MI NIÑEZ
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
 You will construct a book (scrapbook or PowerPoint or Prezi) of a title/cover page, and 10 principle
pages/slides about what your childhood (12 years old and younger) was like. Each page must have at
least 4 sentences. All text must be in Spanish. You may not use a translator. Using a translator
will be considered cheating and may result in a failure for part or the entire project. Each page
shall contain a personal photograph of you as a child. For a PowerPoint transitions, animations and
clip art or for Scrapbooks drawings and stickers and professional binding should be used to enhance the
presentation.
 The text of the book or PowerPoint will make use of the past tense: the preterite and the
imperfect. The imperfect tense should be used to describe and the preterite may be used for specific
actions that occurred only once. Several days of class time will be given to work on this project
including some computer days. There will be frequent check-ins to make sure students are keeping up
with the work load. PowerPoint presentations should be turned in to the teacher’s Inbox on the shared
server or by CD, while scrapbooks may be turned in directly to the teacher. It will be presented orally
to the class. The oral presentation, which is a separate communication grade, will be over only 5 slides. It
will be presented after the due date of the project as to receive feedback. Tentative due date for Mi
niñez (my childhood) is May 15th.
Possible slide titles
Familia
IDEAS
Viajes
(trips)
Hermanos/as
Mascotas (pets)
Cumpleaños
Deportes
Mis casas/ mi casa
El parque
Los veranos
Mi barrio y mis vecinos
Mi mejor amigo/a
Las montañas
Boda
Bailes
Escuela
Una matriculación (graduation)
Navidad
Di’as festivos
Juegos/ partidos
Helpful words
Nacer- to be born
Mudarse- to move
Montar en caballo- horseback ride
competitivo- competitve
hacerse daño- To hurt/ injure
(yourself)
Divertirse (ei)-to have fun
Hubo un accidente- there was an
accident
Chocar- to crash
Morirse- to die/ pass away
Columpios- swings
Toboga’n- slide
A EDITAR
MI NIÑEZ
Nombre de la persona quien hizo el proyecto:___________________
Corregido por:____________
All 10 slides are complete with 4 sentences of 8 words of more per sentence
Sí
No
If not, what does he/ she need to add?____________________________
Uses of preterite
fui IIIIII (fue)
Rompí
Manejamos
Total DIFFERENT words used
correctlyInfinitives
hacer
jugar II
Uses of imperfect
Era IIIII (eran)
hacía I
Montábamos
Jugaba IIII
Total DIFFERENT words used
correctlyNew word
columpios
campeonato
Total used correctly-
Ten or less? Si? No?
SET LANGUAGE TO SPANISH
GO TO REVIEW LANGUAGE SET PROOFING
LANGUAGE SELECT ANY SPANISH OPTION
TYPING IN SPANISH
 To make an accent on vowels:
 CTRL + ‘
and the letter
 To put a tilde on “n”s
 SHFT + CTRL + ~ , n
If these short keys do not work…
 Click insert on the upper bar, then all the way to the right click
symbol.
 Find the font you will type in
 Find the symbol “ñ” and you can assign a short key to it
 Assign CTRL+ ~ , n
PROJECT RUBRIC
PROJECT CHECKLIST
TO TURN IN YOUR PROJECT
1) To turn in your project:
1) Hard copies:
1) Purple project rubric
2) Pink peer edit rubric
3) Green rough draft
4) Yellow brain storm
OJO- hay un
documento en
el sitio “swift”
que puede
ayudar. Se llama
“Mi ninezProject info
2) Digitally:
1) Make a folder called your last name (Bergstrom)
in S:Drive Inbox Mi ninez FINAL
1) In the folder save:
1) Edited word document
2) FINISHED PROJECT
ORAL RUBRIC
Vocabulary and Content (10 pts)
A
B
C
D
F
Grammar
(5 pts)
Uses a wide variety of non-repetitive
Consistently uses correct sentence
vocabulary appropriate to the content structure with complex sentences.
focus and the level of Spanish.
Verb tenses and conjugations are used
correctly to communicate intended
meaning.
Uses vocabulary appropriate to the
Generally uses correct sentence
content focus and the level of Spanish. structure with simple sentences. Verb
tenses and conjugations are mostly
used correctly to communicate
intended meaning.
Uses minimal/repetitive vocabulary
Incomplete sentences or errors in
appropriate to the content focus and
sentence structure cause confusion of
the level of Spanish.
meaning. Verb tenses and conjugations
are used incorrectly but do not confuse
communication.
Uses limited vocabulary that may be
Errors in sentence structure cause
unrelated to the content focus and the significant confusion of meaning.Verbs
level of Spanish. At times incorrect use are used in the infinitive or incorrectly
of vocabulary confuses communication. and occasionally confuse
communication.
Uses mostly English with invented
Uses mostly lists with no real
Spanglish words or use of Spanish is
sentences. Errors make the meaning
incomprehensible.
incomprehensible.
COMMENTS:
COMMENTS:
Pronunciation and fluency (5 pts)
Simulates native pronunciation by
correctly pronouncing vowels, h, ll, ñ,
and rr. Only speaks in Spanish. Speaks
smoothly minimal pauses or false
starts.
Simulate native pronunciation by
correctly pronouncing vowels, h, ll, ñ,
and rr. Few pauses or false starts to
correct mistakes.
Pronunciation is understandable but
with a strong accent. May use
occasional English filler words. Pauses
or occasional false starts before
answering.
Has mumbled pronunciation or is hard
to hear. Frequent pauses and false
starts but does get the point across.
Spanish is not understandable or
speaks mostly in English. Many long
pauses and false starts.
COMMENTS:
COMMON ERRORS
 Correct tense!
 Todos los veranos yo fui should be iba because it is a Repeated/ habitual action
 Una vez, hacía toda mi tarea en dos segundos  should be hice because it is a one time event.
 Spelling- double check!!!
 Yo bia  iba
 Tarviesa traviesa
 Conjugation!!
 Yo siempre ir de compras ir should be conjugated to iba
 Nosotros fui  should say nosotros fuimos
 No accents…
 Adjective Agreement/ placement (masculine/ feminine and singular/ plural)
 El verano pasada  el verano pasado
 Era una bonita chica  Era una chica bonita
 Mis hermanos son alto Mis hermanos son altos
En mi familia, hay dos padres y
tres hijas. Tengo dos hermanas
menores. Se llaman Holleigh y
Amanda. Yo tenía 2 años cuando
Holleigh nació en Eugene, Oregon.
Mi hermanita nació el 17 de
septiembre y ella se llama
Amanda. Tenemos una familia
muy unida.