Festivals

Ago-Dic 2018
 Work in groups of 6 people
 Choose a festival in a foreign country.
 Use your CREATIVITY to
 present it.
 You can use costumes, photos,
posters, power point, etc.
 Max. time 1 minute per person
 Teams can not repeat festivals.
◦ Students will be able to talk about festivals
around the world.
◦ They will be aware of the social and cultural
implications of festivals; security measures,
possible problems, funding, organizers, origins
and background history.
◦ Students will practice several skills such as:
reading, writing and organizing written
information and speaking.
◦ They will also practice working as a team (Teams
of 6-5).
 1. A multimedia
presentation
 2. Oral Presentation
 3. Written paper
 Format: Font Arial 12, single space,
4-5 pages long, 750 words
 Sections: Min. 5 (100-150 words
each). The sections could be:
origins and background history,
funding, organizers, problems,
security measures, main events,
target audience, etc.)
 Cover. Should include title of the project,
name of the members of the group and
teacher, level and school.
 Index. Containing number of pages and their
content.
 Introduction. Includes thesis statement.
 Objective. What is the relevance of the paper.
 Subtitle 1. Each subtitle represent a main idea
and supporting detail. (One subtitle per
section)
 Subtitle 2.
 Subtitle3.
 Subtitle 4.
 Subtitle 5.
 Conclusion and references ( from videos,
websites, articles.
 . A thesis statement is one sentence
that expresses the main idea of a
research paper or essay. It makes a
claim, directly answering a question. A
thesis statement must be very
specific, indicating statements that are
about to be made in your paper and
supported by specific evidence.
 ◦ (Explanation of the project)
 It should have 5-10 slides only.
 There should be max of 15 words per
slide
 It should include evidence of the
resource (video, quotes, pictures)
 Format is open to students’ creativity,
however it should be legible and clear.
 Grammar, spelling and mechanics will be
graded.

 All students must give a part of the presentation.
 Each group has 6-8 min (depending on the class
size)
 Students will be explaining what they have studied
throughout the whole midterm, therefore they
cannot read, since they should be familiar with the
topic.
 Fluency, confidence, pronunciation, grammar,
teamwork and creativity will be graded.
 At the end of each presentation the teacher will ask
2 questions for the presenting team or the audience.
◦ This project will be worth 20% of
the midterm grade (for better
understanding, check timetable
and rubrics).
- Grammar
-Vocabulary
- Fluency
- Pronunciation
Do NOT READ, SPEAK.
Practice with your team.

Oral test

FAC
Monday, Oct 1, 2018 -3Der Mat
 Decide the
situation &
 The acting
role
 that each of
you will have.
  To use the grammar and
vocabulary learned in units 1-
6 Breakthrough 2 inorder to
describe a festival in a foreign
country
 Studentswill cooperate to help
each other on improving their
speaking abilities. As well as on
presenting the information
creatively, through the effective
use of body language, visual,
aural, and technological aids.
 Responsibility

 Respect

 Cooperation
  1. The story´s writer

 2.The editor

 3. The director

 4.The sound expert

 5. The grammar expert

 6. The producer
  The story’s writer:
 Helps the other team
members to write a
paper in an organized,
structured and clear
way. He should include
all of his
teammates’dialogues
and check that their
ideas are creative and
interesting. He should
write his ideas in his
teammates dialogues
 He should bring
evidence, e.g. the
other students drafts
with his comments.
 Puts the story in a a Power
Point Presentation.
 He may include pictures as a
background for the story with
only 15 words included as
text.
 He must include all the
dialogues in separate slides.
 He presents the final
document using fonts Times
or Arial 12.
 He designs a cover page for
the team’s story. He sends
the powerpoint presentation
with the information to
elsagalvan@live.com
 His evidence will be the PPTX.
  Makes sure everyone
understands the instructions.
That everybody is working and
presenting his acting role using
appropriate:

 Grammar and vocabulary

 Pronunciation and Fluency
 Body language and Level of
Voice, Visual Aids.
He also fixes schedules for
practicing as a group. He brings
a picture of the group practicing.
 He must print the language
evaluation form and bring it on
the day of the exam, with
comments as evidence.
 Checks that each member
is using the grammar
structures required for
their part in the story. He
gives ideas and gives each
member a written report
on the missing structures.
He also gives ideas on how
to include them in the
story. He helps with the
correction of grammar
mistakes. He brings the
other students drafts wit h
corrections as evidence.
 Checks that each member is
using correct
pronunciation. He gives
each person a list of the
words that they need to
practice with the correct
pronunciation.
 He schedules a second
revision in which he checks
the pronunciation a second
time.
 He brings the other
students drafts with
corrections as evidence.
He suggests the acting roles
everyone will have
according to the story.
He evaluates the participation
of each team member
considering the way they
collaborated with the group
to reach the objectives.
He takes into account the
values of respect,
responsibility and
cooperation that each
member showed during the
project.
He must also print and bring
the collaboration form on the
day of the exam with
comments as evidence.
 ACTIVITY VALUE M1 M 2 M3 M4 M5 M6 TOTAL COMMENTS
TO EVALUATE
Did he use the 4
vocabulary and
grammar
structures
required?
Did he use 2
appropriate body
language and
visual aids?
Did he speak 2
fluently and help
to keep the
conversation
going?
Did he use 2
appropriate
pronunciation
and level of
voice?

TOTAL 10/10
Activity to Value M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 Comments
evaluate And total
points
Did he show 2/2
interest and
participate
enthusiastically?
Did he do what he 2/2
was supposed to
do?
Did he give ideas 2/2
to solve questions
or problems?

Did he do some 1/1

additional
activities?
Did he participate 2/2
respectfully ?

Did he guide the 1/1

team to work
better?
 Reflection / Strenghts (every team member
needs to do it)
The Producer will lead it or make sure
everyone answers it as a group.
 What are the team’s strengths in terms of
language use and collaboration?
 Language:The pronunciation and fluency
were very good. Collaboration:Everybody
searched their information.
 Reflection / Areas of opportunity
 What are the team’s areas of opportunity in
terms of language use and collaboration?
 Language: Some people in the team read their
information in order to speak it, also some
members spoke in a very low tone of voice.
Collaboration:Not everybody studied their
information, the costumes and set were not
very good and we didn’t practice our
dialogues.
 Reflection / How to change areas of
opportunity into strenghts?
 What can be done to switch the team’s areas
of opportunity into strengths in terms of
language use and collaboration?
 Language: We must study our information
and we need to speak more loudly.
Collaboration:We have to be more
responsible with our assignments.