Español III
Nombre:________________________________
Proyecto #1: Carta a un estudiante en Argentina
Letter
As we have been talking about GMC Connect in school, you will write a letter to a student in Argentina. In your
letter you should describe yourself and your family and friends. Tell what you and others do. Mention the likes
and dislikes of you and others. Be sure to ask questions of the person that you are writing to!
Specific Grammar points to include in your letter. Your letter should contain at least 5 examples of each of the
following elements:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Ser vs Estar (3 of each)
Regular verbs
Irregular verbs/Stem changing verbs (3 of each)
Present progressive tense (gerunds)
Gustar/aburrir/encantar etc.
Your letter must be TYPED and PRINTED
Your rough draft is due by the end
of class on
Wed/Thurs, Sept. 24/25
Your typed letter will be due on
Mon/Tues, Sept. 29/ 30
Your letter will be graded as a major written grade. You will also present your letter to the class as a major
speaking grade.
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Presentation Grade
You will be required to create a PowerPoint with only pictures to tell what your letter is about.
You do not need to memorize your letter, but you need to be able to summarize and communicate your
thoughts in at least 15 complete sentences. (You do not need to give all five sentences for each of the five
requirements. Please make sure that all five elements are still included in your presentation.)
Your Presentation will be due
on Mon/Tues, Oct 6/7
Written Project Rubric
Category
General Grammatical
Accuracy
Correct use of
Ser/Estar
Correct use of regular
verbs
4
Word order is
correct and
sentences make
sense. There are no
spelling errors.
All uses of Ser and
Estar are correct.
There are 3
examples of each.
3
Most sentences
make sense.
2
There are more than
a few errors in word
order and sentence
structure.
1
There is a significant
amount of errors in
word order and
sentence structure.
Most uses of
Ser/Estar are correct
/1 example is
missing
There is a significant
amount of errors /
more than 3
examples are
missing.
All uses of regular
verbs are correct.
There are no
spelling errors.
Most uses of regular
verbs are correct /1
example is missing
There are several
problems with the
uses of Ser/Estar
/more than 2
examples are
missing.
There are several
problems with the
uses regular verbs
/more than 2
examples are
missing
There are several
problems with the
irregular and stemchanging verbs
/more than 2
examples are
missing.
There are several
problems with the
Present Progressive
/more than 2
examples are
missing.
There are several
problems with the
use of Gustar/
Encantar/ Aburrir,
etc. /more than 2
examples are
missing.
Variety of subjects is
less than average
Correct use of
Irregular and Stemchanging verbs
All uses of irregular
and stem-changing
verbs are correct.
There are no
spelling errors
There are 3
examples of each.
Correct use of Present All uses of Present
progressive tense
Progressive are
correct. There are
no spelling errors.
Most uses of
irregular and stemchanging verbs are
correct
/1 example is
missing.
Correct use of Gustar,
Encantar / Aburrir,
etc.
All uses of Gustar/
Encantar/ Aburrir,
etc. are correct.
There are no
spelling errors.
Most uses of
Gustar/ Encantar/
Aburrir, etc. are
correct /1 example
is missing
Variety of subjects
Variety of subjects
ae present
Variety of subjects is
average
Most uses of
Present Progressive
are correct /1
example is missing
_____ =
28
There is a significant
amount of errors /
more than 3
examples are
missing
There is a significant
amount of errors /
more than 3
examples are
missing.
There is a significant
amount of errors /
more than 3
examples are
missing
There is a significant
amount of errors
with the use of
Gustar/ Encantar/
Aburrir, etc. / more
than 3 examples are
missing.
There is not a
variety of subjects
present
Oral Presentation Grade
Category
Overall Presentation
Language use
4
Very easy to
understand, very
expressive, wellpracticed, and
excellent accent.
Presentation is
completely in
Spanish, absolutely
no English.
Pronunciation
Pronunciation is
excellent and CLEAR;
no errors
Fluidity
Little to no
hesitation with
presentation. Fluid
speech.
Presentation is
completely accurate
and makes sense.
All requirements are
present.
Accuracy
Requirements
3
2
Sufficiently easy to
understand,
sufficiently
expressive and
practiced.
Presentation is
mostly in Spanish,
but there may be a
few times that
English was used (12)
Pronunciation is
mostly good,
although there may
be a few errors.
Sometimes it is
difficult to
understand, there is
lack of expression or
practice.
English is used
several times
throughout the
presentation. (3-5)
Very difficult to
understand. Lack of
preparation and
expression.
Pronunciation is
average.
Some hesitation.
Presentation is
mostly fluid.
Average amount of
hesitation and
fluidity.
There are many
words that were
mispronounced
during the
presentation.
Much hesitation.
Presentation is not
fluid.
Presentation is
mostly accurate with
some errors.
1 requirement is
missing.
Average amount of
accuracy.
2-3 requirements are
missing.
_____ =
24
Comments:
1
English is used more
than 5 times during
the presentation.
Many errors in
presentation, hard to
understand.
More than 3
requirements are
missing.