BRANCH – MP1 PROJECT – SP2

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CULTURAL PROJECT RUBRIC

During Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15th – October 15th,, we celebrate the culture,

accomplishments and contributions of Hispanics. Your assignment is to highlight a Spanish-

speaking country and its culture in a PowerPoint presentation.

*Due date: Friday, October 2, 2015 (PowerPoint must be emailed as an attachment to your class/group

on My Big Campus. Projects should not be emailed to Srta. Branch’s email account.

Required:

Maximum slides: 10 Maximum time: 5 minutes

An introductory slide with your heading and country’s official name that is easily read .

Pictures of the following:

a map of your country with its capital clearly marked

its flag (and the meaning of its colors)

a traditional (authentic) dish

your country’s currency (and the exchange rate)

the people

the political leader

Organize your presentaton so that your sentences match the order of your PowerPoint slides.

Your Self-Assessment rubric is completed and submitted.

Helpful websites: http://www.factmonster.com/countries.html http://www.oanda.com/currency/converter/

Presentation Sentences

1. Buenas tardes. Me llamo _________. Este es mi proyecto. Mi país/territorio es ______.

2. La capital de ____ es ____. (capital)

3. La bandera tiene ____ colores: ____, ______, y ______ (flag and the meaning of its colors)

4. El líder es ______. (political leader)

5. La población es _______ (population)

6. El dinero es __________. (currency and exchange rate for the U.S. dollar)

7. El tamaño es _________. (size – sq. miles; comparable to a U.S. state)

8. La comida típica es ______. (a typical dish for the country and a description of its

ingredients)

9. ¿Sabías que….? (Did you know? - 3 interesting facts)

10. A mí, me gusta… (3 things that you enjoyed learning about the country)

BRANCH – MP1 PROJECT – SP2

Criteria and Scoring

Content Criteria Points Self-

Assessment

Teacher

Neatness (10 points)

All of the information is neat and easily read

10

Completion of Information (10 points)

All required information is included

20

Oral Presentation:

1. Sentences (10 points)

All required sentences are spoken and easily

understood

2. Voice (10 points)

Volume is loud and clear

3. Eye Contact (10 points)

Is given consistently

4. Organization (20 points)

All slides are well organized, easy to understand without

distractive and excessive animations

50

Self- Assessment:

self-assessment rubric is completed and submitted.

10

Heading:

is on the introductory slide (with all three lines: name, subject

and period and date in Spanish )

10

FINAL GRADE