Topic My Neighborhood

The student is capable of describing the area where he or she lives by using present simple, there is, there are
Learning result
and can to invite a foreign friend for a visit.

Period Mid-term Final

Poster with illustrations of the student’s

Video with footage of the student’s neighborhood
Deliverables neighborhood and the presentation’s
featuring student’s commentary on camera.
transcript.

The learner will be able to:

1. describe him/herself, what he/she does and where he/she lives.
2. give a simple description of an object or picture while showing it to others using basic words, phrases
CEFR Descriptor and formulaic expressions, provided he/she can prepare in advance.
3. Give a short, rehearsed, basic presentation on a familiar subject. A
4. Answer straightforward follow up questions if he/she can ask for repetition and if some help with the
formulation of his/her reply is possible.
 Mid-term Student’s Checklist

Before I presented my poster I… Yes No Why?

Skills

1 … investigated my neighborhood and selected a minimum of 3 places

based on their importance and personal interest.
Skills

2 …took photographs of the places and printed them for the poster
including relevant information such as dates, location, events, etc.
Knowledge

3 …included relevant vocabulary to describe places.

Knowledge

4 …prepared a draft of my presentation in written form for my teacher to

make any corrections.
Attitude

5 … followed all the instructions on time.

 Final Project Evaluation Rubric
Indicator 0 1
1. Accuracy Plenty of conjugation and other
grammatical mistakes are made.
The description contains ideas that
are difficult to understand and are
not clearly related to the description
of a place.
E.g. This places is my favorites.
2. Range of Vocabulary The message does not contain key
vocabulary to describe places.
E.g. Here a parque and shop.
3. Task Completion The message was read almost in
its entirety. The message is not
completely related to the
description. The length of the video
exceeds the three minutes or is
shorter than 45 seconds.
4. Communication The student does not address the
audience. The voice is hardly
audible.
5. Cohesion The description contains short
isolated sentences, but it is difficult
to say when one begins and
another one ends due to
organization of ideas and lack of
cohesive devices.
E.g. Here a parque here is shop
good.
Some conjugation and other grammatical
mistakes are made. The message was
understandable and clear enough for the
audience to follow the presentation in almost
its entirety. E.g. These places are my
favorites.
The message contains a wide variety of key
vocabulary to describe places.
E.g. There are a park and a shop center.
The message was read in a few occasions,
but almost everything was memorized. The
message is closely related to the description
of the images. The length of the video is
longer than 45 seconds but does not reach
the minimum of one minute or is longer than
2 minutes.
The student addresses the audience on
some occasions. The volume of voice is
adequate in most of the video.
The description contains short isolated
sentences that can be understood without
difficulty. Sentences are organized using few
cohesive devices.
E.g. There is a park and a shop center. The
shopping center is small and cheap.
2
Almost no conjugation or other
grammatical mistakes are made. The
message was easy enough to follow in its
entirety.
E.g. These are my favorite places.
The message contains plenty of clear
examples of key vocabulary to describe
places.
E.g. There is a beautiful park and a big
shopping center/mall in my neighborhood.
The message was hardly ever read to the
audience, although it may have been
consulted for references. The message is
clearly related to the description. The
length of the video is at least 1 minute and
does not exceed the 2 minutes.
The student clearly addresses the
audience. The volume of voice is
appropriate at all times.
The description contains short sentences
that are connected and well organized
using simple cohesive devices such as:
and, but, so, because, etc.
E.g. There is a park and there´s a shop
center. The shopping center is small, but I
like it because it’s cheap.