Introduction
A greeting card is a decorated card of high quality paper which is used to express sentiment towards another person. It is traditional gesture that is considered to be more intimate, special, and formal than today’s Emails and text messages.
Greeting cards are usually given during major events like birthdays, a birth of a child, a death of a loved one, a graduation, etc. These cards are also given during cultural and religious holidays such as Valentine’s Day, Thanksgiving, Eid’ Al Adha, Christmas, New Years, etc. People usually buy these cards or even make it themselves.
Task
Throughout Unit 2 you have been discussing the topic of Festivals and Celebration where you learned different types of traditions from around the world as well as why and how they celebrate them. By the end of the unit you should be able to understand that as a human being living in society, it is important to respect other people’s traditions and culture. A way to do so is by giving people a GREETINGS CARD.
Create a 1-year set of Greetings Cards
Your project is to create a greetings card for every single major event for 1 year. This includes personal greetings (Birthdays, graduations, get-well-soon) as well as cultural and religious events (Valentine’s Day, Eid’ Al Adha, Christmas, etc). Your cards should follow the events which can be found in the Indonesian calendar. Design your cards as creative and appealing as possible. You may NOT use words found on the internet, thus your cards should use your own words. Your style of writing may either be sweet and sentimental or funny and entertaining.
Process
Follow these steps to complete the project:
1. Make a list of events, celebrations and holidays throughout 1 year (Indonesian Calendar)
2. Write your message for each card, then print out your message onto a card
3. Decorate your cards according to the event
4. Present your cards to the class
Materials you will need:
Card paper
Scissors
Colored pencils / markers
Glue
Decorations (ribbons, stickers, etc)
Evaluation
You will be evaluated in these areas:
| Very Good | Good | Satisfactory | Needs Improvements | |
| PERFORMANCE | Students maintain eye contact with audience. Perfect tone when presenting | Students maintain eye contact most of the time. Sometimes do not speak clearly. | Students occasionally uses eye contact, but still read most of the project. Often do not speak clearly. | Students present all of project with no eye contact. Do not speak clearly. |
| CONFIDENCE | Students appeared well-prepared, confident and comfortable | Students seemed fairly comfortable and confident, but needs a bit more practice | Students seemed somewhat prepared, but need more practice to build confidence | Inadequate preperation. Need practice to build confidence. |
| LANGUAGE USED | Students use a wide range of vocabulary correctly to express ideas. | Students use accurate vocabulary. Occasionally, errors in word choice. | Students use a fair range of vocabulary to espress ideas. | Students use limited range of vocabulary. Mostly inaccurate. |
| COOPERATION | All students contributed equally in completing and presenting the project | One student did not contribute equally in completing and presenting the project | More than two students did not contribute equally in completing and presenting the project | All students did not complete the project in a timely manner |
Conclusion
Now you know how to make a greeting card for every event and celebration in a year!