1. PROYECTO: Poema Diamante Student Instructions Overview: Create a poem that describes you. Featuring photos of yourself, the things you like to do, your nationality etc… Give an oral presentation of your poema en diamante talking about you. You have the option of creating a Poema Diamante poster, or Power Point to use as a visual during your presentation Task: Write a poem in the shape of a diamond. The poem is going to describe you. Prewrite Follow these instructions to write your poem in your notes: 1. Escribe tu nombre. 2. Escribe el país de dónde eres. (Yo soy de...) 3. Escribe dos adjetivos que no te describen. 4. Escribe tres adjetivos que te describen. 5. Escribe cuatro actividades que haces todos los días. 6. Escribe tres actividades que tú y tus amigos hacen en el verano. 7. Escribe dos actividades que nunca haces. 8. Escribe tu nacionalidad. 9. Escribe "¡Asi soy yo! Draft Use the information above and write your poem in the shape of a diamond. Revise Show your poem to a partner. Your partner will check the following: Does the poem include all the information from the Prewrite section? Did you use the correct forms of the adjectives and verbs? Is there anything you should add or change? Decide whether you want to use your partner’s suggestions. Rewrite your draft. Publish Put your poem on an 8½" x 11" sheet of paper or poster board. Decorate the sheet or poster with photos, drawings, and other items that are descriptive of you. Student Learning Assessment: Students will be assessed on their speaking and presentational skills along with correct completion of the task, use of adjectives and verbs and attractiveness of the project. Note: A detailed Rubric has been provided for this project

2. PROYECTO: Poema Diamante Me llamo: __________________________ Bloque _________________ Rubrica CATEGORY 20pts Exemplary 16pts Proficient 13 pts. Needs improvement 10 pts. Unsatisfactory Evidence of Planning You submitted a corrected draft and layout and a copy of the original draft. No misspellings or grammatical errors. Your Visual is very appealing and presentation is thorough You submitted a corrected draft and layout. Three or fewer misspellings and or mechanical errors. Visual is very appealing and presentation is thorough Your draft was written and layout created but not corrected. 4-10 misspellings and/or grammatical errors. Visual is provided but it does not enhance presentation. You submitted no written draft or page layout More than 10 errors in spelling or grammar. No visual provided. Presentation lacks substance Comprehensibility Responses readily comprehensible, requiring no interpretation on the part of the listener. Your poema was easy to read, Adjectives and verbs were used correctly. Your poema and presentation was complete and accurate with clear visuals. Responses comprehensible, requiring minimal interpretation on the part of the listener. Your poema was easy to read. Most adjectives and verbs were used correctly. Your poema and presentation was complete and somewhat accurate with some visuals Responses mostly comprehensible, requiring interpretation on the part of the listener. Your poema was a bit difficult to read. Some adjectives and verbs were used incorrectly. Your poema and presentation was incomplete and Photos/visuals were unorganized Responses barely comprehensible. Your poema was difficult to read. Most adjectives and verbs were used incorrectly. You included no visuals/photos and your poema was not completed. Fluency Speech continuous with few to no pauses or stumbling.. Some hesitation but manages to continue and complete thoughts. Speech choppy and/or slow with frequent pauses; few or no incomplete thoughts. Speech halting and uneven with long pauses and/or incomplete thoughts. Pronunciation Adjectives and verbs were pronounced and used correctly. Enhances communication.. Adjectives and verbs were mostly pronounced and used correctly. Does not interfere with communication. Most adjectives and verbs were pronounced incorrectly. Occasionally interferes with communication. Adjectives and verbs were pronounced incorrectly. Frequently interferes with communication. Language Control 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. 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. 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.

3. Greet your audience: _____________________________________. 1. Escribe tu nombre. 2. Escribe el país de dónde eres. (Yo soy de...) 3. Escribe dos adjetivos que no te describen. 4. Escribe tres adjetivos que te describen. 5. Escribe cuatro actividades que haces todos los días. 6. Escribe tres actividades que tú y tus amigos hacen en el verano. 7. Escribe dos actividades que nunca haces. 8. Escribe tu nacionalidad. 9. Escribe "¡Asi soy yo! (ex: Yo soy sociable, Ella es reservada). ___________________ _____________________________________ _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________ _______________________ Captions: (at least 3 that describe you) Borrador Use these to help you compose a presentation script and captions.