Animal in Spanish and English:
Score Goal: (circle one)
20 / 20
50 / 50
Name ____________________________
100/100
Date _____________________________
Estimate your time investment. _____ hours
______ minutes
Write your
sentence(s) here.
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20/20
50/50
100/100
Said complete complex
thought correctly presented
with excellent
pronunciation. It may give
more details than required.
May include more than one
picture.
Complete complex thought
correctly presented with
excellent pronunciation.
May also include
description of temperament
or personality.
Five or more body parts are
identified and illustrated
correctly in sentences with
good pronunciation.
Incomplete sentence.
Said complete simple
sentence mostly correct.
Includes picture.
Said complete sentence
with more detail or more
than one sentence...mostly
correct. Includes picture.
Incomplete sentence.
Complete simple sentence
mostly correct.
Complete complex thought
correctly presented with
good pronunciation.
Includes picture
Two body parts are
identified. May have errors
or be difficult to
understand.
Three body parts are
identified correctly in a
sentence.
Four body parts are
identified in one or two
sentences. There may be
minor errors. Includes
picture
Tell something
about the area or
habitat where the
animal lives.
Sentence is incomplete,
incorrect or difficult to
understand.
Sentence is complete and
information is correct. May
be very simple. May have
errors in pronunciation or
grammar.
Additional detail makes the
complete sentence more
interesting. May have
errors. Includes Picture
May include two
interesting sentences or
additional details. Might
have an error or two.
Use a verb (or
verbs) to talk about
something the
animal does (other
Sentence is incomplete.
May not contain a verb or
simple sentences may have
the verb incorrectly
conjugated.
Sentence includes an action
verb conjugated correctly.
Errors may occur in other
parts of the sentence.
Sentence or sentences
include two action verbs
conjugated correctly.
There may be other errors.
Includes Picture.
Sentences include two or
more action verbs
conjugated correctly with
detail. There should be few
if any errors.
Sentence is incomplete. It
may not contain a verb. It
may have many errors.
Sentence includes a verb
conjugated correctly and
lists one food.
Sentence or sentences
include two foods or more
detail. May have errors.
Includes picture.
Sentence (or sentences)
includes more foods and
details. May include other
expressions to describe the
food.
Identify your
animal.
Tell its name (if
pet) and tell what
it is.
Describe what the
animal looks like.
Identify body parts.
Include parts that
are distinctive to
that animal.
than live and eat).
Tell what the
animal eats.
Spa 2-A Unit 1
Los animales y la naturaleza Speaking assessment
Choose an animal to talk about in Spanish. Prepare six sentences about the animal to present to the class. You may look at one word per
sentence. Your word must also be visible to the class. Just include it with your picture.
You may (and probably should) include pictures for each of your sentences. Your pictures can be projected, mounted or drawn on a poster board,
or on individual pieces of paper and tacked to the whiteboard. You may choose to draw your pictures, use your own photographs or find pictures on
the Internet (cite your sources at the end.) You should include the following information in your presentation:
1. Identify the animal. Tell its name (if it is a pet) and what it is.
2. Describe what the animal looks like.
3. Identify body parts. Be sure to include parts that are distinctive to that animal (i.e., claws, wings,
etc.).
4. Tell something about the area or habitat where the animal lives or is from originally. Does it live
outside or inside now?
5. Use a verb (or verbs) to talk about something the animal does.
6. Tell what the animal eats.
7. What does the animal enjoy doing? Use your teacher’s help here.
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You must present your animal on the day assigned to you.
Give your teacher your script before your presentation.
Let your teacher help you review your script in the days before presentations start.
If you forget your pictures you must write your words on the board and present anyway.
If you choose to use technology to do your presentation you must be prepared to load it before class begins.
If you choose to draw pictures they must be prepared before class and posted by the time attendance is done.
Points will be deducted for English used in your presentation.
Write the sentences yourself. Do not rely on translators. Points will be deducted for sentences obviously translated
by a computer. You must know what your sentences mean and your classmates should also understand them.
 Your grade will be determined by the amount of preparation you choose to do. 20/20 50/50 100/100
 See the scoring guide to determine the grade you want to work for.