated in the lesson. Don't forget to bring the food!

2. **Fun-Prop Theatrical Renditions of Classroom Case Studies:** Students will work in groups of at least 4 people (you can choose your own groups), and come up with a classroom situation (or situations) that demonstrate(s) GOOD teaching (target language use, five Cs, pedagogical methods, etc.), or BAD teaching, or something in between. //(Note- you can invent your own situation, you can use a situation you’ve found on the internet, or you can reenact something you’ve observed in your own field placements.)// With the 1-2 classroom situations that your group comes up with, groups can choose to: Or
 * CREATE A SKIT (or skits) using FUN PROPS or COSTUMES
 * Make a CREATIVE VIDEO together at home and show it to the class
 * WRITE OUT the case study or studies that your group came up with

On the FINAL EXAM DAY of class, groups will have about 15-20 minutes on the floor. During this time, here’s what you’ll do: //(Note - Depending on what Anny and Weiqing have planned for us, maybe we can spend the day of class before finals week working on our skits if we could use the time)//
 * Perform skit/skits -OR- show video -OR- tell us the situation you’ve described in your case study
 * Lead a class discussion about key examples in your case study and relate them to what we’ve learned in TE407/408
 * Give candy to people who got the answers to your questions right! (Just kidding! … maybe!)

3. **Group Problem-Solving:** Students would work in small groups, and each given a problem that we have encountered or discussed in class, something that would happen in a real classroom, such as issues with a mentor teachers, difficult students, or a problem with a class grasping a concept, etc. Student should create ways that they could attack this problem using the 5 C's, SLA theory, pedogogical theories, and everything we talk about in class. It could be a combination of an idea for a lesson plan along with long-terms goal for the teacher and students.

4. **Learning Fair:** Our class can list all of the important topics we've discussed since the beginning of the class. Once we have that, we can go through and briefly describe each topic, and give one example/experience that helped you remember or better understand it. For example, "I really understood the definition of culture when...." Then, on the last day of class, we can have different stations and share our ideas with each other. If everyone does not want to individually do all the topics, we could split them up so that we each have one topic to share with the class on the last day.

5. **Design Your Own Teacher** The class will divide up in groups, and each group will trace an actual person on a big piece of paper. On the paper, the group will write characteristics that they think make a good teacher (e.g.- Near the head, the group might write that a teacher should be knowledgable about his or her subject area, and so on).

6. **Addition to website** Each person will add a section on their website that describes their thoughts on teaching- who they are as a teacher, what they want their classroom to look like, etc. This can include how various topics from this class (the 5 C's, pedagogical issues from the labs, etc.) have influenced what they think about teaching. The page can take whatever form each person wants it to in presenting this teaching philosophy.