1. PROYECTO: Mi casa ideal Student Instructions
PROYECTO:
Mi casa ideal
Student Instructions
Overview: Tú eres un arquitecto. Quieres construir tu casa ideal. No hay problema con dinero; eres rico. (Imagine that) you are an architect, and you want to build your ideal house. Money is not a problem; you are rich. Using the vocabulary and phrases dealing with our neighborhoods, houses, and chores. You will design your ideal house.
You will create a house with at least 7 rooms
20 objects or pieces of furniture in TOTAL
20 sentences about the house (10 sentences in each paragraph)
Task:
1. Create a “blueprint” for your house: Label the rooms with the correct Spanish names. Your “blueprint” for your house can be done on construction paper, Power point or video and must meet the following criteria:
Your house must have at least 7 rooms.
Each room of the house must be labeled in Spanish (i.e. “el dormitorio”, “el baño”)
Each room must be “decorated” with furniture and objects that you would typically find in that room and label. Your decorations, furniture, and objects can be cut out from magazines, newspaper ads AND/OR printed images from the computer (i.e. ClipArt, Google images, etc.) or hand drawn.
You must have 20 objects/pieces of furniture TOTAL throughout the rooms. NOT 20 in each room, but 20 items all together, spread out through each room. Each object or piece of furniture must be labeled in Spanish.
2.   Write a House Description: You will write two paragraphs describing your ideal house. You are to use proper Spanish spelling and grammar. Title your description Mi casa ideal. Here is what you need to do for this portion:
 a. First Paragraph- (a minimum of 10 sentences) describing your house in general. You will describe the size of your house, the colors of the rooms, how many of each room, where each room is located, etc. Write ten sentences about your ideal house:
1) location of your house (estar), 2) how many rooms it has (tener), 3) how many stories it has (tener), 4) a description of your house with at least three adjectives (ser), 5) your favorite room and why (ser), 6) who lives in your ideal house (vivir), 7) activities in room one, 8) description of room two, 9) activities in room three, 10) description of room four. In this paragraph you also need to mention at least 4 chores that are typically associated with some of the rooms of the house. (i.e. En la cocina, hay que lavar los platos.)
b. Write a second paragraph (a minimum of 10 sentences) describing your favorite room of the house. Be sure to mention why it is your favorite room, and you should include some of your favorite activities that you can do in that room. (i.e. La sala familiar es mi cuarto favorito porque es el cuarto donde todos vemos peliculas. What furniture is in the room. Don’t forget that wonderful verb: hay (–there is/there are) when giving a list of things in the room. Don’t forget to use un/una for a/an. Use ser for descriptions & estar for locations
3.     La presentación: After your create your blueprint of your ideal home and write your House description you will present to the class using the visual you created.
You are expected to know how to describe your house and the items in it and will be permitted only to bring your visual representation with you to present & an index card
You can only use an index card with a 2 -hint words for each thing you will talk about.
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Student Learning Assessment: Students will be assessed on their written , visual, speaking and presentational skills.
Note: A detailed Rubric has been provided for this project

2. PROYECTO: Mi casa ideal Me llamo: __________________________ Bloque _________________
Rubrica
CATEGORY
10pts
Exemplary
8pts
Proficient
6 pts.
Needs improvement
5 pts.
Unsatisfactory
Rooms labeled in Spanish
7 or more rooms labeled in Spanish with articles
5-6 rooms labeled or 7 without articles (el/la)
2-4 rooms labeled in Spanish
1-2 rooms labeled in Spanish
Furniture/objects labeled in Spanish
20 or more furniture items labeled with articles (el/la) in Spanish
20 or more items labeled without articles or some not labeled with articles
10-15 items labeled in Spanish
0-10 items labeled in Spanish
Complete sentence descriptions in each paragraph
20 complete sentences in Spanish
16-19 complete sentences in Spanish
13-15 complete sentences in Spanish
Less than 15 complete sentences in Spanish
Following directions
all required elements,
Visual, Descriptive Writing, Presentation
lacks 1 required elements
lacks 2 required elements
Lacks + 2 elements or elements are incomplete
Attractiveness
Project has tidy overall appearance. ALL text is typed or writing is very neat. Visual is neat, well organized and colorful. All pictures in color. Clearly labeled
Project is tidy overall. Pictures are all in color. Paragraphs are typed or neatly written. Poster, Power point or video are somewhat neat.
Project is satisfactory, but not tidy. May either lack some typing or neat writing or some color pictures. Visual is somewhat messy.
Project lacks color on most pictures. Paragraphs are handwritten messy. Visual is messy.
Spelling
0 spelling/accent errors
1-3 spelling
/accent errors.
3-5 spelling
/accent errors
More than 5 spelling
/accent errors. Effort lacking.
Grammar
0-1 error
2-3 errors
4-5 errors
More than 5errors
Presentation- Language Control and Volume
Control of basic language structures. with occasional use of advanced
language structures. Interesting, well-rehearsed with smooth and clear delivery that holds audience attention. Uses direct eye contact when talking to others.
You could be heard clearly throughout.
Emerging control of basic language structures. Relatively interesting, rehearsed with a fairly smooth delivery that usually holds audience attention. Uses direct eye contact, but still returns to notes when talking to others.
There were times when it was hard to hear you.
Emerging use of basic language structures Delivery not smooth, but able to hold audience attention most of the time. Uses minimal eye contact, while reading mostly from notes.
Uses English
Inadequate and/or inaccurate use of basic language structures. Delivery not smooth and audience attention lost. No eye contact with audience. Uses English on more than one occasion.
You could not be heard for most of the presentation
Presentation-Fluency and Clarity
Speech continuous with few to no pauses or stumbling.. You could be understood throughout.
Some hesitation but manages to continue and complete thoughts. You could be understood for most of the presentation.
Speech choppy and/or slow with frequent pauses; few or no complete thoughts.
Speech halting and uneven with long pauses and/or incomplete thoughts. You could not be understood for most of the presentation.
Presentation-
Accent
Pronunciation
Enhances communication..
You used your best Spanish pronunciation and put forth effort on new or unfamiliar words.
Does not interfere with communication You used your best Spanish pronunciation, but did not give effort on new or unfamiliar words.
Occasionally interferes with communication. You need to practice more ahead of time to work on your pronunciation
You did not use your best pronunciation or did not try new or unfamiliar words