Name: ____________________________________________________ Period: _____________________________ Ch. 1A
Pen pal writing assessment – You are going to have a pen pal for the rest of the year to write to in Spanish! In this first letter,
introduce yourself and tell your pen pal your name (English or Spanish name is ok) and what Spanish-speaking country you are
from as well as some activities you like and don’t like to do. Include information from each of the three categories in the
graphic organizer below. Lastly ask a question and say goodbye. (20 points total)
Mal (does not meet
Así Así (needs more
Bien (approaching
Muy Bien (mastery) - 5
expectations) - 2 points
work) – 3 points each
mastery) - 4 points each points each
How much
You mention less than
You mention one
You mention 4-5
You mention 5+ activities
information
one example from each
example from each
activities and all 3
and all 3 categories. You
you
category.
category. Little extension categories. Some
own the language and
communicate
beyond basic phrases.
language extension.
can show it with details!
How
Your writing or speaking Your writing or speaking Your writing or speaking Your writing or speaking
accurately
has many grammatical
has several grammatical has occasional
has very few
you express
or spelling errors
or spelling errors
grammatical or spelling
grammatical or spelling
yourself
(including accents). Or
(including accents).
errors (including
errors (including
obvious use of a
accents)
accents).
translator.
How clearly / Your writing is very hard Your writing is difficult to Your writing is fairly easy Your writing is clear &
neatly you
to understand. Or, letter understand. Or, letter is to understand. Letter is easy to understand.
express
is in English or
in Spanglish, or done
in Spanish. Done with
Letter is in Spanish and is
yourself
unfinished.
with little care, or is late. care.
done with pride.
Above
Only 1-2 underlined
3
4
All 5 underlined
elements
elements
elements
A mí
Me gusta
mucho
Me gusta
No me
gusta nada
Name: ____________________________________________________ Period: _____________________________ Ch. 1A
Pen pal writing assessment – You are going to have a pen pal for the rest of the year to write to in Spanish! In this first letter,
introduce yourself and tell your pen pal your name (English or Spanish name is ok) and what Spanish-speaking country you are
from as well as some activities you like and don’t like to do. Include information from each of the three categories in the
graphic organizer below. Lastly ask a question and say goodbye. (20 points total)
Mal (does not meet
Así Así (needs more
Bien (approaching
Muy Bien (mastery) - 5
expectations) - 2 points
work) – 3 points each
mastery) - 4 points each points each
How much
You mention less than
You mention one
You mention 4-5
You mention 5+ activities
information
one example from each
example from each
activities and all 3
and all 3 categories. You
you
category.
category. Little extension categories. Some
own the language and
communicate
beyond basic phrases.
language extension.
can show it with details!
How
Your writing or speaking Your writing or speaking Your writing or speaking Your writing or speaking
accurately
has many grammatical
has several grammatical has occasional
has very few
you express
or spelling errors
or spelling errors
grammatical or spelling
grammatical or spelling
yourself
(including accents). Or
(including accents).
errors (including
errors (including
obvious use of a
accents)
accents).
translator.
How clearly / Your writing is very hard Your writing is difficult to Your writing is fairly easy Your writing is clear &
neatly you
to understand. Or, letter understand. Or, letter is to understand. Letter is easy to understand.
express
is in English or
in Spanglish, or done
in Spanish. Done with
Letter is in Spanish and is
yourself
unfinished.
with little care, or is late. care.
done with pride.
Above
Only 1-2 underlined
3
4
All 5 underlined
elements
elements
elements
A mí
Me gusta
mucho
Me gusta
No me
gusta nada