Fourth Grade reminders

The fourth grade students should be working on their Hispanic Heritage project. By Wednesday October 13, the students must give in the written part of the project. This part of the project is worth 75 points. The information required is the following; ( The students were told this information in class)

a. An introduction of the person.
- Name
-Place of birth
-Information on their childhood

b. What did they accomplish?
-What are they known for.
- What problems did they encounter on their way to be known. Example: Someone doubted them, they didn't have support from anyone.
-Any other accomplishments that they completed besides what they are known for. Example: charity work.

c. Currently
-Is this person still alive? if they are what are they doing now? if deceased, how did they pass away?

Break down of 100 points
5 points: Your choice of person. Students were suppose to give this in to me.
75 points: Written part of the project. ( see above for details).
20 points: Presentation. ( see below for details).



Presentations.

-Students have three options for presenting their project.
1. Speech about the person. The students will give the audience the most important information about the person. This will be talking in the third person. Example; John is known for his accomplishment. The students are required to have index cards/note cards to give speech.


2. Same as above , except that the students will be talking in the first person.So they will be pretending to be the person. Example: I am John and I was born on July 4, 1920.

3. Visual presentation: The students would use a poster board (nothing fancy). Poster board can be obtained from the 99 cent store or any pharmacy or staples. The poster board must include the persons name on the top as the tittle. There should be pictures of the person at different periods in their life. ( Pictures could be black and white or color). The pictures would be labeled with what is going on in the image. Student is to show and talk about the pictures while giving the audience basic , important information about the person.


The presentations are due on October 15, students will a class time to work on their presentation on October 14.