Julie+Baird

This wonderful rubric showed up on Ben Slavic's blog.

Hi Ben, Here are the Levels of Acquisition from Julie Baird. LEVELS OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 10 = can easily retell the story in German from a different perspective or tense

9 = can retell the story with ease adding relevant details that were not presented in class

8 = can retell the story in German with ease

7 = can retell most of the story with a decent flow and consistency

6 = can retell the story in German slowly but with a few smooth parts

5 = can retell the story all in German, but it is very rough

4 = can retell the story in German with partner’s help

3 = can retell the story mixing German and English

2 = can retell the entire story in English

1 = can understand the gist of the story //Julie shares these freely with those who are interested and has given permission to copy and adapt.//

Thanks Julie! Any tips/ideas on how to “grade” these levels of proficiency? [|REPLY] //    [|Robert Harrell]   [|September 21, 2011 at 8:05 PM]  // I don’t think Julie is part of this group. Since I sent the levels to Ben, I’ll answer. You have to use a “sliding scale” when doing assessment. Obviously you are going to give beginning students (first weeks of level 1) good marks for understanding the gist of the story. Advanced might be re-telling the entire story in English with ease. By level AP it will take a student performing at level 9-10 to get an Advanced designation. Levels 7-8 are Proficient. Level 6 is Basic. Levels 4-5 are Below Basic. Levels 1-2 are Far Below Basic. Level 3 could go either way. This should be used for the summative assessment after students have been exposed to the “story” for a length of time. Two key uses are

1. Remind the “smart ass” kids of how far they have to go 2. Keep administrators happy by having an “objective” rubric.

Angela Williams  [|September 21, 2011 at 7:22 PM] Thanks Julie! Any tips/ideas on how to “grade” these levels of proficiency? [|REPLY]  [|Robert Harrell]  [|September 21, 2011 at 8:05 PM]  I don’t think Julie is part of this group. Since I sent the levels to Ben, I’ll answer. You have to use a “sliding scale” when doing assessment. Obviously you are going to give beginning students (first weeks of level 1) good marks for understanding the gist of the story. Advanced might be re-telling the entire story in English with ease. By level AP it will take a student performing at level 9-10 to get an Advanced designation. Levels 7-8 are Proficient. Level 6 is Basic. Levels 4-5 are Below Basic. Levels 1-2 are Far Below Basic. Level 3 could go either way. This should be used for the summative assessment after students have been exposed to the “story” for a length of time. Two key uses are

1. Remind the “smart ass” kids of how far they have to go