ESPAÑOL II - BIOGRAPHY RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT
OBJECTIVES:
By completing this assignment you will achieve the following three goals:
1. You will learn to conduct research using reliable and credible resources (i.e. NOT Wikipedia).
2. You will learn now to appropriately create citations for resources used with MLA format.
3. You will practice your communication skills in the target language – Spanish.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Choose one of the following Technology Moguls.
 Steve Jobs
 Steve Wozniak
 Mark Zuckerberg
 Bill Gates
 Michael Dell
 Douglas Englebert
 Gerald (Jerry) Lawson
 Larry Page
2. Using the resources provided by Mrs. Forsman at http://www.mcvts.net//Domain/538, conduct research on
the life of the person you selected.
 You MUST use at least THREE different sources.
 At least one source must be biography.com
 If needed, you may use ONE encyclopedia source.
3. Write a four paragraph biography (IN SPANISH!!!!) on the person you selected using the information you
found. Your essay should include the following information.
 Introduce your person.
 Who are they? Name, age, birthday, origin, residence, physical description, personality
 Provide information on the person’s childhood/ upbringing.
 Include information about where they went to school.
 Talk about the person’s family.
 Discuss how this person has contributed to technology. What are their accomplishments?
 Talk about other interests outside of technology (i.e. charitable work, hobbies)
 Provide your opinion about the person and their work.
 Provide a fact that you found interesting that the average person may not know.
 Cite a minimum of three resources in MLA format.
NOTE: The use of GOOGLE TRANSLATOR is completely forbidden. You may use Spanishdict.com OR a regular SpanishEnglish Dictionary to search for single words only. Anyone caught using GOOGLE TRANSLATOR to produce sentences
or phases will receive a ZERO for this assignment.
Rubric for __BIOGRAFIA___
NOVICE (D-F)
CONTENT
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30 POINTS
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4 paragraph essay in
Spanish.
Provides some facts
about subject’s life.
DEVLOPING
(B- through C)
All of novice category AND
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Goes beyond basic
information about the
subject
PRACTIONER
(A through B)
All of novice and
apprentice categories
AND
All of novice, apprentice,
practitioner categories
AND
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GRAMMAR
20 POINTS
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All of novice category AND
 Most accent marks
and tildes used
appropriately.
All of novice and
apprentice categories
AND
 Only up to three
errors in spelling,
grammar or
syntax.
All of novice, apprentice,
practitioner categories
AND
 No errors in
grammar, spelling
or syntax.
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At least one source
used.
All of novice category AND
 At least two sources
used.
All of novice and
apprentice categories
AND
 At least three
sources used.
All of novice, apprentice,
practitioner categories
AND
 More than three
sources.
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Citation slide
included with at
least one source in
MLA format.
All of novice AND
All of novice and
apprentice categories
AND
All of novice, apprentice,
practitioner categories
AND
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20 points
CITATIONS
30 points
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Provide additional
information beyond
the required
elements.
Provide a fact that
you found
interesting that the
average person may
not know.
Use of all three
tenses evident.
All three tenses
used correctly at
least once.
Some accent marks
and tildes used
appropriately.
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RESEARCH
Introduce your
person.
Who are they?
Name, age,
birthday, origin,
residence, physical
description,
personality
Provide info on the
childhood.
Info on schooling/
education.
Talk about the
person’s family.
Contributions to
technology.
Accomplishments?
Interests outside of
technology (i.e.
charitable work,
hobbies)
Provide your
opinion about the
person and their
work.
Spanish used
throughout
without English.
EXPERT (A+)
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At least two sources in
MLA format.
At least three
sources in MLA
format.
More than three
sources in MLA
format.