Project:
My Country
Objectives: To be able to describe a place and the things
to do in that place.
Task: Imagine you are working for the
International Affairs Office at San Buenaventura University and you are in
charge of giving international students information about our country. Therefore,
you are required to prepare an oral presentation and a brochure with information
about one of the regions, cities or towns in our country and to present this
information to our international students.
Steps:
January 22nd
1. Prepare your personal profile including
information about personal information, your daily routine, your habits, your
likes and your personality (150 words) . Post your profile in a comment.
2. Choose a region, city or town you would like
to present.
3. Use a graphic organizer to present the main information
about this place.
Example
4.
Write questions about each topic to guide
your composition.
Example
Introduction
Where is this place located?
What is the capital city?
How do people call natives from this region?
What are people from this region like?
Main places, activities and festivals
What places can people visit in this region?
Are there any festivals in this region?
When are these festival celebrated?
How long is this festival?
What do people do during this festival?
Recommendations
What things should you see or do in this region?
5.
Write a 400-word to 600-word composition
in your own words about this place using the questions you wrote. Remember to
include an introduction, some paragraphs to develop your main ideas and a
conclusion.
6.
Choose a creative way to present your brochure
(Movie maker, Video, Prezi, Blog or a Big Book).
7.
Prepare to present the place you chose orally
by using this tool: http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/
8.
Present this place to your classmates,
international students or other visitors.
Rubric to assess this project
Project Level 2 - Summative Assessment (20%)
Criteria to Assess Students
Name:
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Date: ____________________________________________
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Written Exercise
Composition: his/her text accomplish the
objective of the exercise.
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Language Structure: he/she presents
ideas with appropriate language choices/construction. The student produces the structures to describe
general information about a place such as: (1) sentences in simple present
(2) use of there is/ there are
e.g. In Antioquia there are many festivals. (3) adjectives to describe places
(4) use of should / shouldn’t
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Capitalization and
punctuation: he/she uses
capitalization and punctuation properly.
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Oral Presentation
Communicative skills: he/she presents
ideas clearly (ability to communicate). Shows spontaneity, originality and
good vocabulary.
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Preparation: he /she looks prepared
for the activity. He/she uses audiovisual aids during his/her presentation.
The quality of the material he/she presents is good enough.
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Pronunciation: he/she speaks without major pronunciation errors,
and his/her pronunciation is clear and accurate.
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Comments:
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Project Level 2 by Alejandra Jiménez Quintero is
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Internacional License (September, 2014)
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