Objectives: To be able to introduce yourself using everyday expressions. To ask and answer questions about personal information, hobbies and likes, family and friends. To describe the main physical and psychological characteristics of a person.
Task: Imagine you are applying for a scholarship to study a language abroad (English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Arab, Japanese, Norwegian) and you are required to present a creative autobiography introducing yourself in English.
Steps:
- Use a graphic organizer to present the main information about your life.
Example
Write questions about each topic to guide your composition. (July 13th)
Example
About Me
What’s your full name?
What do people call you?
How old are you?
My Hobbies, likes and dislikes
What are your hobbies?
What do you do in your free time?
What kind of music do you like?
My Family and Friends
What’s your mother’s name?
How old is she?
What does she do?
Personality
Country you want to study in
- Write a 350-word to 500-word composition about yourself using the questions you wrote. Remember to include an introduction, some paragraphs to develop your main ideas and a conclusion. (July 17th)
- Prepare to present your autobiography orally by using this tool: http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/
- Choose a creative way to present your autobiography (Movie maker, Video, Prezi). Remember the criteria to create this presentation: (July 21st)
- It is necessary you record your own voice; this is not a reading aloud exercise.
- It is important you check the quality of your recording.
- This presentation shouldn’t be longer than five minutes or shorter than 3 minutes.
- Share your autobiography in a platform to present it to your classmates.
- Select the best candidates to get the scholarship.
Rubric to assess this project
Project Level 1 - Summative Assessment (30%)
Criteria to Assess Students
Name: ___________________________________________
Date: ____________________________________________
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Needs improvement
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Marks per criterion
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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 himself/ herself and his/her family such as: (1) sentences in simple present (2) Noun + Verb agreement e.g. My mother lives in Cali.
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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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4-6
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7-9
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10-12
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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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Total marks:_______/50
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Project Level 1 by Alejandra Jiménez Quintero is licensed under a Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional License (September, 2014)
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