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IPA Interpersonal Task Trimester 1: Halloween vs Día de los Muertos

**Day 1:** After students have finished their interpretive assessment of authentic readings of articles on Halloween and El Día de los Muertos then the students were presented with these scenarios. They were supposed to read the scenarios and then come up with a series of questions or statements that they would need to have a conversation. You are a teenager in Mexico and you just found out that you are going on a fall semester exchange to the US. You are very excited but also a little nervous because you is going to miss his favorite holiday "El Día de los Muertos" you have heard that it is similar to a US Holiday called Halloween but you don't know anything about it you need to find from your host family what Halloween is all about. You are a teenager in the US and you just found out that your family is receiving an exchange student from Mexico for the fall semester. You are very excited because you love to speak Spanish. You are studying Spanish in school and you try to practice as much as possible. When your exchange student arrives you want to learn all about them. You are also interested in how they celebrate holidays as it compares to how we celebrate holidays. Your favorite holiday is Halloween you want to know if they have anything similar to Halloween in Mexico. Things you want to make sure to have in your conversation:
 * Persona A:**
 * Persona B:**


 * **What kinds of things you should ask to find out how the other holiday is celebrated similarly/differently?**
 * **What important vocabulary will you need to know from the texts?**
 * **What are the customs/traditions that are typical in each holiday?**
 * **What foods are typical in each place?**
 * **How do the people dress for the occasion?**
 * **When are the Holidays celebrated?**

**Day 2**:
The next day the students were given these conversation starters to help them be able to ask an answer questions. The students were able to use the articles they read and pull out important vocabulary as well as phrases that they could use to help them answer these questions. They could write down their answers and use them as a guide.
 * Mini Conversaciones en preparación para el IPA Interpersonal:**
 * Persona A**:
 * ¿Cuáles son algunos quehaceres que las personas tienen que hacer para preparar para Halloween?
 * ¿Qué decoran las personas para Halloween?
 * ¿Cómo vistan las personas para Halloween?
 * ¿Cuándo celebran Halloween?
 * ¿Qué comida prepararan para la fiesta?
 * ¿A dónde van las personas?
 * ¿Por qué es un día especial?
 * ¿Qué hacen este día?
 * ¿Cómo es diferente Halloween a El Día de los Muertos?
 * ¿Cómo es similar Halloween a El Día de los Muertos?
 * Persona B**:
 * ¿Cuáles son algunos quehaceres que las personas tienen que hacer para preparar para El Día de los Muertos?
 * ¿Qué decoran las personas para El Día de los Muertos?
 * ¿Cómo vistan las personas para El Día de los Muertos?
 * ¿Cuándo celebran El Día de los Muertos?
 * ¿Qué comida prepararan para la fiesta?
 * ¿A dónde van las personas?
 * ¿Por qué es un día especial?
 * ¿Qué hacen este día?
 * ¿Cómo es diferente Halloween a El Día de los Muertos?
 * ¿Cómo es similar Halloween a El Día de los Muertos?

**Day 3:**
Students go in pairs and record themselves having the conversation about the two different holidays then after they finish they are given these short outlines for a mini- conversation. Here they will be paired with a different partner that they were unable to rehearse and the conversation is more spontaneous. Esquema para la conversación Introducción de las personas: Hablar de los siguientes temas: Depedirse
 * Decoraciones
 * Quehaceres
 * Comidas especiales
 * Disfraces
 * Quehaceres
 * Tradiciones

** Day 4: **
Here I gave the students the scenario and the sample prompt questions together I'm not sure which version I like better. You are a teenager in Mexico and you just found out that you are going on a fall semester exchange to the US. You are very excited but also a little nervous because you is going to miss his favorite holiday "El Día de los Muertos" you have heard that it is similar to a US Holiday called Halloween but you don't know anything about it you need to find from your host family what Halloween is all about. You are a teenager in the US and you just found out that your family is receiving an exchange student from Mexico for the fall semester. You are very excited because you love to speak Spanish. You are studying Spanish in school and you try to practice as much as possible. When your exchange student arrives you want to learn all about them. You are also interested in how they celebrate holidays as it compares to how we celebrate holidays. Your favorite holiday is Halloween you want to know if they have anything similar to Halloween in Mexico. Persona B:
 * Persona A:**
 * Persona A:**
 * ¿Cuáles son algunos quehaceres que las personas tienen que hacer para preparar para Halloween?
 * ¿Qué decoran las personas para Halloween?
 * ¿Cómo vistan las personas para Halloween?
 * ¿Cuándo celebran Halloween?
 * ¿Qué comida prepararan para la fiesta?
 * ¿A dónde van las personas?
 * ¿Por qué es un día especial?
 * ¿Qué hacen este día?
 * ¿Cómo es diferente Halloween a El Día de los Muertos?
 * ¿Cómo es similar Halloween a El Día de los Muertos?
 * Persona B:**
 * ¿Cuáles son algunos quehaceres que las personas tienen que hacer para preparar para El Día de los Muertos?
 * ¿Qué decoran las personas para El Día de los Muertos?
 * ¿Cómo vistan las personas para El Día de los Muertos?
 * ¿Cuándo celebran El Día de los Muertos?
 * ¿Qué comida prepararan para la fiesta?
 * ¿A dónde van las personas?
 * ¿Por qué es un día especial?
 * ¿Qué hacen este día?
 * ¿Cómo es diferente Halloween a El Día de los Muertos?
 * ¿Cómo es similar Halloween a El Día de los Muertos?

Rubric for grading:
Novice Interpersonal Mode

Attempted to create. Recognized and used vocabulary with ease. || Mostly correct with memorized language. Less correct when they try to create language. They recognize and use most of the vocabulary correctly. || Can only communicate at the word level. Can use a limited number of words / phrases. || -Ask for repetition - State that they don’t understand || Cannot keep the conversation going. ||
 * || **Exceeds Expectations ** **3pts each ** || **Meets Expectations ** **2pts each ** || **Does Not Meet Expectations ** **1pt each ** ||
 * **Can my teacher and classmates understand the speaker? ** || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Can understand without difficulty. || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Can understand with occasional difficulty. || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Can understand only with much difficulty. ||
 * **<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Did their partner understand them? ** || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">They understand them without difficulty. || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> They understand them but sometimes they needed repetition or restatement. || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Most of the time they didn’t understand them. ||
 * **<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">How well does the student use the Spanish language? ** || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Mostly correct when producing simple sentences.
 * **<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">How well do they keep the conversation going? ** || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Began to recombine some memorized language to ask for repetition and/or clarification || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Used memorized chunks of language to:

Student Examples 7th period:
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Student Examples 8th period:
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