Reading Rainbow / El Arco Iris de Los Libros



A good project will have a PROCESS, a PRODUCT, and an AUDIENCE as well as a TOPIC that the student loves exploring. Play around with changing these variables to make things more interesting as well as more appropriate to a child's preferred learning style.

This list contains a summary of the main idea of each project. The details are clearly arbitrary. Pick your own or have a child create the appropriate ones for their age and interest level. Each one has details required that may not be listed. Any project a student has already done for another class is not acceptable. It must be something new. Students should choose something they like and have fun with it. Please use these only as starting points and not the ONLY choices.

Use current and pre-approved vocabulary only. Do not use on line translators. This does not benefit your language abilities in any way since the translations are often inaccurate. You are not embedding them in your vocabulary when you use these tools. Each project should contain at least 20 phrases/words from the current vocabulary.

1. DIGITAL STORY - see pp. of this packet

2. GAME - Create a game on a topic with instructions, game pieces and board. Test it on friends.

3. HOW-TO VIDEO PROJECT - create a how-to video to teach how to do something you know how to do well

4. Invent an ANIMAL PROJECT – Develop and write a “bibliography / manual for a new species of animal. El ___ canta como Michael Jackson., etc. Make a poster of it.

5. ROBOT – Design a robot and give the manual information for what it does in Spanish.

6. PUPPETS - Make puppets and do a show for the class with them.

7. GOOGLE EARTH - Draw a map or use google earth to design a trip for a character, telling in Spanish what that character does at each stop.

8. PLANET - Pretend you discovered a new planet and its inhabitants. Do a one page news report about it, a model of the planet, model of the aliens.

9. COMPUTER - Create a computer game or program with directions and a picture.

10. TV SHOW - Make your own TV show or short film or reality show.

11. MUSICAL PARODIES - Write new lyrics to 3 or 4 well-known songs.

12. PLAY - Write a live play/skit and invite other students to perform in it. You direct it and present it.

13. STORY BOOK - Write a story book of 10 or more pages that would be for a young Spanish speaker..

14. POETRY - Write a book of 20+ poems you have written with pictures to go with each. See me for a format.

15. AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Write an autobiography and include pictures. This must have at least 10 major events.

16. INVENT A BIOGRAPHY – Pretend that you Interviewed someone living and with their cooperation create a biography of them with pictures.

17. BIOGRAPHICAL INTERVIEW – Write the questions and answers for the interview using made up info.

18. VIDEO COMMERCIAL - Make 3 different videotaped commercials for something you design or think up.

19. COMICS - Write a 10 frame comic strip

20. PEN PALS – Write a letter to an imagery pen pal about you, your family and friends.

21. FUN BOOK - Make a 10 page fun book with word searches, scramble puzzles and crosswords.

22. SURVEYS – Make up several surveys.

23. INVENT A COUNTRY - Invent a new country. Make its flag and write about what the people and country are like.

24. PERSUASION - Write a letter to me that do something you find very upsetting such as a boy who sings like a coyote etc. Give reasons why it is a problem and possible solutions.

25. GAME SHOW - Make a game show - try it with several classes.

26. STORY WRITING - Write a 10 page TYPED creative story and share it with all classes of two grades.

27. VOCABULARY - Create a vocabulary game with a set of at least 20 cards and answers.

28. NEWSPAPER - Make a newspaper about students in our class and run at least 5 separate stories.

29. PHOTO EXPOSE' - Make a collection of 10 photos and captions.

30. TRAVELOGUE (REAL PLACES) - Make a journal of a trip you went on. Tell what you did each day. Make sure you have a visual picture/postcard/newspaper to accompany every day and especially every event. See Google Earth project.

31. TRAVELOGUE (FANTASY) - Same as above, but with a trip you would LIKE to take to a real or imaginary place. You may find magazine pictures for your visuals or draw them.

32. MARIONETTE - Make a marionette (sting) puppet and do a puppet show with it.

33. SHADOW PUPPET SHOW - Create a shadow box and several shadow puppets and a little show to go along with it. Present to a class.

34. PHOTO STORY - Take pictures to create a story. Write the story using the pictures.

35. DRESS UP BIOGRAPHY - Study someone famous or historical or made. Write a short biography of them. Dress up as this character and tell his/her story as if you were them. Share with a group.

