8 / Very Good Response
7 / Acceptable Response
6 / Limited Response
5-4-3-2-1-0
Task Completion
(How well do you complete the task/how well do you interact?) / Exceeds task expectations.
Elaborates on all ideas.
PowerPoint significantly enhances story and includes a great variety of authentic places from a Spanish-speaking country.
*Initiates, maintains, and closes a conversation with confidence and fluency.
*Reacts appropriately to situation and partner all of the time. / Completes task and slightly exceeds expectations.
Elaborates on most ideas.
PowerPoint enhances story and includes a variety of authentic places from a Spanish-speaking country.
*Initiates, maintains, and closes a conversation with some confidence and/or fluency.
*Reacts appropriately to situation and partner most of the time. / Completes task.
Does not elaborate on ideas.
Powerpoint aligns with story and includes some authentic places from a Spanish-speaking country.
*Initiates, maintains and closes a conversation.
*Reacts appropriately to situation and partner some of the time. / Attempts or does not complete task.
Misses critical information.
PowerPpoint is incomplete or does not fully align with story. Includes a limited number or no authentic places from a Spanish-speaking country.
*Memorizes conversation.
*Can barely maintain conversation.
*Reacts inappropriately to situation and partner.
Proficiency & Fluency
(How well do you deliver your message?) / Conveys message easily with few or no errors.
Uses pronunciation understood by native speakers.
Uses consistent and proper inflection. / Conveys message with minor errors that do not interfere with meaning.
Uses pronunciation understood by most native speakers.
Uses proper inflection. / Conveys message with errors and slight pauses that interfere with meaning.
Uses pronunciation by sympathetic native speakers.
Uses some inflection. / Conveys message with errors and long pauses that interfere with meaning.
Uses pronunciation that interferes with communication.
Uses no inflection.
Vocabulary/Content
(How extensive and applicable is your vocabulary?) / Uses accurate, rigorous vocabulary.
Uses appropriate transitional words and idioms.
Uses circumlocution to describe unknown words. / Uses accurate and some rigorous vocabulary.
Uses some transitional words and idioms.
May attempt circumlocution to describe unknown words. / Uses adequate vocabulary.
Uses few or no transitional words or idioms.
Does not use circumlocution to describe unknown words. / Uses repetitious and narrow range of vocabulary.
Uses inappropriate vocabulary frequently.
Does not attempt circumlocution.
Grammar/Accuracy
(How accurate is your language?) / Uses a variety of complex structures accurately (moods, tenses, idioms, clauses, etc).
Self corrects.
Organizes thoughts or ideas logically and consistently. / Uses some complex structures accurately (moods, tenses, idioms, clauses, etc).
Self corrects most of the time.
Organizes most thoughts or ideas logically. / Uses few or no complex structures
(moods, tense, idioms, clauses, etc).
Self corrects occasionally.
Organizes some thoughts or ideas logically.
Uses suggested grammar. / Uses simple sentences.
Does not self- correct.
Makes little attempt to organize thoughts or ideas.
Risk-Taking
(How comfortable are you taking risks with the language?) / Exceptional evidence of risk-taking, creativity, originality, effort and detail.
*Student is able to advance conversations and adapts when unknown situations arise
*Student creates questions for clarification / Evidence of risk-taking, creativity, originality, effort and detail.
*Student may be able to advance the conversation but does not do it consistently
*Does not create questions for clarification / Little evidence of risk-taking, creativity, originality, effort and detail.
*Student is only able to answer questions and respond in a predictable conversation
*Student can only ask prepared questions / Minimal attempt or no evidence of risk-taking, creativity, originality, effort and detail.
*Student does not respond to questions
*Student does not create questions
*Indicates a partner or group speaking assessment
** Students earn half points for any category** (ex: 7.5, 5.5)
Total: ____/40 points