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Mardi Gras Project

Students will choose a celebration of Carnaval/Mardi Gras in a Francophone city. They will research either the history, the food culture, or the celebration surrounding the holiday in the area they chose. Students will create a presentation based on their topic and will present it to the class on the class day closest to Mardi Gras. Students are expected to create a 3-dimensional representation of some aspect of their research to accompany their presentation. These should be no larger than 1' cubed and should clearly represent the topic researched.

Rubric Code: L6C82W

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Subject: Foreign Languages

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Mardi Gras Project
	Excellent 20 pts	Good 15 pts	Fair 10 pts	Poor 5 pts
Class Participation	Excellent Student spends class time working towards the completion of his or her project. Student is engaged with the work and asks thoughtful questions about the work.	Good Student spends most class time working toward the completion of his or her project, but gets off track and chats with friends from time to time. Student frequently asks questions without thinking.	Fair Student does some work during class but spends most of the time off track and chatting with friends. Student doesn't acquire enough information to formulate educated questions on the topic.	Poor Student spends zero or almost zero time in class working on his or her project. Student is more distracting than he or she is productive.
Content	Excellent Student thoroughly researches his or her topic, acquires and synthesizes a large quantity of information and accurately reports on the chosen topic.	Good Student does some research on the topic and builds a vague working knowledge about the chosen topic. Not all information is accurate.	Fair Student begins to research the chosen topic and makes educated assumptions about the rest of the information. The student's educated assumptions are not necessarily accurate.	Poor Student does very little research on the topic and much of the information is inaccurate.
3D Object	Excellent Student creates an appropriate 3D visual accompaniment to his or her research. The object adheres to the approximately 1' cubed size limitation and the project is adequately detailed.	Good Student creates a 3D visual accompaniment to his or her project that seems to be related to the project. The object is not too much larger than the 1' cubed size limitation. Important details are lacking.	Fair Student creates a 3D visual accompaniment, but it is not clearly related to the project. Many important details are not included.	Poor Student creates a 2-dimensional sketch of what he or she would have done if he had found the time to build a 3D object. The project lacks details and doesn't necessarily relate to the assignment at all.
Presentation	Excellent Student gives a 3-5 minute clear, concise presentation on his or her topic. The presentation is supplemented by the 3D object AND some sort of 2D visual aid (powerpoint, handouts, poster, etc.)	Good Student gives a clear, concise presentation, but it is either too short (under 3 minutes) or too long (over 5 minutes). The presentation is supplemented by the 3D object.	Fair Student gives a presentation that does not fit within the time limit and that shows a lack of preparation and understanding of the topic. The presentation may or may not be supplemented with visual aid.	Poor The student rambles for a few minutes about what may or may not have been his or her topic. There may or may not be a visual aid, but the presentation is generally difficult to follow.
Paperwork	Excellent Student turns in a 350-400 word typed paper (in English) about the topic he or she chose. The paper covers all of the important information about the topic. Appropriate heading information and word count are included, and there are very few grammatical errors.	Good Student turns in a typed paper that is either too short or way too long about the topic he or she chose. The paper lacks some important details about the topic. Heading is not typed/not clear and word count is omitted AND/OR there are numerous grammatical mistakes.	Fair Student turns in a hand-written paper that has something to do with the topic he or she chose. Passages are copied off the internet or out of research sources, and it is not apparent that the student understood the information.	Poor Student turns in a short handwritten paper that has some information about the topic. The paper is disorganized, passages are copied out of sources, and there are many spelling and grammatical errors.

Keywords:

Mardi Gras New Orleans Nice Quebec Paris history food culture

Subjects:

Foreign Languages

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Project

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