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**Unit Project: Spanish 1 Meets the Fine Arts**
1) Spanish 1 Meets the Fine Arts
 * Project Description**

2) Students will give presentations in pairs. They will be given a list of artists from Spanish-speaking countries to choose from. They will be allowed three days of class time to work on the presentations, and anything they don't finish will be homework. The presentations must be 7-10 minutes and must include some biographical information on the artist, a list of several major works, and more detailed information on one of the major works. Students must have a power point, poster, or digital story (using [|VoiceThread]) to accompany their presentations. Students will also be required to turn in individual write-ups about what they've learned from their research. Within each group, students will be expected to talk for about an equal amount of time. This presentation will require the vocabulary in this chapter and the ability to use the past tense, which we will learn the week prior to the presentations.

3) Students will have the opportunity to learn more about famous Spanish-speaking artists and how their life influenced their works. They will give a presentation to the class showing off their newly acquired knowledge. Since they will be required to discuss the life of the person they are researching, they will also have the opportunity to practice the preterit tense!

4) This project incorporates all four areas of language: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Students must read their research materials, write individual essays, speak to the class during their presentation, and listen to other groups' presentations. In these ways, the project promotes communicative language proficiency.

5) Students will need to research an artist and their works. They will need to know how to retell what they research in Spanish and in order to do this they will need to know how to talk about the past. Students will need to know vocabulary related to paintings, museums, movies theaters, and poetry, all of which will be covered in class. Students will also need to know how to effectively research someone online and how to differentiate between good sources and unreliable ones.

6) Students will be allowed to work on their presentations in the school's computer lab. They will require the internet and Microsoft Power Point, if they choose to make a power point presentation. If they choose to make a poster, they will require poster board, markers, and a computer and printer if they choose to print something to put on their posters.

7) We expect students to spend 3 - 3 1/2 hours on this project. Students will be given two hours and forty minutes of class time to work on their presentations. Any part of the presentation not finished during this time will be expected to be done as homework outside of class time.