Performance Assessment – Level 3
Theme(s): Cultural Diversity / Self Identity
Unit: Barriers
Essential Question: What barriers does society impose on us?
Speaking Assessment:
Create and present a skit in which a diverse group of students must spend a full day in detention
together. (“Breakfast Club” type situation) In the skit the students have to discuss racial, ethnic, and
gender stereotypes. In the end they realize what they have in common.
Role-play a situation in which you interview a recently arrived immigrant from the target culture. Ask
him/her questions about his/her experience.
Writing Assessment:
Compose questions for the interview in which you ask a recently arrived immigrant from the target
culture. Include questions about their cultural heritage, their values, beliefs, and norms at home and at
school.
Write an article for the school newspaper. In this article your interview of a newly arrived immigrant will
be featured. The article should include what you learned about how the immigrant behaves at home
versus at school and what kind of social barriers the student faces.
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Theme(s): Family and Community
Unit: Love and Friendship
Essential Question: How is love and friendship expressed throughout the world and how does it
influence the individual?
Speaking Assessment:
Select a personal add and make your first contact via phone. Plan your first outing.
Writing Assessment:
Write you own personal add looking for your special someone. In the personal add briefly describe
yourself physical and personality, your interests and express what you are looking for in a relationship.
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Theme(s): Leisure
Unit: Art
Essential Question: How does art influence our everyday life?
Speaking Assessment:
Interview a famous artist. Ask what made him/her create this piece of art and what affect he/she hoped
this piece would have on everyday life.
Writing Assessment:
Teacher provides a visual of a piece of art. You will describe the work of art and its effect on society.
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Theme(s): Communication and Media
Unit: Social Networking
Essential Question: How do social networking sites influence society?
Speaking Assessment:
Present a skit in which you and your friends are driving and the driver pulls out his/her cellphone to text.
Discuss how texting has influenced society.
Teacher provides visuals of how media influences society (dangers of texting and driving, etc.). The
group will tell a story based on the picture. Groups share their stories with other groups. The listening
group has to create a set number of questions to expand on the story.
Writing Assessment:
Write a short essay on the following topic: What are the positive and negative influences of texting on
communication today?
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Theme(s): Health
Unit: Lifestyle Choices
Essential Question: What do we base our lifestyle choices on? What motivates us?
Speaking Assessment:
You are visiting with your doctor because you don’t feel well. Present your symptoms to your doctor.
Discuss how to prevent future illness by making positive lifestyle choices.
Writing Assessment:
You just received an email from a friend. Your friend reveals that he/she has an eating disorder.
Respond to him or her, give advice, and explain why it’s important to have a healthy lifestyle.
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Theme(s): Science and Technology
Unit: Inventions
Essential Question: How have inventions impacted our world and where do you see them taking us in
the future?
Speaking Assessment:
Role-play—You (an optimist) and your partner (a pessimist), debate what the world will be like in 20
years.
Writing Assessment:
Write a journal entry in which you talk about your desire to have plastic surgery. Why do you think you
need it? What are the risks involved? What are the benefits?
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Theme(s): Customs and Traditions
Unit: Cultural Celebrations
Essential Question: What aspects of our culture do we pride ourselves with during cultural celebrations?
Speaking Assessment:
Create a commercial promoting a cultural diversity event at your school. Describe the event, the
importance of having it, the logistics, and the cultures that will be represented.
Written assessment:
Create a flyer promoting the cultural diversity event.
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Theme(s): Global Issues
Unit: Poverty and Famine
Essential Question: What causes poverty and famine and how can it be prevented?
Speaking Assessment:
Teacher provides a visual/listening prompt depicting poverty or famine in a target language country.
Students describe the picture and make connections to what they have seen or experienced in their own
lives.
Writing Assessment:
Create a brochure in which you inform the public about ways to break the cycle of poverty.