PROGRAMA INSTITUCIONAL DE INGLES – FORMATO VIRTUAL

FINAL EXAM - ENGLISH THREE

Writing Production Section

Task: Biography

Situation:
The language program magazine will publish a series of articles about the biographies of famous people in a special issue and
you have decided to participate. Your task is to write your favorite character’s biography including some of the milestones in
his/her life: his/her birthdate, place of birth, and any rewarding achievements of that person.

In order to be successful, make sure you comply with the following guidelines:

 Give the biography a brief introduction in which you present your character.
 Recall the events step by step using time expressions and connectors to show a chronological order.
 Use narrative tenses.
 Finish your biography with a short conclusion.
 Check sentence formation, spelling and punctuation.
 The length of the text should be no shorter than 150 words and no longer than 200.

You will have 20 minutes to develop this task. A dictionary is not allowed.

Passing score: _3.0__

LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT
Poor Insufficient
0 - 1.9 2 - 2.9
His/her performance was Although some objectives
very poor. Did not achieve described in the scale might
the objectives. have been achieved, there
are important aspects that
need improvement.
RATING SCALE
Fair Good Job Outstanding
3 - 3,9 4 - 4.5 4.6 - 5
Despite his/her Despite occasional errors, He/she achieved all
performance being he/she achieved all the objectives successfully
eventually affected by objectives successfully showing an outstanding
errors, the most important showing a good level of level of performance.
aspects were acceptably performance.
achieved.

% DESCRIPTORS POR PASSING SCORE P I F G O FINAL

SCORE
30 Can express him/herself with clarity regarding the communicative functions determined for this task:
Introducing the person (5) 0-1.9 2-2.9 3-3.9 4-4.4 4.5-5 4.5
Narrating the main events (15) 0-5.9 6-8.9 9-11.9 12-13.4 13.5-15 4.0
Concluding the biography (10) 0-3.9 4-5.9 6-7.9 8-8.9 9-10 5.0
25 Paragraphs are unified around a given topic 0-9.9 10-14.9 15-19.9 20-22.4 22.5-25 4.0
and ideas are coherently linked by using
appropriate connectors.
15 Shows control of sufficient and appropriate 0-5.9 6-8.9 9-11.9 12-13.4 13.5-15 4.2
vocabulary in order to accomplish the task.
15 Shows sufficient control of sentence structure 0-5.9 6-8.9 9-11.9 12-13.4 13.5-15 4.0
in order to comply with the functions stated in
the task.
10 Shows proper control of spelling and 0-3.9 4-5.9 6-7.9 8-8.9 9-10 4.5
punctuation.
5 Follows instructions regarding length and 0-1.9 2-2.9 3-3.9 4-4.4 4.5-5 5.0
organization of the text