Task

As your end of the year project, you are going to produce a PowerPoint presentation about some interesting aspect of your life--you as a student, as an athlete, as a poet, etc. This project will serve as the basis for your oral examination section of your final examination. Your project will include a minimum of five slides, including your title slide. Each slide will include a bulleted text of main point, to which you will refer during your oral presentation. Each slide will also include one or more photographs and/or suitable graphics. During the course of this project, you will learn how to organize and construct a PowerPoint presentation and how to scan photographs to be included on your slides. This project will also have a written and an oral component. You will have the opportunity to practice your writing skills, as you do your bulleted list and write you text for your oral presentation. You will also practice oral communication skills as you present your project, in Spanish, to your classmates.

Process

To accomplish this task you should do the following:

• Choose a topic.
• Access your GA server account. All your work will be saved to your personal folder.
• Adhere to the timeline furnished below. It is imperative for your success and to bring the project to a timely conclusion that you brainstorm and formulate you information for each slide at home.
• You will create a Power Point presentation with a minimum of six slides to help you present your topic to the class. Each slide may contain graphics as well as text. The text will be summary points written in the target language to help you support the ideas you are presenting to your classmates in the oral presentation. Remember these points are in outline form not paragraphs. All information must be in your own words!!!
• You will need to scanned in any photos that help to enhance your presentation. Remember to save all the scanned images to your server account and in the pict format.
• You will produce a well written and organized paper in the target language on your topic by . The information in your essay will be used by you at the time of your presentation to support your slide presentation.
• After you have completed your slides you will make you PowerPoint presentation to the class on May 24 -25. At the time of your presentation, you will distribute a handout of your presentation to the class. You will also submitted a copy to the teacher.
• This presentation will be used as your oral section of the final exam. 
• Your presentation will be assessed according to the attached rubric.

Project dates and deadlines

4/27/99 Outline of your project is due, sketched out on paper, with the actual text for your bulleted lists.
5/3/00 CALC room -- introduction to PowerPoint
5/8/00 CALC room -- introduction to scanning. Have at least one of your photographs with you.
5/16/00 CALC room -- scanning and completion of text. All photographs must be available.
5/17/00 CALC room -- Project completion.
5/18/00 Text for oral presentation is due. It must be word processed.
5/24/00 Oral presentations in class (this is your oral examination).
5/25/00 Oral presentations continue, if more time is needed.

N.B. The project outline (due 4/27) and the text for your oral presentation (due 5/18) will be graded and together will count as one test grade.

Conclusion

Through this project you will have the opportunity to practice your writing skills, as you do your bulleted list and write you text for your oral presentation. You will also practice oral communication skills as you present your project, in Spanish, to your classmates.

This project was developed by Maryanne Boettjer with technical support furnished by Carol Siwinski, Curricular Technology Specialist for the Spanish students of Germantown Academy. Your comments are welcome.

April, 2000