Kristy Placido
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|10 point |Keep a journal in Spanish |Choose a chapter from the novel |Research online about the |Using: |Using the footnotes throughout|
|column |pretending to be Makenna telling |that you have read. Create a 4-6 |rainforest in Costa Rica. Find | |the book AND the glossary, |
| |all about the adventures you have |square cartoon showing the main |several different animals, plants,|create a jeopardy game to |choose 40 vocab words from the|
| |in Costa Rica. |events of that chapter. Include |trees, etc. Make a small poster |review the whole novel. Make |book and make flashcards of |
| |Write entries for at least 5 |characters talking and/or |in which you label all of the |categories and make sure |them. A picture on one side |
| |different days. Use the present |narration. All writing should be |items in Spanish. The poster |questions are properly written|and Spanish on the other. |
| |tense. |in Spanish and should be a minimum|should be attractive and look like|and spelled correctly! |CORRECT SPELLING is a must! |
| |All writing should be in Spanish |of 100 words. |a scene from the rainforest, not |Alternative: Make an |For 10 additional points, you |
| |and should be a minimum of 100 |You may do this assignment for 2 |just a bunch of clipart you |interactive “fold-up window” |may come in after school and |
| |words. Focus on correct use of the|different chapters for a total of |slapped together. |Jeopardy game on a poster. |show me that you know all of |
| |1st person!! |20 points. |You MAY use a dictionary or |You may NOT copy from |the words! |
| | | | for this |worksheets we did in class. | |
| | | |assignment. | | |
|20 point |Create a map of the hacienda AND |Randomly draw 2 numbers. You will|Take good “3 column notes” for |Create an interview of one of |Take good “waterfall notes” |
|column |Costa Rica showing the movement of |translate those 2 chapters from |each chapter. Column 1 = What I |the main characters of the |throughout the book. (See |
| |the characters throughout the |the book to translate verbally. |am reading…write down quotes from |novel. Write the interview |teacher for an example of how |
| |novel. You should both visually |Make an appointment to come in |the book, Spanish vocab, or notes |questions ahead of time and |to create them…you MUST start |
| |show where they went and what they |after school and record yourself |in Spanish about what is |get a friend who is IN Spanish|this at the beginning of |
| |did there as well as show it in |translating your chapters to |happening. Column 2 = |to interview you on video. |reading the book, NOT a week |
| |writing (minimum 100 Spanish words)|English. Perfection is not the |English…write down your |You must answer the questions |before we finish the book!) |
| | |expectation. You should know MOST|understanding of what is happening|in Spanish without notes. |Turn in your notes at the end |
| | |of the words. |in English, or draw pictures. |There should be some |of the book. |
| |Make sure your map includes ACTION,| |Complete sentences are NOT needed.|open-ended and some “right | |
| |people, birds, la hacienda, San | |Column 3 = In my head…write down |there” questions. The | |
| |José, Alajuela, Curú, Nicoya, etc!!| |your thoughts, reactions, |interview should be at least 3| |
| |Do not write in “paragraph” form, | |predictions, questions, or |minutes long. DO NOT use | |
| |keep it to short bullet points. | |associations (this reminds me of…)|“worksheet questions” as | |
| |Include a “legend” on the map | |in ENGLISH. Turn in your notes at|interview questions. | |
| |(legend = clave) | |the end of the book. | | |
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|30 point |Create a boardgame of this book. |Create a “CommonCraft” style video|Compose a song about the novel. |Create a comic book / graphic |Create a FAKE facebook page |
|column |In order to play, players should |showing the events of one of the |It should be at least 75 words |novel version of the book |using for a |
| |need knowledge of the events and |chapters. Narrate the video in |long (not counting repeating |depicting your 3 favorite |character in the novel. The |
| |characters throughout the book. |Spanish. Place the finished video|verses), in Spanish, and should |scenes from the novel. You |entire page should be in |
| |There should be cards to read or |in the student shared directory or|give details about the events |should include both dialogue |Spanish. Do NOT use a |
| |some other way to read items on the|online and let me know IN WRITING |and/or characters of the novel. |and narration. Your pictures |translator or a dictionary or |
| |board, maybe game pieces, and a |where your video can be found OR |Perform the song live or submit a |should be in color and |the assignment will not be |
| |game board. DO NOT use “worksheet |give me a DVD or CD or flashdrive.|video/audio file. If you choose |detailed, but may be |accepted. (minimum 100 |
| |questions.” Your gameboard should | |this option, be prepared to share |computer-generated. Your book|Spanish words) |
| |depict the geography of Costa Rica,| |it with the class! Try using |should have at least 2 pages | |
| |places, people, objects, and events| |. You’ll love it! |per scene and should contain a|DO NOT actually use facebook |
| |of the novel. Through playing the | | |minimum of 100 Spanish words. |(it violates their terms of |
| |game, a person should get an idea | | | |service). |
| |of what happened throughout the | | | | |
| |book. | | | |Include: relationship status, |
| | | | | |personal info, a quotation, |
| | | | | |status updates, wall posts by |
| | | | | |other characters, groups, |
| | | | | |“likes,” shared links, etc. |
Do NOT use a translator or a dictionary or the assignment will not be accepted (unless specified in the assignment description). All written work should be in Spanish, all spoken words should be in Spanish except for the translation assignment.
Assignment Due:___________________________________
Mandatory after-school work session for assignments not submitted or those wishing to “re-do”: _____________________________________
Re-done / late assignments due:______________________________________
Rúbrica
| |30 = A |25 = B |15 = E |
| | | |(or redo it) |
|Directions |Went above and beyond the directions |Met the requirements |Did not follow requirements sufficiently |
|Spanish structure and use|Student clearly used own words and structure of the |Structure of the language was adequate for a level 1 |Structure interfered with comprehension and/or there |
|of own words |language was very appropriate AND impressive for a |student but not impressive. |may be evidence of dictionary/translator use. |
| |level 1 student | | |
| |For the translation activity, KNOWLEDGE of structure | | |
| |is important. | | |
|Knowledge and expression |You demonstrated lots of knowledge and understanding |You have a good understanding of the novel and |Knowledge is not adequately demonstrated. |
| |of this novel and expressed it clearly. |expressed it pretty well, not excellent. | |
|Vocabulary |You used many current as well as previously learned |You used a fair amount of current or previously |Not much new or old vocab. Inadequate. |
| |vocabulary words and used them correctly at all |learned vocabulary words but you need more to | |
| |times. |adequately express your understanding. | |
If the student falls into the E range on ANY category, the grade will be 50% until the student fixes the problem.
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