Don Quixote Final Project

Student Name_______________________________ Project______________________________Date_______________

Superior
Accuracy

Creativity

Explanation of project

Visuals

Presentation Presence

Prepared for
presentation

*All information is
accurate and relevant to
the book.
*Student included all
assigned criteria and
added more research
elements to their final
project than required.
*Student included all
assigned criteria and
added more research/
visuals/ creative
elements to their final
project; surpassing
what was required
*The presenter has a
thorough understanding
of the thesis and,
through their
presentation explained
it in such a way that the
audience clearly
understood the point of
the presentation and its
connection to the book.
The presentation
included the visuals
required by the
assignment and
featured other, relevant
visuals which readily
complimented their
information.
The presentation has
clearly been practiced
or rehearsed * Vocal
fillers are at a
minimum *The
presentation offers
opportunities to engage
the audience
Student has all the
necessary materials in
class before the
presentation starts;
there are no delays *If
help is needed,
participation by helpers
has been planned and
practiced.

Met all basic project

criteria
*All information
included in the
presentation is accurate
and relevant to the
book.

Below Standard

Points

*Some information was

inaccurate/ relevant
information from the
text was missing from
the final project.

/19

*The presentation
meets all the
requirements set-forth
in the initial assignment
and is fairly unique.

*The presentation is
lacking unique and
creative qualities and/or
it is lacking audience
engagement.

/19

The thesis is clearly

explained and is
understood by the
audience.

Presenter was not able

to clearly explain their
project and its
connection to the book.

/19

The presentation was

complimented by the
visuals required in the
assignment.

The presentation was

lacking the visuals that
were required in the
assignment.

/19

The presentation has

clearly been practiced
or rehearsed * Vocal
fillers are at a
minimum *There is
minimal effort to
engage the audience

The presentation does

not seem well-practiced
or rehearsed
*There are many vocal
fillers
*There is no effort to
engage the audience

/19

Student has most

necessary materials in
the class before the
presentation starts.

Student is not prepared

for the presentation on
the due dat.

/7

Don Quixote Final Project

Student Name_______________________________ Project______________________________Date_______________
Don Quixote Final Project (Choose one or more)
Reenact a favorite scene from the
novel including costuming, scenery,
and props. (You may also make a
video, puppet show, or movie of your
reenactment)

Draw a map of Spain. Considering all

that you have read, find the places
mentioned and mark them on the
map. Your final map should trace
Don Quixotes travel route, and
include information about what part
of Quixotes adventures happened in
each specific area.

Do some research about inns in Spain

(during the Spains Renaissance and
present day). You may be surprised to
find that some of them existed in
Cervantes era and are still in use
today! Be sure to include information
about the paradores, which are
government-owned inns and hotels,
and about the posadas and
abergues. Make a poster or
PowerPoint with your researchinclude your cited resources!

Create a poster of an invention, which

would help you to steal something
from someone without their knowing
it, just as the clever Gines did with
Dapple. Then, write an owners
manual to accompany your inventionmake sure to include a full, poster
board sized, labeled illustration.

Pretend that you are Rocinante, but

that you can talk! Since you are
always with him, retell about your
most interesting adventures (chapters)
from your point of view (you may do
this in a diary entry, a whole new
novel, with a different title, or in
another creative way).
Imagine that you are undertaking the
same adventures as Don Quixote,
create a travel itinerary and provisions
list for your journey. Consider how
you will be traveling and how you
will carry your materials. Since you
wont have room to take everything,
you will need to choose carefully!
Write a comprehensive list of what
you plan to bring and why it is vital
for all the adventures you will
encounter. Then, make a poster
showing what items you included to
accompany your paper.
Make an illustrated poster of the
recurring characters (anyone who is a
main character or returns throughout
the book) of the novel. Poster should
include: a labeled illustration of each
character, and a short explanation of
their character traits, and the roles
they play when they recur.

Write a radio play in which the

audience hears the action of one of
Don Quixotes battles/ adventures.
Your play should have multiple
characters -all with clearly different
voices and characterizations. Record
your play, including sound effects,
and create a brief explanation of the
characters, setting, and events that
your class will hear.

