Extra Credit is due the Friday BEFORE the end of each marking period. NO Exceptions!
You may choose one project for each marking period for 3% if it is done well and correctly; however, you may not do any project more than once.
Create a travel itinerary of a Spanish speaking country. This should include the cost of traveling and what you will see every day. This should be a brochure with pictures.
Spanish I Only - Color a calavera for the Day of the Dead. http://www.supercoloring.com/coloring-pages/calavera-sugar-skull
Make a piñata for the classroom.
Make an authentic Mexican/Spanish dish to share with the class. Be sure to turn in the recipe.
Write a two page paper on a Spanish Poet, artist or singer (not Selena). Make sure to include a bibliography page with at least three sources. No Plagiarism.
Create a poster for the classroom with a vocabulary group (places, food holiday, verbs...)
Pick a Spanish speaking country and create a Power Point about it to present to the class. It should include currency, capital, exports, major cities and things to see. It should be at least 15 slides long with pictures.
Create a board or card game for the class to do in Spanish.
Write a letter in Spanish to a pen-pal in a Spanish speaking country. This should be over a page typed.
Create an online comic with one of your skits.
Create a story board of Pobre Ana. https://www.storyboardthat.com/storyboard-creator
Memorize the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish with correct pronunciation.
Create a collage poster about Spanish culture and present it to the class. On the back of the poster should be a paragraph in Spanish explaining the pictures to the front of the poster and what they represent.
Recite a Spanish poem or song in front of the class. Pronunciation will count.
Create a menu for a Spanish restaurant in a brochure with pictures.
Make a Picado banner for the classroom.
Create a poster with map of your dream town. Make sure to name the buildings and then write a Spanish paragraph describing the location of each building and object. Make sure to color and label correctly.
Paint a ceiling tile like a calavera or a Spanish flag. I need to approve the design first.
Create a list of chapter vocabulary on www.studystack.com. You must create your own login and give me the information. See me first.
Create a Jeopardy Game with the chapter vocabulary on www.jeopardylabs.com. You must create your own login and give me the information. See me first.
Interview someone who has immigrated to the U.S. from another country. You can interview a person in your family, a friend, your roommate, a co-worker, etc.
Learn about the challenges that he/she faces: new language, customs, fitting in to the educational system, discrimination, etc.
Learn about his/her process of acculturation: what he/she has maintained from the country of origin and what has been adopted from this culture.
Ask the interviewee in what ways he/she could have been better supported for this transition by the family, school and community.
Finally, based on the ideas that your interviewee suggested for better support of immigrants, the suggestions included in the textbook about creating supportive environments and your own experiences in classrooms, what are your recommendations for achievable strategies to support the acculturation of immigrants?
Turn in a hard copy of the questions and answers.