LISTO PARA APRENDER: Projects and Skits

Un restaurante en España

Pre-skit preparation:
1. Discuss the food you will prepare for your skit. Each member will be responsible for making a Spanish dish to bring in. Be aware that some members of your group have extra-curricular activities, no cooking ability at all, a fear of leafy green vegetables, etc. Make sure you don't just assign them something to bring. You all need to agree (and give a full commitment) to whatever your group chooses to do.
  
  **Please Note: You will not be allowed to call home the day of the skit if you forgot something!
2. Let's practice a bit more with additional restaurant vocabulary. Use the attached list of restaurant vocabulary as well as your 2B U1 vocabulary and previously learned vocabulary.
1. Look at the attached rubric so you will see what you will need to get full credit for this project.

Skit preparation:

Your group needs to create a skit based in a Spanish restaurant, which fulfills the following criteria:

a) dialogue must be in Spanish (focus on appropriate usage
of vocabulary and verbs in context)
b) skit should last 3-4 minutes, without time gaps
c) each group member must speak at least 4 lines
d) one of the following themes must be selected and
developed (or you may come up with your own creative idea, and see me for approval):

* A cook in your restaurant makes the best food in
town. All the customers want to meet him.
However, he isn't the friendliest person on staff.
What happens when he gets a surprise visit from a
special guest?
* Your waiter is very friendly but he confuses your
order with the person sitting in the next table.
You would switch plates but the other customer is
already biting into your food and loving it? What
will you do?

* You and your friends decide to go out for a
Friday night meal. The problem is that everybody
wants to eat something different. Where will you
go? How will you compromise?

3) Skit rehearsal. Now the skit is written. What's next? You
have to practice the skit! Don't just
"wing it" on the day of the performance. Think of what
visuals you might need for your performance, like menus, waiter costume,etc.
Make sure that all team members have a
copy of the skit with which to rehearse. Rehearse to get a
feel of the flow of the performance, practicing reactions,
facial expressions and body movements that are
appropriate to the situation.

4) Skit performance. Your group needs to provide visuals,
including menu copies for all cast members. And don't
leave your enthusiasm at the door! All acting hams are
welcome! One note for audience members: be quiet and
respectful during the performance. Encourage each other;
no negative criticism, please. I look forward to the performance!

4) Grand Finale. After the skits are performed each day, you will be able to pass out a sample of the food you prepared to your classmates (and teacher!) Remember to bring plates, eating utensils, serving spoons, etc. for your dish.

La Rúbrica

This project will be graded individually on a scale of 1-5

based on completion and accuracy.

See the skit rubric below to see what factors will be evaluated:

	Beginning 2	Developing 3	Accomplished 4	Exemplary 5	Score
Language Usage	Skit conducted in English or mostly in English or in Spanish, but filled with numerous grammatical errors	Spanish mixed with considerable amount of English; considerable grammatical errors	Spanish used throughout most of skit, with some exceptions; some grammatical errors	Spanish used consistently throughout skit; few grammatical errors
Length of Performance	Skit lasts under 1 minute, with no major gaps or 1-2 minutes with some gaps	Skit lasts 1-2 minutes, with no major gaps or 2-3 minutes with some gaps	Skit lasts 2-3 minutes, with no major gaps or 3-4 minutes with some gaps	Skit lasts 3-5 minutes, with no major gaps
At Least 5 lines per person/ pronunciation/ inflection	Most of skit centers around 1 member, with others having less than 5 lines, poor pronunciation and inflection	2 group members had less than 5 lines, fair pronunciation and inflection	At least 1 group member had less than 5 lines, good pronunciation and inflection	At least 5 lines per person, excellent pronunciation and inflection
	Beginning 2	Developing 3	Accomplished 4	Exemplary 5	Score
Theme Development	One of given skit themes was not developed or was poorly developed	One of the given themes was minimally developed	One of the given skit themes was developed well, but with some confusion	One of the given skit themes was developed very well
Appropriate Facial Expressions/ Body Movements	Little to no usage of facial expressions/ body movements	Inconsistent usage of facial expressions/ body movement	Generally appropriate usage of facial expressions/ body movements	Excellent usage of facial expressions/ body movements
Evidence of rehearsal	No evidence of rehearsal, uninspired performance	Some evidence of rehearsal, but considerable problems with its flow	Skit fairly well-rehearsed, but some problems with flow	Skit obviously well-rehearsed with good flow of speech, events
Usage of Visuals	No props	Few props, poorly used	Good props, fairly well used	Excellent props, well used
Copy of Skit	Sloppy copy of skit/ No copy of skit	Typed copy of skit turned in, but not well-organized	Untyped copy of skit turned in, clear and well organized	Typed copy of skit turned in, clear and well organized

____________/40 puntos (The grade is counted as a test grade.)

Más Vocabulario

la bebida
beverage

bien cocido
well-done

la mesa
table

menú del día
set menu

picante
spicy

el pimentero
pepper shaker

poco cocido
rare

el postre
dessert

la sal
salt

el salero
salt shaker

la tarjeta de crédito
credit card

el plato combinado

combination plate (eg. Seafood sampler)

Sabe a…

It tastes like…

Una ración de…

A serving of…

El plato principal

Main course

El plato adicional

Side dish

salado/a

salty