Most people associate windmills with

Holland, rather than Spain. Do
research (citing your sources) to find
out more about windmills and their
traditional and modern uses. Then,
make a model of a windmill to
display with the results of your
research.
See what you can find out about
medical practices in Cervantess time.
What sorts of medicines did people
have? What herbs were used for what
illness? What was the role of barbers
in that time? What were some
common ideas about illnesses? Make
a poster or PowerPoint answering
these questions- include your research
resources!

Write an original story or skit, in

which several characters are members
of a special chain gang composed of
students who did something wrong at
school. Each character must tell, in
his or her own words, why he or she
has been condemned to the galley
ship. The class must decide whether
each character is innocent or guilty.
E.g.: one student may say that the
teacher condemned him to the chain
gang for not doing his homework,
when in fact, he did but the dog
ate it. See what you can come up
with!
Pretend to be one of the country girls
who had an encounter with Don
Quixote. Give an account of what you
tell your family and friends about
what happened today when you ran
into a couple of crazy men. This can
be done as a re-written chapter from
the girls perspective.

Don Quixote Final Project

Student Name_______________________________ Project______________________________Date_______________
Make a full-sized poster showing the
Without copying what the Knight of
Writing a caption beneath each
country girls compared to how Don
the Mirrors and his squire wore for
picture, create a comic book of the
Quixote might imagine them (as
battle, create your own costumes for
main adventures of Don Quixote.
princesses and maidens). Write a
each. Display or wear the costumes
caption of two to three sentences for
and be prepared to tell the class what
each picture you have, labeling and
the purpose of each part of your
including all the information
costume is. Be sure to think about
describing them in our novel.
what chivalrous knights of the time
wore, and all the descriptions that are
included in the novel.
Make posters announcing 3 of Don
Throughout our novel, Don Quixote
Make up a multiple-choice quiz about
Quixotes major battles- one fullfails to see things as they truly are.
all of Don Quixotes escapades,
sized poster per battle- as if it were an What do you think Don Quixote
giving (at least) 3 questions for each
even that people would pay to see.
might see instead of reality if he were adventure. Each question should have
Advertise the opponents strengths
to visit our school? For example, Don 3 wrong answers and one correct
and causes, and be sure to show their Quixote sees students at recess, or a
answer. It is your choice how you
costumes as well. Also, include the
school bus. What other places or
would like to present the quiz game
time, location and price of the event.
events that Don Quixote might
and how you want to host the game
misinterpret can you think of? Create for your class. Your class will play
a poster-sized comic strip with at
the quiz game using your system for
least 6 examples of things that Don
keeping score and awarding prizes.
Quixote might imagine differently at
Excelsior. Include at least a 3sentence explanation to accompany
each picture, explaining what he sees
and why he imagines it differently
than it is.
Make up a board game in which the
Research information, about the rank Create a newspaper that has articles
participants play Don Quixote. Using of nobles of Spain (during the
telling about all of Don Quixote and
dice, the participants may advance a
Renaissance and in modern day)
Sanchos adventures. Include
certain number of spaces through new Along with your research, make a full pictures, captions, and a summary of
adventures or, if they land where an
poster with illustrations (or
each adventure. You will need to do
evil sorcerer has tricked them, they
PowerPoint) of each noble, explaining some research on the structure and
may must go home. Plan your game
their rank and responsibilities.
organization of newspapers to make
using adventures based on all of Don
sure that yours will look as authentic
Quixote and Sanchos adventure.
as possible!
Do some research about what people
Do some research about how people
What if Don Quixotes adventures
might have eaten at a banquet such as dressed in the Middle Ages and in the ended differently? Re-write the final
Sancho attended. Find out about the
Renaissance. Make a labeled poster
chapter of Miguel de Cervantes
table manners, etiquette, and what
showing the different types of
classic. Make sure that you are doing
kind of entertainment there might
clothing the different classes of
a full triangular plan, featuring: rising
have been as well.
people wore. Include a clothing
action, climax, problem, solution, and
timeline for the span of the
exposition. Your story should also
Renaissance, address why and how
include a resolution for all of the main
clothing changed over time, and
characters featured in the book and
include the accurate names of the
should be a minimum 3 pages typed,
articles of each notable article of
size 12 font, Times New Roman.
clothing.

Don Quixote Final Project

Student Name_______________________________ Project______________________________Date_______________

Don Quixote Final Project

Student Name_______________________________ Project______________________________Date_______________

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