This document contains two rubrics created by Diego Paredes for assessing language tasks completed by high school students in Coronel, Chile. The first rubric is holistic and evaluates students' speaking performance on a listening task involving technological devices. It rates students' ability to correctly answer 6 yes/no questions. The second analytic rubric evaluates students' writing skills through a short paragraph assignment on a famous Chilean actor. It assesses students on content, vocabulary, organization, and grammar using a 4-point scale. Both rubrics were designed according to the lesson plans for second year high school students.

1. Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción
Facultad de Educación
Departamento de Lenguas
Language Assessment
Assignment 2: Rubrics
Professor: Andrés Hunter
Name: Diego Paredes

2. Introduction
This work corresponds to the second unit of the English Assessment subject. It
consists on the creation, or adaptation, of two rubrics, one holistic and other
analytic. Both rubrics evaluate the performance of students of a high-school
located in Coronel. The tasks were planned according to Planes y Programas of
second year high-school.

3. Task 1:
Student’s name: _______________________________________ Total score: ___
/ 6 points.
Class context: 2nd
grade Subsidized Secondary School in Coronel
Lesson Aim: By the end of the class, students will be able to identify and describe
different technological devices.
Skill: Speaking
Task description: Students will listen to a history by the teacher talking about the
different types of devices. They will have to answer some simple questions about
the information and characteristics of the devices. Teacher will give the first
example.
YES NO
1. Did the student answer right the first question?
2. Did the student answer right the second question?
3. Did the student answer right the third question?
4. Did the student answer right the fourth question?
5. Did the student answer right the fifth question?
6. Did the student answer right the sixth question?

4. Task 2:
Student’s name: _______________________________________ Total score: ___
/ 16 points
Class context: 2nd
grade Subsidized Secondary School in Coronel
Lesson Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a short
paragraph using simple grammatical structures.
Skill: writing.
Task description: Students will select a famous chilean actor to write a mini-
biography of the chosen character in a paragraph. Students must include the
answers to the following questions:
When and where were He/She born?
Who was the most influential person to Him/Her as a child?
How many movies has He/She starred in?
What was His/Her most important role?
What are His/Her future aspirations?

5. EXCELLENT:
4
GOOD: 3 ADEQUATE: 2 NEEDS
IMPROVEMENT: 1
Content task
oriented
Contents are
relevant to the
task. The
student
delivers all
the
information
required.
The student
covers most of
the questions
required; it does
not affect the
comprehension
of the task.
Lack of some
content and
ideas, which
affects the overall
understanding of
the text. Contains
part of the
required
information.
The student does
not cover the
required information,
which affects the
understanding of the
Text.
Vocabulary Student use a
wide variety of
vocabulary
precisely and
accurately;
little to no
repetition.
The student
uses appropriate
vocabulary
though some
repetition may
occur.
Vocabulary is
very limited with
some second
language
interference.
Insufficient
vocabulary, constant
second language
interference that
make the writing
difficult to
understand.
Organization Paragraph is
well
organized,
easy to follow.
Paragraph is
organized well
enough to be
understood.
Paragraph is
somewhat
organized but
difficult to follow.
There is little
organization and the
paragraph is just a
list of components of
the prompt.
Grammar The student
shows an
excellent
control of
simple and
elementary
structures and
verbs, very
few errors.
Good control of
elementary and
simple
structures with
some errors.
Some grammar
errors, even in
simple structures.
Constant grammar
errors that make the
writing difficult to
understand.