The first assessment for Östra Gymnasiets English 5 course.

1. Trip to an Anglophonic
Community
Assessment 1

2. What will be doing today?
 Looking at the goals for the assessments.
 Becoming aware of the resources needed to complete
the assessment.
 Making note of what the workshops have to offer us to
help us complete this assessment.
 Learning how the rubric process functions.

3. Goals
 To express yourself verbally and formally
 To gain knowledge of different countries where English is
spoken and be able to compare it to your own country.
 To become familiar with the social, political and cultural
relationships in different contexts and parts of the world
where English is spoken.
 To take your own responsibility in
planning, researching, and presenting your own material.
 To receive and give information
 To retrieve information connected to your own interest and
tell, describe, and explain the information retrieved, as well
as to add your own opinion.
 To retrieve the English spoken of a different dialect and
comment upon the details of that English.

4. Resources Needed
 Good planning skills and knowledge of the English
language.
 References: Dictionary, the internet, reference materials
from library.
 PowerPoint and skills using it.
 Good research skills
 A choice of English-speaking countries
(Canada, USA, England, Ireland, Australia, New
Zealand, South Africa, India, etc…).
 Ability to work well in a group

5. Some skills that will be learned
during workshops
 To listen and analyze different dialects.
 To read lyrics of songs about different geographic
locations in order to understand the culture.
 The differences between instructing, motivating, and
arguing in spoken language and text.
 Considering one’s audience in order to choose the style
in which spoken and written language will be presented
to that audience.

6. What is a rubric?
A rubric is an assessment tool that clearly
indicates marking criteria. It can be used for
marking assignments, class participation, or
overall grades.

7. Example rubrics template
Criteria Quality
Stated Objective Beginning Developing Accomplished Exemplary
or Performance
“ Description of Description of Description of Description of
identifiable identifiable identifiable identifiable
performance performance performance performance
characteristics characteristics characteristics characteristics
reflecting a reflecting reflecting reflecting the
beginning level of development mastery of highest level of
performance. and performance. performance.
movement
toward
mastery of
performance.
“ “ “ “ “
“ “ “ “ “
“ “ “ “ “

8. What are we assessing?
The grading criteria offered by “Skolverket” for English
5. It is in Appendix 5 of your English 5 pamphlet. We
create the rubrics according to the goals of the
assessment, the skills learned during the
workshops, and the criteria that matches the
assessment.

9. Ask Vivian Forum!
 Any Questions? Please send them to Vivian in the
English 5 for All room under ”Ask Vivian”!