September 11th, 2024

Intermediate 2, Project

A cultural festival is an event that celebrates the traditions, customs, arts, and heritage of a
particular culture or group of cultures.

By implementing a Cultural Festival as a project in the classroom, SWBAT:

● Explain different cultures within the Dominican Republic to enhance their knowledge
in the tourism of the country by investigating, memorizing and learning new
vocabulary and concepts to present in the classroom.
● Design their own cultural stand by incorporating elements from different cities into a
presentation.

Activity
● Students will be divided into two groups.
● Every group will choose a city within a given province (e.g: in Hermanas Mirabal, one
group works with Salcedo, the other one works with Tenares).
● Students will make a promotional intro video of 1min or less about their province and
city, highlighting tourism (attractions, activities, food…).
● Students will create a stand according to their province and city, showcasing its
important aspects (including things like flags, clothes, food, pictures, instruments…).
● Students must dress to represent the folklore of their province/city.
● Students will present orally a series of subtopics about their city.
● To finish their presentation, every group must showcase an artistic presentation of
any kind (dance, poetry, drama…).

Subtopics
1. Physical Geography (climate, rivers, woods, green areas, mountains, animals)
2. History
3. Religion
4. Manners and Customs
5. Holidays / Celebrations
6. Gastronomy
7. Music
8. Sports
9. Famous Characters (historical / present)
10. Economy (main import/export products)
11. Tourism (travel advice, popular destinations, travel requirements)
12. Natural Attractions
13. Landmarks
Notes
● There must be a subtopic for each member. However, if there are less members in a
group, some subtopics must be joined, like: Geography and History, Religion,
Manners and Celebrations, Music and Sports, Natural attractions and Landmarks.
● When talking about religion, do not get into personal thoughts/beliefs. Only explain
general facts.
● Do not use bad words or dominicanismos, like: bobo, teteo…
● If there is an EIP center in the given province/city, investigate and explain how it has
impacted that province/city.
● Do not use tape or adhesive on the walls or doors.
● Mockery, excessive noise, or any type of bullying cannot be tolerated during another
group’s presentation.
● Divide your groups into two: a group A to go out and visit other classrooms, and a
group B to stay at the stand and receive other classrooms.
● Upload your promotional intro video here. The link will be available until the day of
the presentation, 10:00p.m.

Assessment
● Present on Wednesday, September 11th, 2024.
● Each group is given 1 hour to perform.
● Once each group presents, students will receive feedback from their teacher.
● When everyone is done, groups A will visit other classrooms, and groups B will stay
and receive another classroom by briefly talking about their province/city.

Videos
● Asian Cultural Festival
● Cultural Festival
● Cultural Festival
● Promo video
● Promo video
● Promo video

Preparation time
● MORNING SHIFT 8:00-8:30, presentations start at 8:35 a.m.
● AFTERNOON SHIFT 2:00-2:30, presentations start at 2:35 p.m.
● EVENING SHIFT 6:00-6:30, presentations start at 6:35 p.m.

Rubrics
Criteria 20-16 15-11 10-6 5-2 1

Task The task is fully The task is The task is The task is The task is
completed, with mostly partially minimally barely
all required completed, with completed, with completed, with attempted, with
elements most elements some elements many elements almost no
present and present and missing or missing or elements
executed well-executed. poorly poorly present or
exceptionally The content is executed. The executed. The properly
well. The relevant and content is content is executed. The
content is demonstrates a somewhat mostly content is
highly relevant, good relevant, but irrelevant, irrelevant or
 comprehensive, understanding lacks depth and showing little completely
and shows a of the topic, understanding understanding off-topic.
deep though it may of the topic. of the topic.
understanding lack depth in
of the topic. some areas.

Grammar Excellent use of Good use of Adequate use Poor use of Extremely poor
grammar with grammar with of grammar grammar with use of grammar
no or very few some minor with frequent numerous with pervasive
minor errors. errors that do errors, but errors that errors that
Sentence not impede these do not significantly make the
structure is understanding. seriously impede content difficult
varied and Sentence impede understanding. or impossible to
complex, structure is understanding. Sentence understand.
enhancing the generally Sentence structure is very Sentence
overall quality correct but may structure is basic or structure is
of the lack variety. simple and frequently mostly incorrect
presentation. sometimes incorrect. or absent.
incorrect.

Vocabulary Excellent and Good use of Adequate use Poor use of Extremely poor
appropriate use vocabulary, with of vocabulary, vocabulary, with use of
of a wide range some variety with limited a very limited vocabulary, with
of vocabulary and relevance range and range and almost no
relevant to the to the topic. occasional frequent relevant or
topic. Demonstrates a mistakes in mistakes in correct word
Demonstrates a solid word choice. word choice. choices.
strong understanding, Vocabulary is Vocabulary is Vocabulary is
understanding though may sometimes often almost entirely
of word choice lack some inappropriate or inappropriate or inappropriate or
and usage. precision or repetitive. unclear. absent.
range.

Clarity and The The The The The

fluency presentation is presentation is presentation is presentation presentation is
exceptionally mostly clear somewhat lacks clarity and almost entirely
clear and fluent, and fluent, with clear, but there fluency, with unclear and
with smooth minor are noticeable frequent disjointed, with
transitions and hesitations or hesitations or hesitations and constant
no hesitation. disruptions. disruptions. disruptions. hesitations or
Speech is easy Speech is Speech may be Speech is often an inability to
to understand, generally easy difficult to difficult to express ideas.
and ideas are to understand, understand at understand, Speech is
communicated though some times, and and ideas are mostly
effectively. ideas may be ideas are not poorly unintelligible.
less effectively always communicated.
communicated. communicated
effectively.

Teamwork Outstanding Good Adequate Poor teamwork, Extremely poor

teamwork, with teamwork, with teamwork, with with minimal teamwork, with
all members most members some members contribution almost no
actively actively contributing from some contribution
contributing, contributing and more than members. from group
supporting each supporting each others. Roles Roles are members.
other, and other. Roles are may be unclear unclear, and Roles are not
working clear, though or unevenly collaboration is defined, and
cohesively. there may be distributed, weak or absent, there is little to
Roles are occasional leading to some leading to no
well-defined, lapses in issues in significant collaboration.
and collaboration. collaboration. issues. The group does
collaboration is not function as
seamless. a team.