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Final Project Assignment Sheet Lisa Howell, Lindsay Robertson All of you - individually! Capture the Past Final Project – Time Capsule Create your own time capsule so that someone could look at it in the future and know what life was like nowadays. Find a collection of items from your life that you would put in a time capsule. Put a tag on each item written in Spanish explaining what it is, what is was used for, or other interesting information about that item. Do the same process and tag items that your Puerto Rican epal indicates they would put in their time capsule. Then you will do an oral presentation of your time capsule at the end of the unit. The presentation will including presenting some of the similarities and differences between your own items and the items for your Puerto Rican epal. You should have at least 5 items tagged for you and 5 items for your Puerto Rican epal. Be sure to use the imperfect tense and your new vocabulary in your tagged explanations. April 28th and 29th You will work outside the classroom and you will have two days to work on the project during class time. You will then present to the class. To show your knowledge of the past tense and Puerto Rican culture from the information you received from your epals. During email correspondence with your epal you should be asking for pictures or ideas for items that if they were creating a time capsule they would put in it. They you ask for their explanations why. Also, collect your own items that you would put in a time capsule and provide an explanation for every item.
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 * **Oral Presentation Rubric : Capture the Past** ||
 * Teacher Name: **Ms. Robertson** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Student Name: ________________________________________ ||  ||
 * CATEGORY || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Content || Shows a full understanding of how to use the imperfect tense and shows an understanding of some aspects of Puerto Rican culture. || Shows a good understanding of how to use the imperfect tense and shows an understanding of some aspects of Puerto Rican culture. || Shows a good understanding of parts of how to use the imperfect tense and shows an understanding of some aspects of Puerto Rican culture. || Does not seem to understand how to use the imperfect tense and shows an understanding of some aspects of Puerto Rican culture. ||
 * Preparedness || Student is completely prepared and has obviously rehearsed. || Student seems pretty prepared but might have needed a couple more rehearsals. || The student is somewhat prepared, but it is clear that rehearsal was lacking. || Student does not seem at all prepared to present. ||
 * Pronunciation || Student has clear and correct pronunciation for most of the presentation. || Student has clear and correct pronunciation for some of the presentation. || Student rarely showed clear and correct pronunciation. || Pronunciation was not clear or correct. ||
 * Items || Student has 5 items for his/herself and 5 items for Puerto Rican epal. || Student has 4 items for his/herself and 5 items for Puerto Rican epal. || Student has 3 items for his/herself and 5 items for Puerto Rican epal. || Student has 2 or less items for his/herself and 5 items for Puerto Rican epal. ||
 * Tags || All the items have tagged explanations with correct use of past tense and new vocabulary. || Most items have tagged explanations with correct use of past tense and new vocabulary. || Items are tagged but with incorrect use of past tense and no new vocabulary. || Very few items tagged. ||
 * CATEGORY || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Content || Shows a full understanding of how to use the imperfect tense and shows an understanding of some aspects of Puerto Rican culture. || Shows a good understanding of how to use the imperfect tense and shows an understanding of some aspects of Puerto Rican culture. || Shows a good understanding of parts of how to use the imperfect tense and shows an understanding of some aspects of Puerto Rican culture. || Does not seem to understand how to use the imperfect tense and shows an understanding of some aspects of Puerto Rican culture. ||
 * Preparedness || Student is completely prepared and has obviously rehearsed. || Student seems pretty prepared but might have needed a couple more rehearsals. || The student is somewhat prepared, but it is clear that rehearsal was lacking. || Student does not seem at all prepared to present. ||
 * Pronunciation || Student has clear and correct pronunciation for most of the presentation. || Student has clear and correct pronunciation for some of the presentation. || Student rarely showed clear and correct pronunciation. || Pronunciation was not clear or correct. ||
 * Items || Student has 5 items for his/herself and 5 items for Puerto Rican epal. || Student has 4 items for his/herself and 5 items for Puerto Rican epal. || Student has 3 items for his/herself and 5 items for Puerto Rican epal. || Student has 2 or less items for his/herself and 5 items for Puerto Rican epal. ||
 * Tags || All the items have tagged explanations with correct use of past tense and new vocabulary. || Most items have tagged explanations with correct use of past tense and new vocabulary. || Items are tagged but with incorrect use of past tense and no new vocabulary. || Very few items tagged. ||

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