Spanish III
La casa de mis sueños
Design your dream house!
Part I: The floor plan (20 pts.)
Your house must include the following:
A. INTERIOR
a. Your floor plan must have 8 rooms
b. Each room must have 3-5 pieces of furniture
c. Everything should be clearly labeled in Spanish with appropriate definite article.
B. EXTERIOR
a. Garage, garden, and 3 other features labeled (Ex. a fountain, a pool, Jacuzzi, balcony, sauna,
tennis court, b-ball court, etc.)
b. Be creative with your design and color the house plans.
Part II: El anuncio (30 pts.)
Write an advertisement (anuncio) to sale or rent your house:
A. Explain where it is located, how it is, how many rooms, how many pieces of furniture does it have
B. Use many details to describe your house (including the exterior) using adjectives such as:
magnífico(a), lujoso(a), acogedor(a), etc.
C. Include a for rent or for sale price: (ex. $500 per week, per month, etc. or 350 K)
D. Date(s) available.
E. Your anuncio must be a 20 sentences (minimum) paragraph. Must include transition words, such
as también, sin embargo, y, porque, etc.
(For transition words in Spanish visit http://users.wpi.edu/~arivera/transi.html)
F. Your final “anuncio” must be framed to a separate piece of colored paper.
Due Dates:
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The Rough draft counts as a HW assignment and must be turned in before the final is accepted.
_____01____ ___27-28____ Floor Plan: Exterior and interior drawn and labeled in pencil
____01_____ ___27-28____Anuncio: Typed double-spaced in 12 pt. font for editing.
____01_____ ____31____FINAL PROJECT DUE
You will be graded on neatness, organization, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and content. Follow
the above directions and do your best!!!
Spanish III
Final Rubric: La casa de mis sueños
Anuncio
Content
Length
Grammar
Vocabulary
Conventions
(punctuation,
capitalization &
Spelling)
Framed Anuncio
5
4
3
2
1
Description of
house includes all
of the elements:
Interior, exterior,
price, date of
availability,
location
Description of
house is missing
one of the
elements: Interior,
exterior, price,
date of availability,
location
Description of
house is missing
two of elements:
Interior, exterior,
price, date of
availability,
location
Description of
house is missing
three of the
elements: Interior,
exterior, price,
date of availability,
location
Description of
house is missing
four of the
elements: Interior,
exterior, price, date
of availability,
location
Description has 20
or more sentences
Description has 1917 sentences.
Description has 1513 sentences
Description has 1210 sentences
Description has 10
sentences or less
Excellent use of
grammatical
structures i.e.
subject/verb
agreement,
noun/adjective
agreement, correct
word order and
ser/estar verbs.
Good use of
grammatical
structures i.e.
subject/verb
agreement,
noun/adjective
agreement, correct
word order and
ser/estar verbs.
Fair use of
grammatical
structures i.e.
subject/verb
agreement,
noun/adjective
agreement, correct
word order and
ser/estar verbs.
Poor use of
grammatical
structures i.e.
subject/verb
agreement,
noun/adjective
agreement, correct
word order and
ser/estar verbs.
Excessive errors on
grammatical
structures i.e.
subject/verb
agreement,
noun/adjective
agreement, correct
word order and
ser/estar verbs.
Errors impede
comprehension.
Interesting &
natural. Vivid
expression.
Creative & varied.
Clear images.
Accurate and
specific.
Excellent use of
adjective &
transitions
Effectively conveys
message. Varied
and functional,
Unnatural at times.
Good use of
adjectives &
transitions
Ordinary
expressions. Seems
forced or overly
simplistic. Some
inaccurate word
usage.
Fair use of
adjectives and
transitions
Monotonous
expression.
Distracts from
meaning. Poor
imaging, lacks
specificity.
Poor use of
adjectives &
transitions
Limited vocabulary.
Misused words.
Vague and
inappropriate.
Impedes meaning.
Excessive error in
the use of
adjectives &
transitions
Strong control of
conventions.
Description has no
more than 4 errors
Basic control of
conventions. Minor
errors don’t affect
readability.
Description has 5-8
error
Limited control of
conventions.
Distracting errors.
Description has 1015 errors.
Errors overwhelm
the message.
Description has
more than 20
errors.
Anuncio is framed
in a separate piece
of paper. Excellent
presentation, neat
well design and
organized.
Anuncio is framed
in a separate piece
of paper. Good
presentation and
design; good
layout.
Anuncio is framed
in a separate piece
of paper. Layout is
good, but design is
bland.
Little control over
conventions.
Mistakes make the
description difficult
to read.
Description has 1619 errors.
Anuncio is framed
in a separate piece
of paper. The
presentation is
disorganized &/or
layout is absolute
Anuncio is not
framed in a
separate piece of
paper. Poor
presentation.
Spanish III
Floor Plan
5
4
3
2
1
Content: Interior
The floor plan has
all the interior
elements: 8 rooms,
2 pieces of
furniture p/room
(12 diff. pieces of
furniture) are
labeled
The floor plan is
missing no more
than two interior
elements: 8 rooms,
2 pieces of
furniture p/room
(12 diff. pieces of
furniture) are
labeled
The floor plan is
missing 3-5 interior
elements: 8
rooms, 2 pieces of
furniture p/room
(12 diff. pieces of
furniture) are
labeled
The floor plan is
missing 6-8 interior
elements: 8 rooms,
2 pieces of
furniture p/room
(12 diff. pieces of
furniture) are
labeled
The floor plan is
missing more than
9 interior
elements: 8 rooms,
2 pieces of
furniture p/room
(12 diff. pieces of
furniture)are
labeled
Content: Exterior
The floor plan has
all the exterior
elements: garage,
garden, and 3
other features
labeled
The floor plan is
missing one
element: garage,
garden, and 3
other features
labeled
The floor plan is
missing two
elements: garage,
garden, and 3
other features
labeled
The floor plan is
missing three
elements: garage,
garden, and 3
other features
labeled
The floor plan is
missing more than
four elements:
garage, garden,
and 3 other
features labeled
Creativity
Excellent original
floor plan;
detailed,
attractive, creative
& consistent. Floor
plan relates to
text.
Original floor plan;
detailed,
attractive, creative
& consistent. Floor
plan relates to
text.
Original floor plan;
somewhat
detailed, attractive
& may lack color,
but it relates to
text.
Floor plan may not
be detailed,
attractive or
colorful. Floor plan
relates to text on
page, but may not
be consistent.
Floor plan is
neither original,
nor detailed nor
relate to text, or all
of above.
Neatness
Neat, colorful,
obvious effort, well
design and
organized,
excellent layout.
Neat, colorful,
mostly identifiable
figures, very good
layout &
organization
Colorful, may have
an unidentifiable,
objects, layout is
good, but design is
bland
Sloppy, but
colorful, a couple
of poorly made
items, disorganized
&/or layout is
absolute
Unidentifiable, not
much thought put
into design,
incomplete, poor
design
Anuncio: ____________________/30 pts.
Floor Plan: _________________/20 pts.
Total: _______________________/ 50 pts.