6. WORD BANK QUESTIONS
posters pillow LEVEL 1
lamp blanket What do you see?
bed camera Name 3 school items.
ball pencil What is the color of the…. (carpet, curtain, chair, shelf..)
cat guitar Where is the …. (cat, pink frog, blue book, camera..)
frog/s clown How many… (frogs, books..)
sweaters jeans Is the room messy / tidy? Why?
socks wall Is it winter? How can you tell?
basketball shelf
book/s floor LEVEL 2
bin wardrobe
chair messy
Do you think it’s a boy’s room? Why?
window tidy Where is he right now?
shoes winter Do you think he likes sports? Music? School?
curtain
desk
What do you like about this room?
carpet Would you like this room to be yours? Why?
LEVEL 3
Describe your room
Describe your dream room
Extension activity: Write 5 sentences describing the picture/your room.
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7. Person's Person's
From Occupation Weekends From Occupation Weekends
Name Name
1. Layla doctor Saudi
1. relax at home
Arabia
2. professor go fishing
2. Jason America
3. Ali Kuwait
3. mechanic play baseball
4. Egypt banker play cards
4. Mona
5. Hind Oman
5. teacher read novels
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8. Healthy Food Eating
Names of Could you tell me how often Could you tell me when What did you
students you eat green vegetables? you last ate green eat yesterday?
vegetables?
a. Every day
b. a few days a week
c. once a week
d. less than once a week
Student 1
Student 2
Student 3
Student 4
Student 5
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13. The evaluation rubric will measure proficiency in expressing
oneself in English.
CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Score
Grammatical errors led
Grammar covered in A few minor difficulties
to many minor Grammatical errors
class was used to arose from not using the
Grammar difficulties or one major severely hampered
communicate grammar studied in
breakdown in communication.
effectively. class.
communication.
Vocabulary studied in Some difficulties arose
A few minor difficulties Communication was
class was used to due to limited
Vocabulary arose from not using severely hampered due
express ideas vocabulary and/or bad
appropriate vocabulary. to lack of vocabulary.
eloquently. diction.
Some effort was Much effort was
Student acted as a Some minor difficulties
required to maintain the required to maintain the
facilitator, helping the maintaining the
Fluency conversation. There may conversation. There may
conversation flow and conversation were
have been a few long have been many long
develop. evident.
pauses. pauses.
Student responded to Student responded to Student failed to answer
Student didn't
questions with most questions, some questions
understand or ignored
appropriate answers, acknowledged most appropriately OR failed
most questions and
Listening acknowledged all statements, and to acknowledge some
statements. Student
statements, and incorporated many of statements and
may have been using
incorporated them into these into the incorporate these into
notes.
the discussion. conversation. the conversation.
No serious problems
Some communication
arose, but better Pronunciation,
Pronunciation was clear problems arose due to
pronunciation, inflection, and/or
and inflection and unclear pronunciation
Voice and non-verbal inflection, and/or non- expression confused
expressions were used and/or lack of inflection
communication verbal communication communication. Student
to enhance and/or expression.
could have made may have been very
communication. Student may have been
communication more difficult to hear.
difficult to hear.
efficient.
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