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International Travel Project

Students will plan a vacation to a Spanish-speaking country and will make round trip travel arrangements to and from their assigned country. Students will conduct research in order to be able to present about their assigned country’s resources, culture, government, religion, geography, political atmosphere, social events, recreational pastimes, history, economics, etc. Students will then synthesize the information their country and will creatively display the information gathered.

Rubric Code: SX94A76

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Subject: Foreign Languages

Type: Project

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Vamos de Vacaciones
	Excelente [9-10 puntos] Excellent work is defined as following all of the criterion and doing the best work you can do. 10 pts	Bueno [7-8 puntos] Good work is defined as following most of the directions and doing the best you can do. 8 pts	Aceptable [5-6 puntos] Fair work is defined as making an effort, but not really doing your best work. You are capable of doing much better. 6 pts	Deficiente [1-4 puntos] Poor work is defined as doing minimal work and no real effort was put forth. 4 pts	Inaceptable [0 puntos] Unacceptable work is defined as not completing the requirements and putting forth no effort. 0 pts
Prepare for Travel Research and gather information about a Spanish-speaking country you will organize, plan, and “travel to” for vacation {dates, times, names of airports, airline, flight numbers, and items to bring}	Excelente [9-10 puntos] Made detailed travel arrangements according to directions: included travel dates, times, name of airports, airline, flight numbers, and items to bring	Bueno [7-8 puntos] Made travel arrangements according to directions but left out some of the detailed travel information	Aceptable [5-6 puntos] Made travel arrangements but left out many details travel information	Deficiente [1-4 puntos] Made an attempt to make travel arrangements but did not follow directions.	Inaceptable [0 puntos] Did not make travel arrangements.
Travel Includes all required information as listed on the assignment description {where you will go, how you will get there, where you will stay, what activities you will do/attractions you will see, what you will eat, how you will travel around once you are there, what the weather will be like, what you need to pack, and how much it will all cost.	Excelente [9-10 puntos] Included all required information: at least 3 tourist attractions, 3 things to do while you are there, 3 local dishes, a map of your country, the capital, how long you plan to stay, and how much everything costs	Bueno [7-8 puntos] Included most of the required information, but some is missing	Aceptable [5-6 puntos] Included some required information	Deficiente [1-4 puntos] Included very little required information	Inaceptable [0 puntos] Did not provide information about the country/vacation.
Money estimate of travel costs in local currency and US dollars (budgeted for hotels, food, entrance fees, plane tickets, souvenirs, etc.)	Excelente [9-10 puntos] Made a realistic estimate of total cost of trip and included all prices in local currency and US dollars	Bueno [7-8 puntos] Made a realistic estimate of parts of the cost of trip and/or included some prices in local currency and US dollars	Aceptable [5-6 puntos] Made a non-realistic estimate on trip cost and/or did not include prices in local currency and US dollars	Deficiente [1-4 puntos] Made a guess at the total cost of trip but did not include details for all the criteria	Inaceptable [0 puntos] Did not estimate travel costs
Research/Works Cited information gathered from sources cited and Works Cited page made	Excelente [9-10 puntos] XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX N/A XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX	Bueno [7-8 puntos] Cited all the information gathered on a Works Cited page	Aceptable [5-6 puntos] Some of the information gathered was cited on a Works Cited page	Deficiente [1-4 puntos] Little of the information gathered was cited on a Works Cited page	Inaceptable [0 puntos] None of the information gathered was cited on a Works Cited page
Grammar Students will construct sentences in Spanish using proper grammar, conjugations, word choice, and spelling.	Excelente [9-10 puntos] Student used proper grammar, conjugations, word choice, and spelling	Bueno [7-8 puntos] Student used mostly proper grammar, conjugations, word choice, and spelling	Aceptable [5-6 puntos] Student used some proper grammar, conjugations, word choice, and spelling	Deficiente [1-4 puntos] Student used inaccurate/improper grammar, conjugations, word choice, and spelling	Inaceptable [0 puntos] Students' grammar, conjugations, word choice, and spelling were unintelligible and caused confusion
Speech and Pronunciation During the presentation, pronunciation, accuracy, naturalness of speech, and inflection will be important.	Excelente [9-10 puntos] Student was comprehensible, natural, spoke clearly, and aimed at a native-like accent	Bueno [7-8 puntos] Comprehensible, mostly natural, spoke and was understood with little difficulty, and aimed a native-like accent	Aceptable [5-6 puntos] Mostly comprehensible, slow and stumbling speech, occasional mispronunciations	Deficiente [1-4 puntos] Halting and unnatural speech, mispronunciations led to misunderstanding	Inaceptable [0 puntos] Incomprehensible, no effort at natural speech or accurate Spanish pronunciation
Visual aid the visual aid was neat, organized, and creative	Excelente [9-10 puntos] The visual aid is creative, organized, and neatly finished. The visual aid enhanced the meaning of the presentation	Bueno [7-8 puntos] The visual aid is mostly creative, organized, and neatly finished. The visual aid enhanced the meaning of the presentation	Aceptable [5-6 puntos] Parts of the visual aid are creative, organized, and neatly finished. The visual aid somewhat enhanced the meaning of the presentation	Deficiente [1-4 puntos] The visual aid lacks creativity, organization, and neatness. The visual aid does not enhance the meaning of the presentation	Inaceptable [0 puntos] Student did not provide a visual aid
Participation/Passport participation in classmates' presentations by filling out his/her passport	Excelente [9-10 puntos] Student participated in all of the classmates' presentations and completely filled out his/her passport	Bueno [7-8 puntos] Student participated in most of the classmates' presentations and filled out most of his/her passport	Aceptable [5-6 puntos] Student participated in some of the classmates' presentations and filled out some of his/her passport	Deficiente [1-4 puntos] Student participated in a few of the classmates' presentations and/or did not fill out his/her passport	Inaceptable [0 puntos] Student participated did not participate in any of the classmates' presentations and did not fill out his/her passport

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Spanish-speaking countries, travel project, vacation project, country project

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