PROYECTO:
Mi casa ideal
Student Instructions
Overview: Tú eres un arquitecto. Quieres construir tu casa ideal. No hay problema con dinero; eres rico. (Imagine
that) you are an architect, and you want to build your ideal house. Money is not a problem; you are rich. Using the
vocabulary and phrases dealing with our neighborhoods, houses, and chores. You will design your ideal house.
You will create a house with at least 7 rooms
20 objects or pieces of furniture in TOTAL
20 sentences about the house (10 sentences in each paragraph)
Task:
1. Create a “blueprint” for your house: Label the rooms with the correct Spanish names. Your “blueprint” for your
house can be done on construction paper, Power point or video and must meet the following criteria:
Your house must have at least 7 rooms.
Each room of the house must be labeled in Spanish (i.e. “el dormitorio”, “el baño”)
Each room must be “decorated” with furniture and objects that you would typically find in that room and label.
Your decorations, furniture, and objects can be cut out from magazines, newspaper ads AND/OR printed images
from the computer (i.e. ClipArt, Google images, etc.) or hand drawn.
You must have 20 objects/pieces of furniture TOTAL throughout the rooms. NOT 20 in each room, but 20 items all
together, spread out through each room. Each object or piece of furniture must be labeled in Spanish.
2. Write a House Description: You will write two paragraphs describing your ideal house. You are to use proper
Spanish spelling and grammar. Title your description Mi casa ideal. Here is what you need to do for this portion:
a. First Paragraph- (a minimum of 10 sentences) describing your house in general. You will describe the size of
your house, the colors of the rooms, how many of each room, where each room is located, etc. Write ten sentences
about your ideal house:
1) location of your house (estar), 2) how many rooms it has (tener), 3) how many stories it has (tener), 4) a
description of your house with at least three adjectives (ser), 5) your favorite room and why (ser), 6) who lives
in your ideal house (vivir), 7) activities in room one, 8) description of room two, 9) activities in room three, 10)
description of room four. In this paragraph you also need to mention at least 4 chores that are typically
associated with some of the rooms of the house. (i.e. En la cocina, hay que lavar los platos.)
b. Write a second paragraph (a minimum of 10 sentences) describing your favorite room of the house. Be sure to
mention why it is your favorite room, and you should include some of your favorite activities that you can do in that
room. (i.e. La sala familiar es mi cuarto favorito porque es el cuarto donde todos vemos peliculas. What furniture is
in the room. Don’t forget that wonderful verb: hay (–there is/there are) when giving a list of things in the room.
Don’t forget to use un/una for a/an. Use ser for descriptions & estar for locations
3. La presentación: After your create your blueprint of your ideal home and write your House description you will
present to the class using the visual you created.
You are expected to know how to describe your house and the items in it and will be permitted only to bring your
visual representation with you to present & an index card
You can only use an index card with a 2 -hint words for each thing you will talk about.
Mi casa ideal tiene…
Student Learning Assessment: Students will be assessed on their written , visual, speaking and presentational skills.
Note: A detailed Rubric has been provided for this project
PROYECTO:
Mi casa ideal
Rubrica
Me llamo: __________________________
CATEGORY
10pts
Exemplary
8pts
Proficient
Bloque _________________
6 pts.
Needs
improvement
5 pts.
Unsatisfactory
Rooms labeled in
Spanish
7 or more rooms labeled in
Spanish with articles
5-6 rooms labeled or 7
without articles (el/la)
2-4 rooms labeled in
Spanish
1-2 rooms labeled in
Spanish
Furniture/objects
labeled in Spanish
20 or more furniture items
labeled with articles (el/la) in
Spanish
20 or more items labeled
without articles or some
not labeled with articles
10-15 items labeled
in Spanish
0-10 items labeled in
Spanish
Complete sentence
descriptions in each
paragraph
Following directions
20 complete sentences in
Spanish
16-19 complete sentences
in Spanish
13-15 complete
sentences in Spanish
Less than 15 complete
sentences in Spanish
all required elements,
Visual, Descriptive Writing,
Presentation
Project has tidy overall
appearance. ALL text is typed
or writing is very neat. Visual
is neat, well organized and
colorful. All pictures in color.
Clearly labeled
lacks 1 required elements
lacks 2 required
elements
Lacks + 2 elements or
elements are incomplete
Project is tidy overall.
Pictures are all in color.
Paragraphs are typed or
neatly written. Poster,
Power point or video are
somewhat neat.
Project lacks color on
most pictures. Paragraphs
are handwritten messy.
Visual is messy.
Attractiveness
Spelling
0 spelling/accent errors
1-3 spelling
/accent errors.
Project is
satisfactory, but not
tidy. May either lack
some typing or neat
writing or some color
pictures. Visual is
somewhat messy.
3-5 spelling
/accent errors
Grammar
0-1 error
2-3 errors
4-5 errors
PresentationLanguage Control
and Volume
Control of basic language
structures. with occasional use
of advanced
language structures. Interesting,
well-rehearsed with smooth
and clear delivery that holds
audience attention. Uses direct
eye contact when talking to
others.
You could be heard clearly
throughout.
Emerging control of basic
language structures.
Relatively interesting,
rehearsed with a fairly
smooth delivery that
usually holds audience
attention. Uses direct eye
contact, but still returns to
notes when talking to
others.
There were times when it
was hard to hear you.
Emerging use of
basic language
structures Delivery
not smooth, but able
to hold audience
attention most of the
time. Uses minimal
eye contact, while
reading mostly from
notes.
Uses English
PresentationSpeech continuous with few to Some hesitation but manages
Fluency and Clarity no pauses or stumbling.. You
to continue and complete
could be understood throughout. thoughts. You could be
understood for most of the
presentation.
PresentationEnhances communication..
Does not interfere with
Accent
You used your best Spanish
communication You used
Pronunciation
pronunciation and put forth
your best Spanish
effort on new or unfamiliar
pronunciation, but did not
words.
give effort on new or
unfamiliar words.
Speech choppy and/or
slow with frequent
pauses; few or no
complete thoughts.
More than 5 spelling
/accent errors. Effort
lacking.
More than 5errors
Inadequate and/or
inaccurate use of basic
language structures.
Delivery not smooth and
audience attention lost.
No eye contact with
audience. Uses English
on more than one
occasion.
You could not be heard
for most of the
presentation
Speech halting and uneven
with long pauses and/or
incomplete thoughts. You
could not be understood for
most of the presentation.
Occasionally
You did not use your best
interferes with
pronunciation or did not
communication. You
try new or unfamiliar
need to practice more words
ahead of time to work
on your
pronunciation