Mi amigo(a)
You will be creating an imaginary friend, and describing him/her in Spanish. EVERYTHING on your poster
(including your title and any decorations that you put on the poster) MUST BE IN SPANISH!
The majority of this project will be done IN CLASS. If you are absent, you will make up the work at home.
Below is the schedule for the project:
Monday- In class, you will answer questions about your friend. You will answer in COMPLETE
SPANISH sentences. You will do this work alone. You may use your book and/or notes, and should bring
them to class with you. All questions MUST be answered by the end of the period, and turned in to me so that I
may check your work. I will circle anything that needs to be changed, but will not make the changes for
you. I will write comments such as “SP” for spelling errors, “conj” if your verb is conjugated incorrectly. I will
circle any capitalization or punctuation errors. Please write legibly.
Tuesday-We will be in the library, where I will hand back your papers. You will make any corrections,
so bring your book and notes to the library. After you have made your corrections, you will type your responses
(font size of 24 pt) in a Google document. DO NOT TYPE QUESTION LETTERS.
Accent marks count, so please see the reverse side of this sheet for how to use “alt codes” to type them.
If you finish your typing in class, you may print out the document in the library. You will then take it home and
NEATLY cut out your sentences. If you do not finish typing in class, you must finish typing the document at
home, print it out at home, and cut out your sentences at home.
Wednesday- In class, you will be putting together the finished product. You will be making a paper doll
to represent your friend. Then, on a sheet of oaktag, you will glue your title, your doll, and your typed
responses. You may bring in anything you wish to add to the poster to make it creative and interesting that you
wish (stickers, etc.)
Your grade will be based on the use of class time (10 pts), the attractiveness of your poster (10 pts), your
required elements (10 pts), and your grammar/spelling (20 pts). Please see the rubric on the reverse side of this
sheet.
CATEGORY
Use of Class
Time
10
8
5
Used time well
during each class
period. Focused
on getting the
project done.
Never distracted,
or was distracted
by, others.
Used time well
during each
class period.
Usually focused
on getting the
project done and
never distracted
others.
Used some of the Did not use class time to focus
time well during on the project OR often
each class
distracted others.
period. There
was some focus
on getting the
project done but
occasionally
distracted others.
Attractiveness/ The poster is
exceptionally
Creativity
Required
Elements
CATEGORY
Grammar
1
The poster is
attractive in
attractive in terms terms of design,
of design, layout, layout and
and neatness.
neatness.
Very creative.
Somewhat
creative.
The poster is
The poster is distractingly messy
acceptably
or very poorly designed. It is not
attractive though attractive or creative.
it may be a bit
messy.
The poster
includes all
required
elements.
All but 1 of the
required
elements are
included on the
poster.
All but 2 of the
required
elements are
included.
20
17
15
There are no
grammatical,
spelling, or
punctuation
mistakes on the
poster.
There is 1
grammatical,
spelling, or
punctuation
mistake on the
poster.
There are 2
grammatical,
spelling,
punctuation
mistakes on the
poster.
More than 2 required elements
were missing.
Minus -2 from 15 for every
additional
grammatical/spelling/punctuation
mistake.
Spanish “alt” codes.
Hold the “alt” key while typing (on the right-side keypad), the following codes:
Capitals
Lowercase
Punctuation
Á ALT+0193
á
ALT+0225
¿
ALT+0191
É ALT+0201
é
ALT+0233
¡
ALT+0161
Í
ALT+0205
í
ALT+0237
Ó ALT+0211
ó
ALT+0243
Ú ALT+0218
ú
ALT+0250
Ñ ALT+0209
ñ
ALT+0241
Ü ALT+0220
ü
ALT+0252