Rubric for speaking ability Interview. 4th graders

1. Miss CamilaVelásquezBriceño
Rubric for speaking ability
Exercise description:
The activity is called: Describing people (interview)
In this activity, the students must work in pairs in order to describe the physical
appearance to the other student. They will prepare the presentation with the
following questions:
1. What clothes do you usually wear? When?
2. Do you like colourful cothers? What colours do you prefer?
3. Do you ever wear baggy or tight-fitting jeans or trousers? When?
4. What do you usually wear when you go out?
After to prepare the questions they must present the result in front of the class.
Presentation length: 3-4 minutes
Grade: 4th grade, High School
Unit 1: People and Our Beliefs/ Lesson 1: First Impressions and Stereotypes
The objective: The students will be able to use the key words in a correct way,
and they will be competent to use grammar in context and express appropriate
information fluently.

2. Miss CamilaVelásquezBriceño
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Rubric
Category Excellent (5) Outstanding
(4)
Acceptable
(3)
Inadequate (1)
Pronunciation
and accent.
Pronunciation
is excellent;
pretty
well effort at
accent.
Pronunciation
is good;
good effort at
accent.
Pronunciation
is okay; No
effort towards
a native
Accent.
Pronunciation
is lacking
and hard to
understand;
No effort
towards a
native
Accent.
Fluency Smooth and
fluid speech;
few to no
hesitations; no
attempts to
search for
words; volume
is excellent.
Smooth and
fluid speech;
few
hesitations; a
slight
search for
words;
inaudible word
or two.
Speech is
frequently
hesitant with
some
sentences left
uncompleted;
volume very
soft.
Speech is slow,
hesitant &
strained except
for short
memorized
phrases;
difficult to
perceive
continuity in
speech;
inaudible
Grammar Uses a variety
of structures
perfectly
without
grammatical
mistakes.
Uses a variety
of grammar
structures, but
makes some
errors.
Uses a variety
of structures
with frequent
mistakes, or
uses basic
structures
with only
occasional
errors.
Uses basic
structures,
makes
elementary
mistakes.
‘People is’
Communication Stays on task
and
communicates
effectively;
always
responds
appropriately
and develops
the interaction
Stays on task
most of the
time and
communicates
effectively;
generally
responds
appropriately
and keeps
Tries to
communicate,
but
sometimes
does not
respond
appropriately
or clearly.
Purpose is not
clear; needs a
lot of help
communicating;
usually does
not respond
appropriately or
clearly.

3. Miss CamilaVelásquezBriceño
in a correct
way.
trying to
develop the
interaction.
Vocabulary Uses a variety
of vocabulary
and
expression in
an appropriate
way.
Uses a variety
of vocabulary
and
expressions,
but makes
some errors in
word choce.
Uses limited
vocabulary
and
expressions.
Uses only basic
vocabulary and
expressions.
Details Excellent level
of
description;
additional
details beyond
the
required.
Good level of
description; all
required
information
included.
Description
lacks some
critical details
that make
it difficult for
the listener
to
understand.
Description is
so lacking
that the listener
cannot
understand