“Mi familia”
For this writing assignment, you will write about your family. You must include yourself and two
additional family members in your composition. Therefore, there’s a total of 3 people that you will
describe. The other family members can be immediate family (father, mother, sister, grandfather, etc.)
or they may be extended family (aunt, cousin, etc.) You must include the following in your writing:
name of person, how the person is related to you, physical description of each person (be detailed so I
can “see” the person), personality traits of each person (again, be detailed), an example of how each
person exhibits at least one trait (for example, if you mention your brother is fun, explain what he does
that’s fun), general activities of each person (goes to school, works in a hospital, writes emails, etc), likes
and dislikes. You should have one paragraph for each person and all of the above information should
appear in each paragraph. The last paragraph should be a conclusion or summary paragraph. In this
paragraph you may include the traits, interests, etc. that family members have in common. For
example, you may state the following, “My family is very interesting and sometimes we’re different
(diferente) and sometimes we’re the same (similar). My brother and I like to go to soccer games, but my
mother doesn’t.” You don’t need to repeat all information in your composition, but you should do some
sort of paragraph that ties things together.
Some Guidelines
1. You will have one class period to complete the assessment.
2. You may use your notes; however, if you choose to do so, the highest grade you can earn is 87. If
you opt to not use your notes, the highest grade possible is 100.
3. The instructor will not help with vocabulary, grammar, etc.
4. You must use structures learned in Spanish 1.
5. You may score a maximum one box higher in other sections than you do in the “Task Completion and
Topic Development” section of the grading rubric. In other words, your scores in other areas depend
on completing the task as indicated in the assignment.
Spanish 1 Writing Rubric – “Mi familia”
Task Completion and
Topic Development
Comprehensibility and
Fluency
Language Control and
Vocabulary Use
fully addresses / completes
task; treatment of topic is
relevant and thorough; well
organized and cohesive;
almost or all info is accurate;
all parts of task are included;
frequent elaboration
appropriately addresses and
completes task; treatment of
topic is relevant and well
developed; well organized
and generally cohesive; info
is generally accurate; all parts
of task are included; much
elaboration
high level of fluency; no
interference from other
language; entire passage is
understandable and flows
smoothly
rich vocabulary; goes “above
and beyond”; excellent
control of structures with few
errors; excellent command of
language conventions
good fluency; little
interference from other
language; most of passage is
understandable and
generally flows smoothly;
assessed lower due to lack of
task completion and/or
development
24: Demonstrates
Competence
addresses and completes
task; treatment of task is
relevant; organized with
adequate cohesiveness; info
is generally accurate,
although may be some
inaccuracy; all parts of task
included; some elaboration
22: Suggests Lack of
Competence
partially addresses and/or
completes task; may be
somewhat irrelevant; may
have inadequate organ.; info
is limited or inaccurate; one
or two parts of task are
missing; little or no
elaboration
17: Demonstrates Lack of
Competence
doesn’t complete task;
somewhat irrelevant; not
cohesive, disorganized; info is
inaccurate; more than 2 parts
missing; no elab
some fluency; errors don’t
impede comprehension;
interference from other
language; occasionally not
understandable; might be
some “choppy” or
“awkward” wording /
phrasing; assessed lower due
to lack of task completion
and/or development
minimal fluency; frequent
interference from other
language; errors may affect
comprehension; significant
sections are not
comprehensible; incomplete
sentences and/or lists of
words given; assessed lower
due to lack of task
completion and/or
development
little to no fluency; numerous
errors impede
communication; much of it is
incomprehensible; assessed
lower due to lack of task
completion and/or
development
uses course structures; good
control of structures with
some errors; very good and
complete vocab for task;
conventions of language are
generally correct; assessed
lower due to lack of task
completion and/or
development
uses some structure, but with
errors; good range of vocab
for task; attempts full
sentences but may contain
errors; may have some errors
in lang conventions; assessed
lower due to lack of task
completion and/or
development
29: Demonstrates Excellence
27: Demonstrates Command
attempt at limited structure,
may contain a lot of errors;
narrow range of vocab; vocab
is at simple word level;
frequent errors in
conventions of written lang;
assessed lower due to lack of
task completion and/or
development
no evidence of structure;
many errors in structure; few
vocab resources; pervasive
errors in conventions of
written lang; assessed lower
due to lack of task
completion and/or
development
0 = No response, unintelligible, off task, completely irrelevant, written in a language other than the target
language, sample is too small or short to evaluate
* Max points on this rubric = 87. You may earn an additional 13 points if you use NO supporting materials:
handouts, notes, books, etc.