UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE LA SSMA. CONCEPCION

RUBRICS

EDUCATION FACULTY

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

ASSESSMENT

ROXANNA CORREA

GABRIEL JARA MUÑOZ

LUIS FUENTES CID

CONCEPCION, 2013

Task 1

Skill: SpeakingTopic: Caught in the Rush (Transportation)Task context: 3° Grade of High School, Centro Educacional Evangélico de HualpénRole Play Activity.Students in groups of four have to create a dialogue in which they can express problems and solutions regarding public transportation and present it in front of the class orally. The task is a role play activity that requires from students to play two important characters of a city; the Mayor and the “Angry Citizens”. They will have to complain and present the different problematics regarding public transportation and the Mayor, in their capacity of leader, will present the solutions.Lesson Aim: By the end of the lesson students will be able to make a proper complain and give solutions written and orally.

Task: Get in groups of four. Imagine that one of you is the Mayor of your city and the rest of the group the “angry citizens”. Recall problems that you

can see in your city regarding traffic problems (you can think of your reality or problems seen in classes) and think of possible solutions.

Write down ten sentences. Five problems and five solutions. Decide who of you will be the Mayor and who will be the citizens. Present your sentences in front of the class.

E.g.

Citizen 1: I can’t stand how dangerous our city has become! There’s too much crime!Your Solution: I will hire more police officers to protect the streets!

POOR (1) AVERAGE (2) GOOD (3) EXCELLENT (4)

Vocal Expression

Clarity (Intonation)

Monotonous.Students limit themselves to read, and show no expression in their speech

Some Variation.Students show some intonation in their speech.

Enthusiastic.Students show variation of intonation most of the time.

Energizes the audience with enthusiasm. Students show outstanding variation of intonation during their speech.

Vocal Expression

Audibility

(Pronunciation)

Poor articulation.Students’ message cannot be understand by the audience.

Generally clear.Student’s message is partially understood by the audience, some parts are unclear.

Clear throughout.Student’s message is clear most of the time, some mistakes are made but as an overall is clear.

Precisely clear.Student’s message has no mistake and is completely understandable by the audience.

Organization-Order

(syntax) (x2)

No Order.Students’ ideas are not organized and it’s very hard to follow them.

Some Order.Students’ ideas obey to some grammatical rules and syntax, but is hard to follow the message.

Good Order.Student’ s ideas are well organized with minor errors and mistakes, but message is still understandable.

Effective Order.Student’s ideas are very well organized and show no errors.

Vocabulary (x2) Poor vocabulary range.Students use a very limited vocabulary related to the unit.

Average range of vaculary.Students use limited amount of words related to the unit.

Good range of vocabulary.Students use varied amount of vocabulary related to unit.

Excellent range of vocabulary.Students use varied and complex vocabulary plus the structures corresponding to the unit.

Physical Expression

Body Language

Stiff or Erratic.Student makes no movements or expressions.

Use of some expressions and movements that are partially useful when speaking.

Uses frequent expressions and movements that emphasize the message.

Effective use of body language., it clearly emphasizes the message.

Rubric Adapted from: http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/btg/ed/evaluation/speaking.htm

Task 2

Skill: ListeningTopic: Body parts.Task context: 1st Grade High school, Scuola Italiana.Completing activity.Students will have to listen to a boy who tells an embarassing story about his experience at the dentist. As they listen to it they have to complete the text with the missing words.

“I was Having a tooth out at the dentist. Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my ___________. My_____________ shot up quickly and hit the dentist in the_________. I knock him right off his _________. And he pulled my __________out at the same time!! ”

Student’s Name:________________Grade: 1°_____Date:___/___/___ Score:_______

Answer Yes No

Mouth

Hand

Face

Feet

Tooth

References.

Date (consulted May 17th, 2013), http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/btg/ed/evaluation/speaking.htm.