Project English level 2 about traditions

Una presentación acerca de las tradiciones en tu pais

1. Topic My Traditions
Learning result
The student is capable of describing the most representative traditions in his or her country using the present
simple and the past simple so as to show a group of foreigners his or her cultural heritage.
Period Mid-term Final
Deliverables
Slides with main ideas and images of an
important tradition of the student’s country.
Prezi containing images, videos and/or audios
and an explanation for having chosen that
particular tradition.
CEFR Descriptor

The learner will be able to:
1. give a simple description of an object or picture while showing it to others using basic words, phrases and
formulaic expressions, provided he/she can prepare in advance.
2. give a short, rehearsed, basic presentation on a familiar subject.
3. answer straightforward follow up questions if he/she can ask for repetition and if some help with the
formulation of his/her reply is possible.
4. give short, basic descriptions of events and activities.

2. Mid-term Student’s Checklist

Before I presented my slides I… Yes No Why?
Skills


1 … investigated important traditions in my country and selected a
meaningful one.

Skills


2 … obtained relevant images related to the tradition that I chose.

Knowledge

3 … included relevant vocabulary to describe events and activities.

Knowledge

4 … included descriptions about the rites, origins and/or preparations
involved in the celebration of the tradition.

Attitude


5 … show interest and respect towards the tradition presented.

3. Final Project Evaluation Rubric
Indicator 0 1 2
1. Accuracy Plenty of conjugation and other
grammatical mistakes are made.
The description contains ideas that
are difficult to understand.
E.g. Posadas like to the people for
to romp the piñats.
Some conjugation and other grammatical
mistakes are made. The message was
understandable and clear enough for the
audience to follow the presentation in almost
its entirety.
E.g. the People likes posadas because the
piñatas is funny.
Almost no conjugation or other
grammatical mistakes are made. The
message was easy enough to follow in its
entirety.
E.g. People enjoy posadas because there
are fun activities like breaking piñatas.
2. Range of Vocabulary The message does not contain key
vocabulary to describe events and
activities.

E.g. In the Christmas I eat the
dinner.
The message contains some key vocabulary
to describe events and activities.

E.g. In Christmas we have big dinner, we eat
a turkey and give presents to my parents.
The message contains plenty of clear
examples of key vocabulary to describe
places.
E.g. On Christmas day we all have a
special dinner with turkey, cod fish and
wine. We also exchange presents among
all the relatives and sing carols.
3. Task Completion


The message was read almost in
its entirety and is not clearly related
to the description of events and
activities.
The presentation contains fewer
than 6 slides and is shorter than 1
minute.
The message was read in a few occasions,
but almost everything was memorized. The
ideas presented are related to the description
of events and activities. The presentation has
at least 6 slides and is longer than 1.5
minutes, but no longer than 3 minutes.
The message was hardly ever read to the
audience, although it may have been
consulted for references. The information
is closely related to the description of
events and activities.
The presentation has at least 8 slides and
is longer than 2 minutes, but no longer than
3 minutes.
4. Communication The student does not address the
audience. The voice is hardly
audible.
The student addresses the audience on
some occasions. The volume of voice is
adequate for the size of the room.
The student clearly addresses the
audience. The volume of voice is
appropriate for the room at all times.
5. Cohesion The description contains short
isolated sentences, but it is difficult
to say when one begins and
another one ends due to
organization of ideas and lack of
cohesive devices.

E.g. In the picture my family in the
tree of the Christmas happy.
The description contains short isolated
sentences that can be understood without
difficulty. Sentences are organized using few
cohesive devices.

E.g. In this picture is my family and they
happy in the Christmas tree.
The description contains short sentences
that are connected and well organized
using simple cohesive devices such as:
and, but, so, because, etc.

E.g. In this picture you can see my family
and my friends. We have a Christmas tree,
so we are very happy.