The Surprise Party

(1st phase)
The objective of the project is making a dialogue about “a surprise party”.
This project is divided in three phases.

Term Phase Topic Dates

First Term First Phase Organization September 10th - September 16th
Second Term Second Phase Script October 15th - October 21st
Third Term Third Phase Video November 19th - November 25th

In this First Phase (Organization) you have to follow these steps:

Step 1: Make a group of 3 members, in the link “Creating My Group”, select one
group by clicking on the group, then click on the button “Save my option” to finish
the process.

Step 2: Participate in the forum “Getting to know you”, in this forum all the
members of the group have to answer the following personal information in English.

1. What’s your name?

2. How old are you?
3. Where are you from?
4. Where do you live?
5. Who do you live with?
6. What do you study?
7. What do you do in your free time?
8. What are you planning to do after you graduate?

Step 3: Use the forum as a means of interaction during all the project in English or
Spanish leaving evidences of communication.

Step 4: Make a video as a group in which you introduce one of your partner by using
the questions you answered in the forum “Getting to know you”. It’s important that
everybody appears in the video.

Step 5: Send the file “Our video” in the link “Send my activity (Phase 1)”, only the
group leader sends the file.
 EVALUATION CRITERIA

This activity will be evaluated through the criteria showed in the following rubric. The lowest score to approve the
activity is 60 points and the highest 100 points.

0 points 10 points 15 points 20points

The group does not The video submitted The video submitted The video submitted
submit the final has some problems has a good editing has an excellent
Audiovisual
product. of editing and/or but some students editing and all
tool
some students don’t don’t appear on it. students appear on
appear on it. it.
The group does not In the forum, the In the forum, the In the forum, the
submit the final information is not information is information is
product. understandable; understandable, but understandable with
there are many the group needs to a correct use of
Language Use mistakes in improve grammar grammar and
grammar and and vocabulary vocabulary
vocabulary answering getting to answering getting to
answering getting to know questions. know questions.
know questions.
The group does not Members don’t use Most of members of All members of the
submit the final the forum and don’t the group use the group use the forum
product. leave evidences of forum and leave and leave evidences
Interaction
communication some evidences of of communication
between them. communication between them.
between them.
The group does not In the group many In the group some Group is fluent,
submit the final words were words were pronounces all words
product. pronounced pronounced correctly and they
Oral skills incorrectly or/and incorrectly or/and prepare the speech.
they don’t prepare some of the
the speech. members don’t
prepare the speech.
The group does not The group doesn’t The group has a The group has a
Team Group submit the final have a positive positive participation positive and effective
Skills product. participation in the but it isn’t effective in participation through
activity. the whole activity. the whole activity.