Reporting Live - Germantown Academy

You will work with a partner. You will be assigned a weather condition from which to develp your forecast. The conditions include:
1. una tormenta de nieve
2. una ola de calor
3. un frente frío
4. un(os) día(s) de lluvia
5. un día de tiempo perfecto
6. una tormenta tropical
7. un huracán
8. un tornado
9. una tormenta eléctrica
You and your partner will determine from which city or town the forecast will originate.
You will develop your script. At the very least it should include the current weather, the weather for later in the day or the evening and the weather for tomorrow or the next few days, what clothing would be approriate to wear for the conditions, activities that might be good for a particular condition, some advice (use sunblock, drive carefully, leave early, stay inside, wear warm clothing, etc.)
Have your teacher check your script. Practice reading it aloud for pronunciation practice and troubleshooting.
Decide who will be responsible for the map, chart and/or other pictures, and props.
Memorize your parts.
Give your presentation in class.

Some good internet weather sources for charts and satellite maps are:

You can also use clip art, internet graphics and photos, etc. from http://www.arttoday.com

Day 1 : Organize. Select your place, brainstorm, start writing your script. Research your area, advice for the conditions, etc.

Day 2: Finish writing your script. Ask your teacher to check it. Word process your script for homework.

Day 3: Practice reading the script aloud. Begin work on map, charts, visuals etc. Memorize part for homework.

Day 4: Finish visuals. Assign responsibility for props. Make up a vocabualry list (if necessary) and 3 questions for your viewing audience. Study your part again for homework.

Day 5: Rehearse your part in class, working with the “stage set” that you intend to use. Finish and submit your 3 questions. They should be word-processed.

Day 6: ¿Qué tiempo hace? presentations in class

el/los aguacero/s	strong rain, showers, downpour
la avalancha	avalanche
el chubasco	a very strong rain
el frente frío	cold front
la granizada	hailstorm
la ola de calor	warm front
el relámpago	lightening
el trueno	thunder
el termómetro	thermometer
boletín meteorológico	weather report
pronóstico meteorólogico	weather forecast
meteorológo	weatherman
corresponsal, reportero	correspondent, reporter
locutor	announcer
la oficina del tiempo	weather bureau
reportando en vivo	reporting live

	Puntos
Guión: uso del vocabulario gramática ortografía acentos	20
Presentación oral: comprensibilidad pronunciación entonación expresión fluidez preparación duración	65
Medios visuales: carta mapa foto(s) Accesorios:	15

By having completed this project, students will have studied expanded vocabulary on weather, presented an oral weather report, prepared questions related to that report, and created charts and maps based on their internet research.

This project was designed by Debbie Mersky, Spanish teacher, at Germantown Academy Middle School. Some ideas were frunished by Eva Carr, science teacher at Germantown Academy. Web page design and technical assistance furnished by Carol Siwinski, Curricular Technology Specialist.

November, 2002

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