This document provides instructions for a Spanish family tree project for Montpelier Elementary School students. It explains that students must create a poster, diorama, or PowerPoint presenting their own or a fictional family tree with at least 10 family members. For each family member, students must include the person's name and relationship to the student in Spanish. The project will be graded based on a rubric assessing grammar, creativity, oral presentation, meeting requirements, organization, and overall appearance. It is due on a specified date and parents must sign acknowledging the due date.

1. Montpelier Elementary School
World Languages Department
Sra. Rivera
Spanish Class
Family Tree project
Projecto sobre árbol familiar
Your task is to create a poster, diorama or Power Point with a family tree. It can be your
own family or you can choose a fictional family. This project will count as a test grade
(assessment)
Requirements:
- Make a design of your family tree on construction paper, shoe box or power point
template.
-Your family may be real or fictional.
 If you do your own family, you can choose one parents’ side or both, as long
as you have at least 10 members.
 You may create your own family!
For example: Mickey & Minnie Mouse could be parents, or Katy Perry could be your cousin.
Use your vocabulary list as a reference. (Don’t forget about your pets if you have them!)
-You must include at least 10 family members. Family members must be in sequential
order.
-For every member of the family tree, you need to type or neatly write under the family
member the following information:
-The person’s name
-The person’s relationship to you.
Por ejemplo/Example:
Ella es mi madre. Ella se llama María.
She is my mother. Her name is María.

2. Vocabulary list
1. mamá
2. papá
3. hermano
4. hermana
5. abuelo
6. abuela
7. tío
8. tía
9. primo
10. prima
11. prima
12. yo
You may use additional vocabulary by looking at a Spanish-English
dictionary.
Student name: ____________________________________
Class: __________________________________________
I am aware that my child has a project that is due on _________________________
for Spanish class with Sra. Rivera.
___________________________________
Parent signature

4. Nombre: ___________________________________________ Clase: ___________________________ Due date: _________________________
4 Point 3 Points 2 Points 1 Points Nota
Grammar &
Spelling
10 grammar
and spelling
errors or fewer.
10-12 grammar
and spelling
errors.
13-16 grammar
and spelling
errors.
17 or more
grammar and
spelling errors.
_______ x 5=
Creativity
Student put
forth exemplary
effort. Project
is very colorful
and creative.
Clear evidence of
effort put forth
by the student.
Project is
colorful and
creative.
Some evidence
of effort.
Project is
somewhat
colorful and
creative.
No evidence of
effort put forth
by the student.
Project is not
colorful or
creative.
_______ x 5=
Oral
Presentation
Excellent eye
contact with
audience (no
reading), very
clear and easy
to understand.
3 or fewer
pronunciation
errors.
Good eye contact
with audience
(no reading),
clear and easy to
understand.
3-5
pronunciation
errors.
Some eye
contact with
audience,
understandable.
6-8
pronunciation
errors.
Very little eye
contact with
audience, relies
heavily on
reading. Unclear
and hard to
understand.
More than 9
pronunciation
errors
_______ x 5=
Requirements All
requirements
are met.
Missing 1-3
requirements.
Missing 4-6
requirements.
Missing more
than 7
requirements.
_______ x 5=

5. Organization/
Overall
Appearance
Project is very
organized, neat
and easily
understood.
Project is
organized, neat
and understood.
Project is
moderately
organized and
somewhat
understood.
Project is
unclear and not
easily
understood.
_______ x 5=
Nota: %
 If you forget your rubric and to write your name and class 3 points will be taking off of your total grade.
 For every day the project is late, you will lose 5 points of your total grade.