You Will Research an Important Spanish-Speaker, Prepare a Brief Powerpoint, and Present

You Will Research an Important Spanish-Speaker, Prepare a Brief Powerpoint, and Present

La biografía—una presentatción

You will research an important Spanish-speaker, prepare a brief PowerPoint, and present your findings to the class in Spanish. Your PowerPoint must include the following:

  • nationality/brief life story
  • when and where the person was born (nació); when he/she died (murió), if applicable
  • something that this person had done (pluperfect) before becoming famous
  • occupation/achievements (what he/she “has done”)
  • why you chose the person/how he/she is important
  • a bibliography of sites/books used (at least 3)

Remember that your PowerPoint contains pictures and headings, but no sentences.

When speaking, also address the following:

  • what you have learned from this project (present perfect)
  • what you would do (conditional) if you were this person
  • what you will study (future) about this person in the future

Possible people:

Edward James Olmos

Salma Hayek

Oscar de la Renta

Gloria Estephan

Shakira

Isabel Allende

Gabriel García Márquez

Bill Richardson

Nancy Lopez

El Greco

Diego Velázquez

Placido Domingo

el Rey, Juan Carlos

Sonia Manzano (María)

Luis Miguel

Ricardo Montalban

Vicente Fox

Ellen Ochoa

Antonio Gaudí

Octavio Paz

Roberto Clemente

Rita Moreno

Linda Chavez-Thompson

Felipe Calderón

¡Aviso! You may choose one of the people above or you can ask me if you have another idea, but the person CANNOT be known for being profane, obscene or engaging in inappropriate behavior. When in doubt, choose someone else, or run the idea by me. I will limit the amount of athletes and entertainers per class, so browse through the list above and expand your horizons. If you have a particular area of interest, ask me.

Even if the person that you have selected is on the list above or has been deemed appropriate, abstain from showing inappropriate parts of their lives. Make sure everyone is in dress code in the pictures that you choose and that they are behaving themselves well enough to attend Lassiter High School if they so wanted.

If you have anything inappropriate in your presentation, then I will stop the presentation, and you will have to re-do the project the next day after school for half-credit.

I will not accept wikipedia as a reference.

What to do with your Powerpoint…

  1. You may send me the presentation in one of the following ways:
  2. Save it to your school account.
  3. Burn it to a CD. (Just do so early and test it.)
  4. Send it to .
  5. Do not e-mail the presentation to my school address—it will take up too much space.
  6. Construct your PowerPoint and do your research in the media center on Thursday and Friday. You must use your time wisely because I will not give extra time.
  7. All presentations received by November 12th will receive 5 extra points.
  8. You will be expected to give your presentation on the date assigned. If you have a conflict, it is your responsibility to think ahead and find someone willing to switch. We will assign presentation dates on Friday at random. 5 extra points will be given to the first 2 volunteers. Presentations not given on the assigned date will be docked 10 points per day up to 50%.

Los requísitos

1. nationality______/5

2. life story______/5

3. occupation______/5

4. achievements______/5

5. why chosen/important______/5

6. bibliography______/5

7. “have learned”______/10

8. “would do”______/10

9. pluperfect______/10

10. future______/10

11. grammar______/20

12. pronunciation______/5

13. PowerPoint on time______/5

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