Un Informe de un Desastre Famoso
40 puntos
Vas a escribir un informe en que tú eres un/a periodista (journalist). Necesitas explicar un accidente o un desastre natural famoso que
ocurrió. Por ejemplo: Huracán Catrina, Pompeya, Chernóbil, etc. TÚ decides. Tienes que investigar (research) el accidente o desastre natural.
Tu informe debe incluir:
_________ What was going on when the disaster/accident occurred
 What was the weather like?
 What day and what time was it?
 What were people doing?
_________A description of the disaster
 What was it?
 Where was it?
 Who did it affect and who came to help?
_________ The effects of the disaster
 Did the disaster destroy anything?
 Was anyone injured? How?
 What were the effects of the disaster?
 What steps did the community and government take to rebuild and help the survivors?
_________ Describe at least one heroic event or rescue.
 What did emergency personnel do to help out at the scene?
_________ At least one account by a witness, bystander, or hero that includes what they heard and saw
 Use the verbs oír and ver!
_________ What will be different in the community after the disaster?
 Use the present tense!

This is an individual writing and presentation project.
 You are responsible for writing the report without the aid of a translator or native speaker. Use of a translator or evidence of
plagiarism will result in a ZERO.
 Try and avoid looking up new words (the max is 5).
 Do not write the paper in English and later translate into Spanish. Start writing in Spanish right away on your first draft.
 Simplify your sentences and use the Spanish grammar and vocab that you’ve already learned throughout your years of study.
 You should use mostly preterit and imperfect, except at the end when you are talking about the present day situation.
 Your paper should be at least 12 sentences long.
 Cite the link where you found your information.
 You must type your paper and include some images of the disaster (nothing too graphic) and a map of where it occurred. This
can be done in physcial poster form, or you can use a web based program that you can easily share with me via a link (i.e.
Glogster, prezi, etc)
10
8
Target Structures Excellent control
Pretérito v
Imperfecto
Overall Grammar
and Vocabulary
Content
Presentation
Quality
Good control of
of the preterite and the preterite and
imperfect, No
imperfect, almost
errors.
no errors.
Excellent control
of Spanish
grammar and
vocabulary. No
errors in word
choice,
conjugations, or
pronunciation.
Good control of
Spanish grammar
and vocabulary.
Almost no errors
in word choice,
conjugations, or
pronunciation.
Very clear
beginning, middle,
and end with a
well developed
story overall.
Almost no
grammatical
errors.
Images enhance
the presentation
and add clarity to
the presentation.
Basic organization
with a clear
beginning, end
and idea
development.
Almost no
grammatical
errors.
Images enhance
and add clarity to
the presentation.
The project is
typed and neatly
organized.
The project is
typed and neatly
organized. There
may be a few
handwritten marks
6
4
2
0
Adequate control
of the preterite
and imperfect,
Errors are
frequent but do
not drastically
affect meaning.
May be missing
content.
Adequate control
of Spanish
grammar and
vocabulary. Errors
are frequent but
do not drastically
affect meaning.
May be missing
content.
Weak control of
the preterite and
imperfect,
frequent errors in
simple structures
and/or missing
content.
Little control of
the preterite and
imperfect,
frequent serious
errors. Missing
content.
No control of the
preterite and
imperfect. Errors
are frequent and
content is missing.
Weak control of
Spanish grammar
and vocabulary.
Frequent errors in
simple structures
and/or missing
content.
Little control of
Spanish grammar
and vocabulary.
Frequent serious
errors. Missing
content.
No control of
Spanish grammar
and vocabulary.
Errors are
frequent and
content is missing.
Basic organization
and idea
development.
Some errors that
do not affect
meaning and/or
message.
Not completely
organized, some
ideas fragmented.
Errors are
frequent.
Not organized,
many ideas are
fragmented.
Errors are serious
and frequent.
No clear
organization,
ideas are poorly
developed. Errors
are serious and
frequent.
Images do not
always align with
the presentation
and add clarity.
Images often do
not align with the
presentation.
Images do not
align with the
presentation, but
are not off-task.
No Images or
videos that relate
to the assignment.
The project is
hand-written
neatly.
The project is
hand-written.
The project is
sloppy looking.
The project is
hand-written.
The project is
sloppy looking.
The paper is
poorly
handwritten.