El título: El prónostico del Tiempo

Due Date: FEBRUARY 28TH, 20011

Presentation Date: March 1st2011

Objective: To describe what the weather is like in different regions.

In this Project you are going to become a news weather forecaster.

1)You are going to pick a CITY in a Spanish Speaking country excluding Mexico and follow the weather for 5 days.

2)You will need to have a weather map of the region as well. Go to weatherchannel.com or google search for a map and you can simply copy it onto your poster/power point.

3)You must log the highs, the lows and describe what the conditions are like and a Picture drawing of the conditions. Your slides/poster must have at least 5 sentences. Included in your 5 sentences are different activities which a person can do according to the temp. It can range from reading a book to flying a kite.

4)Also you will need to state what the person can wear according to the temperature.

Presentation Requirements:

1)You must be able to describe the weather for each of the days you researched also tell about the clothing needed.

2)You will need to have at least 2 visuals for each day. For example: It is raining so you bring in rainboots and a picture of rain.

3)You must be able to tell, the season in that part of the world and why the weather is different here.

4)You can use an index card with cues but not complete sentences during presentations.

You can complete your Project on a poster board or you can do a power point presentation. Which ever one you decide you MUST have visuals. BE DESCRIPTIVE.

Please also make sure that you work on your project early so you are ready to present. These grades are NOT averaged together so you must work hard so that you are adequately prepared.

DO NOT USE ONLINE TRANSLATORS. YOU WILL LOSE POINTS. USE YOUR NOTES W/YOUR VOCABULARY TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT.

** If you are doing power point, please bring it to school on a jump drive and I can plug it up to my laptop.

Oral Presentation and Poster Rubric

Weather Broadcast Rubric
Name: ______/ Teacher: Jerry
Date of Presentation: ______/ Title of Work: _____ El prónostico del Tiempo______
Criteria / Points
1 / 2 / 3 / 4
Organization / Audience cannot understand presentation because there is no sequence of information. / Audience has difficulty following presentation because student jumps around. / Student presents information in logical sequence which audience can follow. / Student presents information in logical, interesting sequence which audience can follow. / ____
Content Knowledge / Student does not have grasp of information; student cannot answer questions about subject. / Student is uncomfortable with information and is able to answer only rudimentary questions. / Student is at ease with content, but fails to elaborate. / Student demonstrates full knowledge (more than required)with explanations and elaboration. / ____
Visuals / Student used no visuals. / Student occasional used visuals that rarely support text and presentation. / Visuals related to text and presentation. / Student used visuals to reinforce screen text and presentation. / ____
Mechanics / Student's presentation had four or more spelling errors and/or grammatical errors. / Presentation had three misspellings and/or grammatical errors. / Presentation has no more than two misspellings and/or grammatical errors. / Presentation has no misspellings or grammatical errors. / ____
Delivery / Student mumbles, incorrectly pronounces terms, and speaks too quietly for students in the back of class to hear. / Student incorrectly pronounces terms. Audience members have difficulty hearing presentation. / Student's voice is clear. Student pronounces most words correctly. / Student used a clear voice and correct, precise pronunciation of terms. / ____
Poster Board/Powerpoint
Content / 3 or more days missing from Power Point presentation/ Poster Board. / At least 2 days missing from Poster/ Power Point presentation. Is missing / At least 1 day missing from Poster/ Power point presentation . contains / Power Point/ Poster contains all 5 days forecast of Spanish Speaking Country.
Weather Map/
Conditions / Poster/Power Point is missing 3 required items. / Poster/Power Point is missing 2 required items. / Poster/Power Point is missing 1 required items. / Poster/Power Point contains weather map and pictures of the weather conditions.
Written Content / Contains 2 sentences describing the conditions. Included are activities an individual can do in the given condition. / Contains 3 sentences describing the conditions. Included are activities an individual can do in the given condition. / Contains 4 sentences describing the conditions. Included are activities an individual can do in the given condition. / Contains 5 sentences describing the conditions. Included are activities an individual can do in the given condition.