Grading Criteria for Group Oral Presentations
Spanish 104 A1, C2, PM & 102C – CONNELL
Presentation
date: SPA 102C- Tuesday, December 5th & Wednesday, December 6thth,
2000
As stated in the presentation handout distributed a few weeks earlier, students will be performing in groups of 3-4, but will each be receiving individual grades. Everyone is expected to adequately prepare themselves for the day of presentations by reviewing vocabulary words and phrases, as well as verb tenses pertinent to each of the themes listed on the presentation handout.[ For those doing scripted presentations ( and this applies to SPA 102C students ONLY), everyone is expected to have memorized their lines and be ready to perform for the class using whatever props are necessary]. Students will be graded on the following elements with their corresponding point distribution:
1. Completely
comprehensive, very conversational 15
2. Mostly
comprehensible but with some significant errors,
sometimes too slow/too simple/too
below class level 13
3. Mostly
incomprehensible; little utilization of elements learned 10
in class
4. Completely
incomprehensible 0
1.
Well-developed ideas, clear, to the point; long enough 15
2. Ideas mostly well-developed, fairly
clear/relevant; duration ok 13
3. Ideas not well-developed, mostly unclear,
hard to follow; meets/ just
meets minimum duration requirement 10
4. Impossible to follow, lacking clarity;
below duration requirement 0
1. Broad in range, precise, well-suited to theme 10
2. Generally adequate for situation 8
3. Mostly inaccurate or inadequate 5
4.
Completely inaccurate/inadequate, gross misuse 0
1. Very cooperative; efforts contributed to
the dynamic of the
interaction and helped sustain the communication. Success
of
task benefited from interaction.
10
2. Demonstrated cooperation and contributed
somewhat to
the
interaction. Sometimes let others sustain the conversation. 8
3. Generally uncooperative; little effort
shown/made to engage in
interaction or assist partners; relatively unresponsive to task. 5
4. Complete lack of cooperation or effort to
participate; completely
unresponsive to task. Lack of interaction chipped away at task. 0
The instructor will
take notes as both the presentation AND the time- clock are being observed. For those doing
scripted performances, each group must provide the instructor with a TYPED,
DOUBLED SPACED copy of the script (all accents typed or handwritten in) so
that the instructor may prompt those students who experience occasional trouble
with their lines. Any student needing excessive prompting will be penalized an automatic 50 points for lack
of preparation. If caught with a script or cheat sheet of any sort, 50 points will be automatically deducted. For those doing “impromptu” dialogues, any
student caught with a cheat sheet, index card or vocabulary words or phrases
written on paper, hats, or their arm(s) will be penalized an automatic 50
points for lack of preparation, and a second –50 points for cheating (which
would equal a ZERO). You have
been given sufficient time to prepare, and are encouraged to not attempt any of
the previously mentioned actions.
Points for each student,
and from each grading category, will totaled and then multiplied by 2, to equal
a grade out of 100 points. In the classes which follow the oral presentation,
students will receive a personalized sheet with points for each category, and
written comments directly pertaining to each of those categories, as relevant
to the presentation.
As stated, absence on the day of the oral presentation equals a grade of ZERO. Tardiness will equal a grade of ZERO for those students who are not physically present in class during the time in which his or her group is performing its presentation. If anything remains unclear or if there are any questions, please send an email to clasedeellen@hotmail.com or econnell@acsu.buffalo.edu.