Diario fotográfico bilingüe
Bilingual Photo-journal
Proyecto de módulo cuatro
Hablantes Nativos
Create a bilingual photo-journal that includes 5 paragraphs in English and Spanish
about your family’s heritage and immigration story AND 5 photographs you took
that model the style of a Hispanic artist learned about in class.
Photo-journals will be displayed in an art show open to the school and the
community.
This project will be worked on in both 9th grade English and Spanish 1, with a grade
for each class on different parts of the project. Cameras and developing
photographs will be provided.
Steps
Español
1. Study in class about different
Hispanic artists, Spanish
speaking countries, Hispanic
traditions, immigration, and
Hispanic culture in Los Angeles.
2. Each week write a paragraph in
Spanish about the assigned topic
(see description below)
3. Interview a family member about
your family’s immigration story,
past traditions, and current
traditions.
4. Take photographs to illustrate the
topics you wrote about.
5. After getting the photographs
developed, add to your
paragraphs a description of the 5
photos you chose to tie it all
together.
6. Turn in your final draft of the
photojournal including
paragraphs and chosen developed
photographs MONDAY
MARCH 16TH/17TH.
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English
Study in class about how to do
research.
Each week write a paragraph in
English about the assigned topic
(see description below)
Interview a family member about
your family’s immigration story,
past traditions, and current
traditions.
Take photographs to illustrate the
topics you wrote about.
After getting the photographs
developed, add to your
paragraphs a description of the 5
photos you chose to tie it all
together.
Turn in your final draft of the
photojournal including
paragraphs and chosen developed
photographs MONDAY
MARCH 16TH/17TH.
Schedule
Date
What to turn in on this day
February 12/13th
rough draft paragraph 1 (Spanish and English)
February 19/20th
rough draft paragraph 2 (Spanish and English)
February 26/27th
rough draft paragraph 3 (Spanish and English)
February 17th-27th
interview of family member for paragraphs 3, 4, 5
March 5/6th
rough draft paragraph 4 (Spanish and English)
Film/shot photographs (24 photos)
March 9/10
rough draft of all paragraphs, including 5 (Spanish
and English)
March 12/13
FINAL draft of all paragraphs (Spanish and
English)
March 16/17
FINAL bilingual photo-journal ready to be
displayed (at the end of class)
March 18th (possibly)
ART SHOW
Format of Bilingual Photo-journal
Paragraph and Photo 1: Family’s Home Country
Write a paragraph about the country your family immigrated from. If your family is from more
than one country, you can chose one or describe both. If you don’t know what country your
family is from, you can ask your parents/relatives OR describe the area your oldest living
relatives grew up in. (example: New York in the 1950s) (Native and Non Natives: use present
tense)
Paragraph and Photo 2: Past Tradition
Write a paragraph about a tradition that your family used to do in their home country. (Native:
use imperfect tense, Non Native: use present tense)
Paragraph and Photo 3: Immigration Story
Write a paragraph describing how your family immigrated to Los Angeles according to what
your family member tells you during your interview. If you can’t interview someone in your
family who immigrated, interview someone who knows the story well.
(Native: use preterit and imperfect tenses, Non Native: use present tense)
Paragraph and Photo 4: Current Tradition
Write a paragraph about a tradition that your family used to do in their home country and STILL
DOES here in Los Angeles. (Native and Non Native: use present tense)
Paragraph and Photo 5: Family’s Current Neighborhood
Write a paragraph about the neighborhood your family lives in now. (Native and Non Native:
use present tense)
Rubric for Native Speakers Spanish Class Part of Project
3 – Proficient*
CATEGORY
4 - Mastery
Spelling
there are 3 or less there are 4-5
spelling errors
spelling errors
2 - Basic
1 – Below Basic
there are 6-7
spelling errors
there are 8 or more
spelling errors
X3
Score
Conjugation there are 3 or less
conjugation
errors (correct
tense is used,
spelled correctly,
tilde used
correctly)
there are 4-5
conjugation errors
(correct tense is
used and spelled
correctly with
accents)
there are 6-7
conjugation
errors (correct
tense is used and
spelled correctly
with accents)
there are 8 or more
conjugation errors
(correct tense is used
and spelled correctly
with accents)
X5
Punctuation there are 3 or less
punctuation
errors
(punctuation and
tilde)
there are 4-5
punctuation errors
(punctuation and
tilde)
there are 6-7
punctuation
errors
(punctuation and
tilde)
there are 8 or more
punctuation errors
(punctuation and
tilde)
X3
Sentence
Structure
There are 3 or
less errors (runons, fragments or
other structural
errors)
There are 4-5
errors (run ons,
fragments, or
other structural
errors)
There are 6-7
errors (run ons,
fragments, or
other structural
errors)
There are 8 errors
or more (run ons,
fragments, or other
structural errors)
X5
Quantity
includes five
paragraphs about
assigned topics,
five sentences
and a title for
each, and five
photographs that
illustrate the
paragraphs.
includes four
paragraphs about
assigned topics
with four-five
sentences each
and four-five
photographs that
illustrate the
paragraphs
includes three
paragraphs
about assigned
topics with threefive sentences
each and 3-5
photographs that
illustrate the
paragraphs
includes two or less
paragraphs about
assigned topics with
five sentences each
and five photographs
that illustrate the
paragraphs
X4
Put together on
clean or firm
paper with cut
and typed
captions,
photographs are
unique and
modeling after a
Hispanic artist’s
style is visible
Put together on
paper with
captions,
photographs are
somewhat unique
and may not
model Hispanic
artist’s style
Not permanently put
together, captions are
hard to read,
photographs are not
unique and do not
model a Hispanic
artist’s style
X5
Presentation Put together on
clean firm paper
with clean cut
and typed
captions,
photographs are
unique and
obviously model
after a Hispanic
artist’s style
Nombre:_________________ Period_____Total Points________ =_________/100