A possible organizational time-line for the Spanish Research Project for fall, 2016*:*see Project Explanation Sheet for project details

October Research: Biography of artist Identify the 3 art works to be researched* Identify the American artist and the 1 art work to be compared.* take initial notes, reacting and describing of at least one of the 4

paintings Find image of map of country of artist, modify with arrow or X to

show places to be mentioned, save (collect all citation information)Products: Create the first basic template of the Power Point or Prezi, decide on

theme/background of all slides, save on laptop, computer or flash drive

Load maps into PP/Prezi for storage, organize later Save citation information onto last slide which will later become the

citation page of PP/Prezi Plan for 2-D Original Art Piece

November Research: Class discussion of use of imagery in presentations Class discussion of how to plan for the actual speaking, 3X5”

card, bullets, practice, no memorization etc. Finish note-taking for all 4 paintings Find image of map that shows location of American artist, insert

into PP/Prezi Image(s) of artist, all 4 paintings to be discussed, insert into

PP/Prezi Collect citation info for all research (bio, maps, images etc.), run

through MLA citation on-line, store on citation slide of PP/Prezi Do brief on-line search for information about each painting, using

Spanish search terms, looking for alternative viewpoints, explanations (English allowed for the American artist)*

Create outline of sequencing of items to be discussed in presentation

Products: Work on Original 2-D Art Piece* Power Point/ Prezi: put in slide titles/text (if any); have print off

of all titles/text for slides ready by 11-21/11-22 (pre break) for in-class proofreading

and starting posting all citations onto final slide of PP/Prezi called “Fuentes citadas”

December Complete 2-D art piece

: Take digital photo of 2-D art piece, insert into PP/Prezi Practice presentation multiple times (minimum 4?) Small group presentations (table level), using laptops, Dec. 5-9 Make adjustments to presentations/ Media based on peer suggestions

prior to final presentation Create one -page list of assessment questions (see project description);

submit at same time as whole-class presentation Whole-class presentations, including original 2-D art piece, Dec. 12-

16 Take useful class-notes for each presentation

January Whole-class presentations continue, Jan 2-6 Assessment over all presentations, open note, Jan. 10 or 11 Timed Writing over own research, Jan 12 Wiki:

o Post PP/Prezi onto Group Project page on wiki as modeled in class in early January;

o Post PP/Prezi onto personal wiki page as modeled in clss in early January

o Post Timed Writing onto Personal wiki page next to PP/Prezi as modeled and explained in class early January

o Post digital photo of 2-D art piece onto Personal Wiki Page