Reading project rubrics
- 1. ROLE 1st Meeting 2nd Meeting 3rt Meeting 4th Meeting 5th Meeting Word collector The activity was a crossword where there was the meaning and we had to find the concept. The activity had 3 parts: Scrambled word, hangman and a matching exercise. The activity was a puzzle. It had pictures and words to find the meaning. The activity was a crossword. Some meanings were given in words and the others in pictures. The activity was an interactive puzzle in the website “educaplay”. Sound dealer The exercise was about putting the stress on the right syllable of a word. The exercise was about identifying the rules of intonation. The exercise was about realizing some mistakes in a phonetic transcription. The activity was about identifying aspects of connected speech in some lines of the story. The activity was a review of all the topics we saw in during the semester, like the final exam. Critical listener The activity was about recording our voice reading a paragraph. The activity was about hearing the recordings in order to correct the mistakes. The exercise was about hearing the recordings to give the feedback to each other. We recorded our voice considering the aspects of connected speech. We recorded a paragraph from the book considering all the topics we should have known by know. Analytical reader The exercise had opened questions, and multiple choice. The exercise had multiple choice questions and true or false statements. The activity had open questions, true or false, and multiple choice. The activity was about marking in a chart if the sentences were true or false according to the reading. The exercise was a test from the website “Educaplay”. It consisted in true or false statements and multiple choice questions.
- 2. Week No. __1_ Meeting duration: ___4 hours_ Date: __February 28th ROLE STRENGTHS RECOMMENDATIONS Word collector We learned a lot of strange words that we were not familiar with. Good Job! Sound dealer We practiced the rules of stress that we studied in the class. Next time, try to use more advanced vocabulary. Critical listener We realized about very common mistakes that we make every day when we talk. Excellent Job! Analytical reader We remember the grammatical structure when making questions in past tense. Next time, try to makes questions with a higher level of difficulty. What did you learn in this session? We increased our vocabulary with the new words and we practiced reading aloud. What were the positive aspects of this session? We worked very well as a group and everyone was punctual doing the activity assigned. What are the recommendations as a group? Try to spend more time in the sessions in order to practice the pronunciation of each person.
- 3. Week No. __2__ Meeting duration: ___5 hours_ Date: __March 14th ROLE STRENGTHS RECOMMENDATIONS Word collector The activity was very creative and very entertained. The activity was too easy. Try to do it more difficult. Sound dealer We practiced tone units, onset syllables and tonic syllables. Also, we practiced intonation patterns. Good job! Critical listener We are improving our intonation when reading aloud. Be more patient with the classmate’s difficulties and don’t laugh at them. Analytical reader There were many questions that allow us to understand the text very well. Next time, try to innovate the way to make the activity because we are tired of the same kind of exercise. What did you learn in this session? In this session we learned to be more self-critical people and to be more aware of our speaking. What were the positive aspects of this session? In this opportunity we spent plenty of time doing the exercises and the activity was very productive. What are the recommendations as a group? Since this is a team work, try to help each other with the pronunciation difficulties.
- 4. Week No. __3__ Meeting duration: ___4 hours_ Date: __April 10th ROLE STRENGTHS RECOMMENDATIONS Word collector The activity was different from the others ones. We’ve already seen the vocabulary that was used in the activity. Try to find unusual words. Sound dealer The exercise was very useful because we could put in practice what we have learned. Good job! Critical listener The reading allowed us to recognize some aspects of connected speech, which is the topic that we are studying. Excellent job! Analytical reader We are improving our intonation and reading skills because we are putting more attention in relation with punctuation. Try to innovate when doing questions. Be more creative! What did you learn in this session? We learned a lot of new adverbs and prepositions when reading this story of Edgar Allan Poe. What were the positive aspects of this session? We noticed that now we are able to correct the pronunciation mistakes by ourselves, without the help of the partners that have a little more of knowledge. What are the recommendations as a group? We think we are doing this process very well, so the only recommendation is to keep working this way.
- 5. Week No. __4__ Meeting duration: _3 :30 hours_ Date: _April 26th_ ROLE STRENGTHS RECOMMENDATIONS Word collector In this vocabulary activity we learned a lot of adverbs and prepositions that are not very common in the spoken language. We think we have done enough crosswords during this process. Try to be more creative and innovate the way to do the activity. Sound dealer We reviewed the aspects of connected speech and the examples from the book made us comprehend more easily these aspects. The exercise was fine, but you should have done it in a more entertained way. Critical listener We have improved our fluency because of the reading aloud that we do every time we meet. Next time, we should try to give a better feedback because we still many doubts. Analytical reader We think that by this time we have made a great progress when answering the questions and we don’t have too much trouble. Nice exercise! What did you learn in this session? In this session we learned a lot of new vocabulary and its correct pronunciation. Also, we learned to work better as a group and it gave us many positives aspects that will be very useful for our future advances in the language. What were the positive aspects of this session? We noticed that our intonation problems are getting better. Also, we are stressing the words on the right syllable. What are the recommendations as a group? We are having too much homework assignments and we are not dedicating enough time to make the activities, so we should be more willing and able to complete the tasks.
- 6. Week No. __5__ Meeting duration: _4 hours_ Date: _May 17th_ ROLE STRENGTHS RECOMMENDATIONS Word collector The words used in this vocabulary were really new for us, so that we did learned something new. The activity was made in a creative way and everybody enjoyed doing it. Few words for the activity. Try to find more. Sound dealer We noticed that since these stories are written in British English, we could identify and made some comparisons between this accent and the American one. Also the activity helped us to study for the final exam. Good Job! Critical listener We corrected our pronunciation mistakes, the partner made us repeat the words that we had produced in a wrong way until we achieve the right pronunciation. This was very important because we feel that we did improved and we won’t make the same mistakes. Try to be more patient with the people that have a slower learning process, and don`t get angry when someone can’t produce certain sound. Analytical reader It was a very interesting idea to do this activity in this way (using Educaplay) because it wasn’t boring and we used strategies learned in other subjects of the program. Next time, try to formulate questions where we can analyze more deeply the meaning of the text. What did you learn in this session? Since this was the last session, we focus on reviewing all the things we’ve learned during this semester. We really think we learned a lot because of this project and the blog was a very useful tool to improve our progress in the acquisition of the language. What were the positive aspects of this session? One of the things we enjoyed most was that we used the website “Educaplay” to do the activities. This was very entertained and different from the last ones. What are the recommendations as a group? Try to keep in mind all of the suprasegmental aspects of the language and practiced a lot in order to internalize them for your everyday speech.
- 7. 1st Meeting 2nd Meeting 3rt Meeting 4th Meeting 5th Meeting DATE February 28th March 14th April 10th April 26th May 17th STORY TITLE The Mask Of The Red Death The Story Of William Wilson Part 1 The story of William Wilson Part 2 The story of William Wilson Part 3 The story of William Wilson Part 4 ROLE NAMES NAMES NAMES NAMES NAMES Word collector Claudia Cardona - Daniela Restrepo -Ana Lucero Zapata Luis Ocampo Diana Lorena Ramírez Claudia Cardona Sound dealer Diana Lorena Ramírez Claudia Cardona -Daniela Restrepo -Ana Lucero Zapata Luis Ocampo Diana Lorena Ramírez Critical listener Luis Ocampo Diana Lorena Ramírez Claudia Cardona -Daniela Restrepo -Ana Lucero Zapata Luis Ocampo Analytical reader - Daniela Restrepo -Ana Lucero Zapata Luis Ocampo Diana Lorena Ramírez Claudia Cardona - Daniela Restrepo -Ana Lucero Zapata