You will be creating a portfolio of your writing assignments in Spanish. You will need to buy a pocket folder to keep all your papers in. Please understand that you will be keeping your notes for the compositions (hand written, on the back of napkins if necessary), your rough drafts and your final version of your composition. All of this material must be in your portfolio to receive a grade.

Your first assignment will be as follows:

A)  In class and on the telephone if necessary, interview your partner in Spanish. I will need a typed list of the questions you used in your interview, and a rough handwritten list of your partner’s answers to your questions. You will be given time to actually interview your partner in class, and if you need more time, you may arrange a meeting or do a telephone interview. Find out all the following information in Spanish:

1. Name.

2. Last name, and how it is spelled.

3. Place of origin, originally.

4. Description of your partner, using the verb ser and appropriate adjectives. You must find at least six descriptive words for your partner.

5. Name and occupation of father (if applicable).

6. Name and occupation of mother (if applicable).

7. Major.

8. Favorite activities.

9. Favorite actor/actress and movie.

10. Favorite class at MSU.

11. Plans for the weekend (ir + a + infinitive).

12. Obligation for the weekend (tener + que + infinitive).

B)  After you have completed the spoken interview and have typed up the list of at least 12 questions you used in your interview, you will begin to write your composition in rough draft form about your partner. Please write it in paragraph form. The title of your composition will be your partner’s name. You will be given a due date in class.

Due date:  __________________________
      ...for Rough Draft of Composition to edit in class for an in-class participation grade.
      If you come to class without a typed comp, you will receive an F.

 Due date for Completed Portfolio:  __________________________

Contents of Portfolio:
      1.  Typed Composition
      2.  Handwritten or typed Drafts of comp
      3.  Handwritten interview answers
      4.  Typed questions used in interview