36. LIFE COLLAGE - Make a collage about your life.

37. POSTER - Make a 5 foot tall or long poster/mural that teaches something

38. FLIP BOOK - Make a flip book.

39. CARD GAME – can be modeled after a real game, but using Spanish vocabulary.

40. MOVIE – Using any program to make a movie of conversation.

41. PLAY, SKIT, CONVERSATION – write and present to class

42. WEB PROJECT – create a blog, website, etc., google document

43. CREATE A FABLE – Have a story with a moral.

44. FAIRY TALE – Use a traditional one and make changes or write your own.

45. YOUR CHOICE - If none of these appeal to you, make up your own project idea or combine several idea and write it up as a proposal to your teacher.

Digital Storytelling

Xtranormal:

Free Web-based Programs

MyWebspiration -

Bubbl -

Movie Making Software

Windows Movie Maker - Windows Movie Maker 2.1 makes home movies amazingly fun. With Movie Maker 2.1, you can create, edit, and share your home movies right on your computer. Build your movie with a few simple drag-and-drops. Delete bad shots and include only the best scenes. Then share your movie via the Web, e-mail, or CD. Using third-party software you can even take movies you've made and turn them into DVDs. You can also save your movie back to the video tape in your camera to play back on a TV or on the camera itself.

Comics









Cartoon storymaker



Photostory3 - Create slideshows using your digital photos. With a single click, you can touch-up, crop, or rotate pictures. Add stunning special effects, soundtracks, and your own voice narration to your photo stories. Then, personalize them with titles and captions. Small file sizes make it easy to send your photo stories in an e-mail. Watch them on your TV, a computer, or a Windows Mobile–based portable device. Photostory is a free download. Build a story with photos (photos of drawings) and narrate.



Kerpoof -

The Kerpoof website is owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company. What is Kerpoof? The answer to that is not so simple. Kerpoof is all about having fun, discovering things, and being creative. Here are just a few ways that you can use Kerpoof:

• Make artwork (even if you aren't good at drawing!)

• Make an animated movie (really! it's easy!)

• Earn Koins which you can trade for fun things in the Kerpoof Store

• Make a printed card, t-shirt, or mug

• Tell a story

• Make a drawing

• Vote on the movies, stories, and drawings that other people have made

Frames -

Creating animated movies and digital stories engages students in the curriculum, encourages problem-solving, and provides a means to collaborate and communicate ideas. Use Frames to share your ideas through cel, stop-motion, and clay animation; capture processes through time lapse, and employ digital storytelling techniques to communicate with the world._

Xtranormal -

Xtranormal’s mission is to bring movie-making to the people. Everyone watches movies and we believe everyone can make movies. Movie-making, short and long, online and on-screen, private and public, will be the most important communications process of the 21st century. re: Xtranormal, it does have Spanish and should not cost anything to do your basic stuff.



make a talking photo...think back to when Conan used to have "Pres. Bush" as his guest



make 3D pop-up books, using clip art & sound (!) or upload your own pics and sound

And if you really want to kick it up a notch by making the output spontaneous, give this one a try:



Story maker



Animoto

"How to Use Digital Storytelling in Your Classroom" article from Edutopia

Storyboard Software

Storyboard Pro -

Microsoft PowerPoint

Other Software

Audacity -

Mi proyecto original

Nombre_________________________________ Fecha____________ Clase_____

ORIGINAL PROJECT RUBRIC (level I)

|CRITERIA |5 points |3 points |1 point |

|Language use |Comprehensible – Uses required |Somewhat comprehensible – uses |Generally |

| |amount of current vocabulary – |almost all required amount of |incomprehensibleOveruse of |

| |2-3 translated words. |current vocabulary. |translation, little use of |

| |Demonstrates an appropriate |Few too many translated words |required amount of current |

| |level of accuracy for Novice |that interfere with meaning |vocabulary. Communicates very |

| |level. | |little |

|Fluency |Series of sentences |Frequent pauses Short, choppy |English used |

| |Some transition words used |sentences |Very long pauses, Word or phrase|

| | |No transitions |level only |

|Pronunciation |Few errors in pronunciation, |More frequent errors cause some |Several errors |

|Grammar |grammar and spelling |misunderstanding |often interfere with |

|Spelling | | |comprehension |

|Quality of content |Makes sense. |Makes some sense. |Makes little or no sense |

| |Creative use of required |Basic vocabulary 2-3 words in |Extremely limited vocabulary. |

| |vocabulary No English. |English |Lots of English Hastily done. |

| |Well-thought out. |Some thought given. | |

20-16= A 15-11=B 10-6=C 5-1=D Total Score: ________

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