Once you have your information about the person you learned about, your next step is to write a rough draft of your Spanish description! (We used some examples in class, and you have a "cheat sheet" in your packet.

Remember that we will be including this information:

• Name

• Birthday
• Date of death (or current age)
• Birthplace
  
• Occupation
• Interests
  

To wrap up our year, we are spending our final weeks working on individual Spanish projects. You will be choosing what language skill you want to focus on, and (with my help) finding a project that will help you learn something new. 

You can find a folder of information here, including:

• Our project schedule

• The planning survey that you filled out to prepare for this project
• Sample project goals (including examples from some of your projects!)
• Sample project templates
• A copy of our contract (You have your own template in your email or your Drive, with your name in the title. For example: NAME, NAME - Proyecto Final: Contrato)
• Our project rubric (We will fill this out and edit it together)
  

Please be sure to reach out and ask me for help when you need it during this project - especially when it comes to finding a project goal that is just right for you, your interests, and your language level!

Here is an outline of how this will work:

You should have already chosen someone to research. If not, go do that now!

You can take notes in your project packet, or online. (Make a copy of the notes template below.) You should be finding out:

• Full Name (Check spelling!)
• Birthday (Date of birth)
• Date of death -or- current age
• Birthplace
• Occupation
• Interests and activities
• Other facts you think are important
  

Don’t forget to write down your sources! Use reliable sources to learn about the person you have chosen. Make sure you keep track of where you find your information. Plagiarism is serious! Create a Works Cited page using the space in your notes or on a separate sheet of paper.  Please use MLA format and be especially careful to keep track where you found information online.


Example: Author. Title. Website title. Date published. Web. Date you accessed it. ‹http:// URL HERE›.


Here are some research tools:

You will be choosing a person from a Spanish-speaking culture to research, as our last project of the year.

Who will you choose?

• Click the links in this picture to learn more about the people from the Chicano Park mural! (Click here to see it bigger.)
  

• Alphabetic List of Famous Hispanic figures
  http://coloquio.com/famosos/alpha.html
• Famous Hispanic People (by Category)
  http://hispanic-culture-online.com/famous-hispanic-people.html
• Scholastic: Latinos in History (by historical period)
  http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hispanic/history.htm
• 10 Influential Hispanic Americans (slideshow)
  http://www.timeforkids.com/photos-video/slideshow/meet-10-influential-hispanic-americans/171156