Rubric for Written Report

Task Description: After students have practiced their communication skills in the target language They will write a report including all necessary details about their experience and how this practice has helped them improve their language communication. Also they can include any relevant information such as their feelings and impressions, as well as any other ideas they may have to practice their language skills outside the academic context. Exemplary Accomplished Developing Beginning 4 3 2 1 Criteria Yes Yes, but No, but No Topic Organizati on Quality of Informatio n Grammar, Usage, Mechanics , Spelling Interest Level
10 % 10 %
weight

Directly relevant

Somewhat relevant Organized; points are somewhat jumpy; sense of beginning and ending Some details are nonsupporting to the subject Only one or two errors

Remotely related Some organization; points jump around; beginning and ending are unclear Details are somewhat sketchy. Do not support topic More than two errors

Totally unrelated Poorly organized; no logical progression; beginning and ending are vague Unable to find specific details Numerous errors distract from understanding

Good organization; points are logically ordered; sharp sense of beginning and end Supporting details specific to subject No errors

25 %

25 % Vocabulary is varied; supporting details vivid Vocabulary is varied; supporting details useful Vocabulary is unimaginative; details lack color

10 %

Basic vocabulary; needs descriptive words

Neatness

10 %

Typed; clean; neatly bound in a report cover; illustrations provided

Legible writing, wellformed characters; clean and neatly bound in a report cover

Legible writing, some ill-formed letters, print too small or too large; papers stapled together

Illegible writing; loose pages

Timeliness

10 %

Report on time

Report one class period late

Report two class periods late

Report more than one week late

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