Assignment 2

Rubric Activity

Valentina Acua
EFL Methodology
Ms. Carolina Rojas
Mr. Amar Dhillon

September 10th, 2016

Task 1
Letter of Complaint.
Skill: Writing
System: Grammar
Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to produce a letter of complaint
about the great quantity of electioneering flyers existent on the parks giving their
opinion using the exponents In my opinion, I think, I would like you to, etc,
using grammatical structures correctly at a B1 level.
Instructions:
1. Work in pairs.
2. Imagine that in the place where you live there is a huge quantity of electioneering
flyers on parks and children cannot have the total access to go and have fun on the
park games. Think about two possible solutions to propose to the SERVEL.
3. Write a letter of complaint of 150-200 words, where you describe the main problem
and express the solutions to propose.
4. Remember to use the proper register for writing a letter of complaint.

Rubric Task 1

CATEGORY
Format
(Length)

Grammar &
spelling
(conventions)

3
2
Complies with all the Complies with less than
requirements for a 75%
of
the
letter of complaint.
requirements
for
a
letter of complaint.
The
letter
has
between
150-200 The letter has less than
words.
150 words
Writers make 1-2 Writers
makes
3-4
errors in grammar errors
in
grammar
and/or spelling.
and/or spelling.

Organization
and Style

Ideas
were
expressed
clearly
and the text is well
organized. It was
easy to figure out
what the letter was
about and ideas are
easy to follow by
connectors.
The
student always uses
a formal register.

Content
Accuracy

The letter expresses

the complaint and
contains at least 2
suggestions about
the topic.

1
Complies with less
than 50% of the
requirements for a
letter of complaint.
The letter has less
than 100 words.
Writers makes more
than 4 errors in
grammar
and/or
spelling.

Ideas were expressed

in
a
pretty
clear
manner,
but
the
organization could have
been
better.
The
majority of the letter
was written using a
formal register (1-2 use
of contracted forms,
colloquial
language,
etc.)

Ideas
were
somewhat
organized, but were
not very
clear. It took more
than one reading to
figure out what the
letter was about. The
letter was written
with informal register
(several
use
of
contracted
forms,
colloquial language,
etc.)
The letter expresses The
letter
only
the
complaint
and expresses
the
contains 1 suggestion complaint and does
about the topic.
not
give
a
suggestion.
The letter does not
express
the
complaint and only
gives a suggestion.

Adapted from RubiStar.

Task 2
Describing Pictures.
Skill: Speaking
System: Vocabulary
Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to communicate their ideas on
the topic Other Cultures by expressing their opinion while describing two different
pictures about the way of living of other countries using related vocabulary. such as
Civilization. Ethnic group, Values, Beliefs, at a B1 level.
Instructions:
1. Work in pairs.
2. Discuss about two different pictures about other cultures. You will have 5 minutes.
3. You must include related vocabulary about the topic.
4. Remember to be fluent and to use the correct grammatical structures.

Rubric Task 2

Criteria

Grammar

Student was able to

express their ideas
and responses with
ease
in
proper
sentences structure
and tenses. Makes
few mistakes.

Student was able to

express their ideas
and responses fairly
well,
but
often
displayed
inconsistencies with
their
sentence
structure and tenses.

Student was difficult to

understand and had a
hard
time
communicating their
ideas and responses
because of grammar
mistakes.

Pronunciation
and Fluency

Pronunciation was
very clear and easy
to understand.
Besides, the speech
is uncomplicated
and fluent, which
makes student able
to communicate.

Student was slightly

unclear, but
mispronunciations did
not interference with
their communication.

Student was difficult to

understand, quiet in
speaking, unclear in
pronunciation.

The student uses

proper and different
expressions for
giving opinions and
thoughts about the
two pictures.

The student uses few

and repeated
expressions for giving
opinions and thoughts
about the two
pictures.

Correct use of
related vocabulary.

Correct use of related

vocabulary with a few
mistakes.

Vocabulary

The speech is mostly

fluent, with some
hesitancy.

Speech is pretty slow

and uncertain with
response. Difficult to
understand.
The student uses 1-2
expressions for giving
opinions and thoughts
about the two
pictures.
Incorrect use of the
vocabulary required
for talking about the
two different
situations.

Adapted from RCampus.

References

[1] RCampus. (n.d.). IRubric: Grading Criteria for English Speaking Test rubric. Retrieved
October 08, 2016, from http://www.rcampus.com/rubricshowc.cfm?code=QX293W8
[2] RubiStar Home. (n.d.). Retrieved October 07, 2016, from
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php