Topic This Is How We Roll

The student is capable of talking about his/her hobbies in a podcast describing why he/she
likes it and how he or she started doing it by using present simple, present continuous and
Learning result
the past simple so as to give some advice to his/her followers on how to start practicing the
same hobby or leisure activity. This can be done in groups of a maximum of three people.
Period Mid-term Final

YouTube Podcast video of 1 minute per person

Slides with main ideas and images of the
describing their hobbies or leisure activity, how
Deliverables students’ hobbies or favorite leisure
they started and tips to the people who would like
activities.
to take it up.

The learner will be able to:

1. give a simple description of an object or picture while showing it to others using basic words, phrases and
formulaic expressions, provided he/she can prepare in advance.
CEFR Descriptor 2. give a short, rehearsed, basic presentation on a familiar subject.
3. answer straightforward follow up questions if he/she can ask for repetition and if some help with the
formulation of his/her reply is possible.
4. give short, basic descriptions of events and activities.
 Mid-term Student’s Checklist

Before I presented my slides I… Yes No Why?

Skills

1 … investigated about the best ways to start my hobby and what other
people can do to start practicing it.
Skills

2 … obtained relevant images related to my hobby.

Knowledge

3 … included relevant vocabulary to describe hobbies like collecting,

playing instruments, videogames or something similar.
Knowledge

4 … included descriptions about the most important

pieces/items/examples of my hobby, its origins and/or most recognized
practitioners in the world.
Attitude

5 … show interest and respect towards the different hobbies presented.

 Final Project Evaluation Rubric
Indicator 0 1
1. Accuracy Plenty of conjugation and other
grammatical mistakes are made.
The description contains ideas that
are difficult to understand.
E.g. I collection of cars of toy
because no have some space in
my room.
2. Range of Vocabulary The message does not contain key
vocabulary to describe hobbies or
leisure activities.
E.g. the piano in the house of my
friend we sing the songs of the
band.
3. Task Completion The message was read almost in
its entirety and is not clearly related
to the description of hobbies or
leisure activities
The podcast is significantly shorter
than 1 minute per participant and/or
the interventions of the participants
are really imbalanced.
4. Communication The student does not address the
audience. The voice is hardly
audible.
5. Cohesion The description contains short
isolated sentences, but it is difficult
to say when one begins and
another one ends due to
organization of ideas and lack of
cohesive devices.
E.g. Michael Jones is a collector.
He buyed the first editions and are
expensive now.
Some conjugation and other grammatical
mistakes are made. The message was
understandable and clear enough for the
audience to follow the presentation in almost
its entirety.
E.g. I collection toys cars because I haven’t
space in my room.
The message contains some key vocabulary
to describe hobbies or leisure activities
E.g. I play the piano with a friends. We plays
the songs of rock groups in the house of my
friend.
The message was read in a few occasions,
but almost everything was memorized. The
ideas presented are related to the description
of hobbies or leisure activities.
The podcast is a little shorter than 1 minute
per participant, but not shorter than 45
seconds and/or the interventions of the
participants are somehow noticeable but not
so much as to almost leave one element of
the team out of the picture.
The student addresses the audience on
some occasions. The volume of voice is
adequate for the size of the room.
The description contains short isolated
sentences that can be understood without
difficulty. Sentences are organized using few
cohesive devices.
E.g. Michael Jones is a famous collector and
he bought the first books and they are really
expensive now.
2
Almost no conjugation or other
grammatical mistakes are made. The
message was easy enough to follow in its
entirety.
E.g. I collect toy cars because I don’t have
much space in my bedroom.
The message contains plenty of clear
examples of key vocabulary to describe
hobbies or leisure activities
E.g. I play the piano in a band. We play
cover songs of other rock bands in a
friend’s garage.
The message was hardly ever read to the
audience, although it may have been
consulted for references. The information
is closely related to the description of
hobbies or leisure activities.
The podcast is at least 1 minute of length
per participant, and it doesn’t last longer
than 3.5 minutes. he interventions of the
participants are quite balanced.
The student clearly addresses the
audience. The volume of voice is
appropriate for the room at all times.
The description contains short sentences
that are connected and well organized
using simple cohesive devices such as:
and, but, so, because, etc.
E.g. Michael Jones is the most important
collector in my country because he bought
the first editions of the books, which are
really expensive now.