Submitted by Cristobal Alvarez
Time Frame:
5-6 sessions of 50 minutes.
Materials Needed:
- Worsheet #1:Comparacion entre las celebraciones de Estados Unidos y la celebración del año nuevo Chino. (See handouts)
- Worksheet# 2: (El Horóscopo Chino). (See handouts)
- Worksheet #3 (La Danza del León). (See handouts)
- Rubric to assess the Power Point presentations (See handouts)
- Computer lab for the whole classroom with Internet access
- List of websites for photos and pictures - Chinese New Year and American celebrations. (See handouts)
- Power Point program (or KidPix, etc.)
- Overhead projector
- Transparencies of the rubric and different samples of slides created by the teacher
Description of Task:
The students will do a presentation about one of the topics learned in the unit using the Power Point program. The students have already knowledge of using this program.
Steps:
1. The students in the class will be divided up in 3 groups(A,B, and C). The teacher will draw names to form the groups. Each group will have around 8 students. Each group will focus on one topic that they have learned in the unit. The topics are: American celebrations versus Chinese New Year celebration, the Lion Dance, and the Chinese Zodiac.
Group A will do the presentation about American tradition versus Chinese new Year celebration. Group B will do the presentation about the Chinese Zodiac, and group C will do the presentation about the Lion Dance.2. The students in each group will have the choice to work in pairs or by themselves.
3. Each pair of students or student will fill out a worksheet number depending on the topic that they are studying. The worksheet will help the student as an assistance to include the required information in their slides.
4. The teacher will provide a list of websites for the students to find appropriate photos for the slides of the power point.
5. The students will complete the number of slides for their presentation.
6. Prior to the students presentation, the teacher will show in a transparency the rubric to grade their slides. The teacher will show in transparencies different slides as a samples and the grade that each one of them would receive. The teacher and the classroom as a whole group will discuss this.
7. Each pair of student will present their slideshow.
References and Resources:
from the previous lessons
Attachments:
NOTE: some attachments are in PDF form (get Acrobat Reader)Comparación de las celebraciones del Estados Unidos y la celebración del año Chino
El Horóscopo Chino
La Danza del León
Lista de web sites de imágenes de celebraciones americanas
Lista de websites de imágenes de la celebración del año Chino
Unit assessment checklists