1. Rubric for Tech Unit: Formative Assessment (SBPA = Standard Based Performance Assessment)
Requirements: 1. All work must be in (target language).
Exceeds Expectations Meets Expectations Approaching Expectations Does Not Meet Expectations
4/A 3/B 2/C 1/D
Criterion 1: Places an order using Places an order using Places an order using limited Places a minimal order
Communication appropriate and varied appropriate language. language.
Expresses minimal food and
I can place an order with a vocabulary.
Expresses some food and Expresses limited food and drink likes and dislikes from a
waiter in a small restaurant
Expresses varied food drink likes and dislikes from a drink likes and dislikes from a target culture menu in a
or café.
and drink likes and target culture menu in a target culture menu in a conversation.
dislikes from a target conversation. conversation.
I can exchange messages or
culture menu in a
have a conversation with a
conversation. Identifies very few typical target
friend about food and drink
Identifies typical target culture Identifies some target culture culture foods and drinks.
likes and dislikes. Identifies a variety of
foods and drinks for each foods and drinks for each
typical target culture Rarely / minimally
meal. meal.
I can identify food and drink foods and drinks for comprehensible with frequent
items for different meals on each meal. Mainly comprehensible with Somewhat comprehensible errors.
a typical target culture menu. some errors that don’t with errors that interfere with
Easily comprehensible
interfere with understanding. understanding
with few errors.
Criterion 2: Control Consistently uses varied Generally uses appropriate Limited use of appropriate Minimal use of appropriate
I can use appropriate vocabulary to address vocabulary to address the vocabulary to address the vocabulary to address the
phrases to address the the waiter and order waiter and order food and waiter and order food and waiter and order food and
waiter and to order food and food and drinks. drinks. drinks. drinks.
drinks at a café or small
restaurant. Consistently uses varied Generally uses appropriate Limited use of appropriate Minimal use of appropriate
vocabulary and vocabulary and structures to vocabulary and structures to vocabulary and structures to
I can use the appropriate appropriate structures to talk about food and drink talk about food and drink talk about food and drink items
structures and vocabulary to talk about food and drink items on a target culture items on a target culture on a target culture menu.
talk about items on the items on a target culture menu. menu.
menu. menu.

2. Lists very few differences in
Lists many similarities Lists some differences in food Lists limited differences in food and drink items between
and differences in food and drink items between the food and drink items between the two cultures.
I can list the foods that are and drink items between two cultures. the two cultures.
the same and different on a two cultures.
menu from an American café
or small restaurant versus a
menu from the target culture.
I can identify foods that are
common in my culture that
are borrowed or adapted
from the target culture and
vice versa.
Criterion 3: Concepts
I know that the habit of going Consistently Generally demonstrates an Occasionally demonstrates Demonstrates little or no
to a café/small restaurant demonstrates an awareness of cultural an awareness of cultural awareness of cultural
may be different in the target awareness of cultural differences/similarities and differences/similarities and differences/similarities and
culture than in my own differences/similarities borrowings between cultures. borrowings between cultures. borrowings between cultures.
culture. and borrowings between
cultures.
I know that cultural habits
used in ordering, paying a
bill, making requests, and
expressing quantities in the
target culture may be
different than in my culture.
I know that many food-
related items from the target
culture have been borrowed
or adapted in my culture and
vice versa.