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ProjectNewYear,NewClothes
Overview: LearningObjectives:

Youwillprepareforandperformafashionshow,actasfashioncritics andwriteashortdescriptionabouttheclothingyouseeintheshow.
TofurtherdevelopculturalknowledgeaboutChineseNewYear. Toreviewthetopicsrelatedtothetheme,includingcolorsandclothing. Topracticelistening,speakingandwritingskills. Todemonstratecreativityandteamworkinagroupproject.

Whatisrequiredfortheproject? 1. Preparenewclothes
1.)Workingroupsof34. 2.)Decidewhoisgoingtowearwhatwithinyourgroup.Decoratetheclothingasyoulike. YoumustapplyyourculturalknowledgeaboutChineseNewYearandincorporateitinto yourchoiceofclothing,includingstyle,color,patterns&motifs.

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3.)CollectallitemsofclothingandREHEARSE.

2. Presentnewclothes-Fashion

1) Eachpersonwilldraftadescriptionoftheoutfitforonegroupmember. 2) Eachgroupwillpresenttheirshowtotheclass.Theshowwillincludeanintroductionof eachmodelanddescriptionoftheclothesshe/heismodeling. 3) Afterviewingalltheshows,eachstudent,asfashion critics,willpickoneoutfitastheir favoriteandwriteashortparagraphtodescribeitandcommentonit.

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Howwillitbeevaluated?(seeRubricsbelow) 1. Oralpresentation-Fashion

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Developing 4

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Beginner 3

Accomplished 5
Thegroup followsthe instruction carefullyand meetallthe requirements. Workedontask duringtheentire project.Asked relevant questions. Neverdistracted others.

Project Completion [Use of class time]

Thegroupmeets someofthe requirements andneedsto followthe instructionmore carefully. Workedsomeof thetimeontask duringthe projectand askedrelevant questions. Occasionally distracted others. correctly pronounces mostwordswith fewerrorsin tones speechcouldbe morefluidas thereare distracting pauses noticeable grammatical errors,butthe studentisstill comprehensible demonstrated some enthusiasm Speechis mostlyclear. Outfitismostly withan acceptablelevel ofcreativity demonstrates somecultural knowledge

Thegroupmeets few requirements andmustpay moreattentionto theinstruction. Rarelyworked ontaskduring theentire project. Occasionally askedrelevant questions. Frequently distracted others. mispronounces manywords withmanyerrors intones speakshaltingly withconstant longpauses short/choppy speech distracting grammatical errorsdifficultto understand

Communication Pronunciation
(tones) Fluency

Accuracy

highlyaccurate pronunciation withcorrect tones givesafluid speechandany pausesdonot detractfromthe speech minimal/no grammatical errors selfcorrect errors

Presentation
enthusiasm speech clarity

demonstrated enthusiasm Speechisclear throughout.

little/no enthusiasm unclearspeech

Outfit Presentation

Completeoutfit withhighlevelof creativity demonstrates cultural knowledge

Incompleteoutfit withalackof creativity demonstrates little/nocultural knowledge

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 2. Writtendescription-Fashion

Critic

Usethefollowingsentencestructurestohelpyouwritethecomments:

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(2) (2) (2)

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__(describingwords)__

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__(describingwords)__

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eg.(1)

(2)

(goodlooking)

(ynwibecause).

Exemplary 4
Writingisabout thecontent, includesrequired detailstosupport theobjectiveand frequentlyuses currentlevel vocabularyor above

Proficient 3
Writingispartially aboutthecontent, includessome detailstosupport theobjectiveand usessome currentlevel vocabulary.

Developing 2
Writingis minimallyabout thecontent, includesonlya fewdetailsto supportthe objectiveanduses limited currentlevel vocabulary.

Beginner 1
Writingdigresses fromthecontent, includesfeworno detailstosupport theobjective. Vocabularyusage isbelowcurrent level.

Content/ Objective

Organization/ Coherency Grammar/ Structure

wellorganizedand organizedbutmay showsminimal maintainslogical notmaintain organization sequence logicalsequence throughout Sentencesareall completeand correctly structured. Chinese charactersareall correct.Neat handwriting. Sentencesare mostlycomplete andcorrectly structured. Chinese charactersare mostlycorrect. Marginallylegible handwriting. Sentenceshave numerous fragmentsand/or incorrectly structured. SomeChinese charactersare correct.Writingis notlegiblein places.

showsno organization

Sentencesarefull ofnumerous fragmentsand/or incorrectly structured. Manyerrorsin Chinese characters. Writingisnot legible. C.Chen

Characters
word count

3. Notedownyourcommentsforthemodels.Youneedtomakecommentson3
modelsormore.

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