Multiple Learning Activities and Rubrics Use 高雄市正興國小英語教師 許儷齡老師

Warm-up Activity Find a partner Talk (in English) about what you did this morning

Warm-up Activity Assessment What do you think about your oral performance? How do you feel about your partner’s oral performance? Can you conduct an assessment?conduct an assessment - Who do you want to assess? (your partner or yourself) - What do you want to assess? (pronunciation, clarity and fluency, grammar, word use, etc.)

Features of Effective Oral Practices  use activities  performance based  language learning is communication for meaningful purposes  assessment is integrated

Discussion Do you use any of the following learning activities in your classroom? Please discuss in your group. Take notes if you don’t know how to do them. Please discuss in your group!

Interactive Classroom Activities Hot and Cold Game Guessing Game Charade Concentration Game (Memory Game) Draw (a monster) and Tell Questionnaire

Interactive Classroom Activities TPR Show me the words, pictures Add One on Game Odd One out Higher Lower Game Information gaps

Interactive Classroom Activities Listen and Draw/Write Role Play Reader’s Theater Speaking and listening activities Cooperative learning tasks

Integrating Assessment into Learning ActivitiesAssessment heterogeneous grouping + peer coaching Assessment tool: Vocabulary Checklist Assessment tool: Observation Checklist

Integrating Assessment into Learning Activities Assessment tool: Chant Assessment Rubrics All:,, our. I my. You your. She es, her. He es his. Gargle, gargle, gargle, spit! T: Where are you children? All: We are in the bathroom. T: What are you doing? All: We are ing our. T: Good kids!

Integrating Assessment into Learning Activities Assessment tool: Oral Assessment Checklist Oral Assessment Checklist

Integrating Assessment into Learning Activities A. Using a picture book for dictation: Students write/draw on their dictation sheets dictation sheets

Integrating Assessment into Learning Activities B. Group members listen & find pictures, which work as cues for their oral description.oral description

Integrating Assessment into Learning Activities Teacher-led Assessment: Observation Checklist Observation Checklist C. Reinforcement Activity:Dictation Dictation (pair work) Peer Assessment Sheet

Integrating Assessment into Learning Activities Peer AssessmentPeer Assessment, Self Assessment, and Self Reflection are conducted to involve students in assessment.Self AssessmentSelf Reflection

What is a rubric Please listen and take notes of the key words/points you hear. Grouping & Sharing in groups

Discussion What is a rubric? What’s the basic structure of a rubric? Why do we need rubrics? Re-grouping & Sharing in groups Please discuss in groups!

Discussion During the activity process, are there any opportunities to do assessment? Who do you want to assess? When can you assess? What criteria will you use? Please discuss with a partner!

What is a Rubric? Rubrics can be analytic or holistic, and they can be created for any content area including math, science, history, writing, foreign languages, drama, art, music, etc. The rubric is a formative type of assessment because it becomes an ongoing part of the whole teaching and learning process. A rubric is a grading tool that lists a set of criteria, which defines and describes the important components of the work being planned or evaluated.

Rubrics can improve student performance, as well as monitor it, by making teachers' expectations clear and by showing students how to meet them. Rubrics help students become more thoughtful judges of the quality of their own and others' work. A rubric gives students clear targets of proficiency to aim for. Teachers can use it to assess projects, student groups, or individual students; students can use the same rubric for self-assessment as individuals, in groups, and for peer assessment; and parents can answer for themselves their questions about their child's performance. Why do we need rubrics?

Structure of a Rubric Holistic rubric Analytic rubric What are their differences?

◦ Rubistar ◦ Assessment Generator Rubrics Generator ◦ Rubric Converter (T-led assessment)T-led assessment oobrix.html

Discussion Look at the following learning activity, and think about when you can perform an assessment and what dimensions/criteria you will assess.

Three-step Role-play C. Role-play practiceRole-play practice B. Group role-playGroup role-play A. Unscrambling the dialogueUnscrambling the dialogue D. Role-play (pair work)Role-play Please discuss in your group!

Interactive Classroom Activities ◦ Grocery shopping Grocery shopping ◦ Giving personal information Giving personal information ◦ Line up according to… ◦ Sentence betting ◦ Forming sentences with words

Choose one activity and discuss with your group partners! Think and Discuss with a partner What assessment can go with these activities? What are you going to assess? Be prepared for a rubric presentation in the afternoon.

Back to the warm-up activitywarm-up activity

Conduct an assessment…. Please list some criteria and use them to assess yourself. Please use the same criteria to assess your partner. Compare your criteria with your partner’s and discuss about the reasons why you used those criteria.

Think about this…. What interactive activity have you done for one of the following teaching topics? animals, numbers, time, colors, weather, parts of the body, days of the week, seasons and months, clothes, sports, daily routines, transportation, food & drinks, fruit, vegetables, family, neighborhood, health & illness, etc.

Discussion Do you use diverse learning activities in your classroom? What are some of your favorite? Why do you like them best? Please discuss in your group! Be prepared for a rubric presentation in the afternoon.

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