Student Full Name: _______________________ Role : Visualizer
Your expression of ideas
Demonstrate:
Describe the photos or images that encapsulate the main topic or
events in the news story.
Credit each photographer or artist of images used
Explain a graph to show quantitative facts from the news story.
Explain terms needed to understand the presentation
Open and close the presentation appropriately
Logical connection and flow of ideas
Your vocabulary
Demonstrate:
Appropriate words and word forms (adjectives, adverbs, gender,
pronouns)
Effective expressions and words that are used together (phrasal verbs,
idioms, colloquialisms) + collocations
Skill in higher-level words (more advanced vocabulary)
Your grammar and sentence structure
Demonstrate:
Correct simple + compound sentence structure
Correct subject/verb agreement, tense choice and use; gerunds +
infinitives
Correct nouns (singular and plural), effective adjectives
Your cooperation – Working with others
Demonstrate:
Work cooperatively with classmates (always / usually/
sometimes/rarely)
Take on assigned roles
Help other students.
Group mark (Transcript /4 and presentation /3)
Your speech sounds
Demonstrate:
Effective intonation and word stress
Clear grouping of words in phrases
Correct pronunciation of words (vowels and consonants)
Total Points
Percentage
Points (circle)
5 4 3 2 1
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1
3
3
2
3
0
2 1 0
2 1
1
2 1
Points (circle)
5 4 3 2 1
Points
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5 4 3 2 1
3 2 1
Points (circle)
5 4 3 2 1
5 4 3 2 1
Points
__ / 15
5 4 3 2 1
Points (circle)
4 3 2 1
Points
__ / 15
4 3 2 1
4 3 2 1
/7
Points (circle)
5 4 3 2 1
5 4 3 2 1
3 2 1
__/7
Points
__ / 13
Transcript Rubric
Student Names: ________________________________________________
Descriptors
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Lists correct facts
Demonstrates understanding of basic structures (simple present/past/future;
simple/compound sentences)
Demonstrates a developing understanding of complex grammatical structures
(e.g. complex sentences; phrases; longer formulaic expressions)
Understands common idioms, slang or everyday expressions
Can guess the spelling of unfamiliar words from sound only
Writes a verbatim transcription of all or most of the news story
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Lists most facts correctly
Demonstrates developing understanding of basic structures (simple
present/past/future; simple/compound sentences)
Demonstrates some difficulty understanding of complex grammatical structures
(e.g. complex sentences; phrases; longer formulaic expressions)
Understands some common idioms, slang or everyday expressions
Can closely guess the spelling of unfamiliar words from sound only
Writes a verbatim transcription of about half the news story
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Few correct facts
Does not demonstrate understanding of basic structures (simple
present/past/future; simple/compound sentences)
Demonstrates difficulty understanding of complex grammatical structures (e.g.
complex sentences; phrases; longer formulaic expressions)
Understands few common idioms, slang or everyday expressions
Sometimes guesses the spelling of unfamiliar words from sound only
Writes a verbatim transcription of about a fourth of the news story
Incorrect facts affect the listener’s understanding
Unclear basic structures (simple present/past/future; simple/compound
sentences)
Incorrect complex grammatical structures (e.g. complex sentences; phrases;
longer formulaic expressions)
Difficulty understanding common idioms, slang or everyday expressions
Rarely guesses the spelling of unfamiliar words from sound only
Has great difficulty completing a verbatim transcription of the news story