Nombre: Alessandra Bassani

Fecha: El venticinco de septiembre

Your task is to answer the following prompt in a well-organized essay of at least 75 words. First, complete the
rough draft using the organizer below. Then, use the composition paper to write your final draft. Be sure to skip
lines on your final copy.

Tpicamente, qu hacas los fines de semana cuando eras joven?

Introduccin
Cuando era joven tena mucha divertido los fines de semana.
Hook
Thesis
statement

Topic
Sentence

Yo pasaba tiempo con mi familia y mis amigos, y yo jugaba al ftbol.

Prrafo de cuerpo #1
Me gustaba pasar tiempo con mis amigos y mi familia.
Nosotros vamos pelculas cuando lluvia durante el da.

Detail #1

Detail #2

Nosotros compramos comida en el supermercado y ropas en el comercial central

tambin.

Prrafo de cuerpo #2
Topic
Sentence

Yo jugaba al ftbol los fines de semana.

Detail #1

Yo jugaba con mi equipo, y nosotros ganbamos muchos partidos.

Detail #2

Me gustaba jugar en mi patio trasero tambin, porque practicaba habilidades.

Conclusin

Restatement
of Thesis
Yo tena mucha divertido los fines de semana cuando era joven.
Statement
Concluding
Sentence

Yo haca muchos actividades incluyendo ftbol y va pelculas, y pasaba tiempo con

mi familia y mis amigos.

Spanish III Presentational Writing Rubric

Intermediate Mid

Intermediate Low

Task Completion
and Organization

Comprehensibility

Vocabulary

Grammar *

I have
completed the task with
appropriate content
and well-developed
ideas

Organiz
ation is evident and my
ideas are connected.

I have a
clear opening and
closing.

I am
understood without
difficulty by someone
unaccustomed to
language learners.

I show
no evidence of
translating word for word
from English to Spanish.

Errors
in grammar do not
interfere with
comprehension.

I use a
variety of simple,
compound, and complex
sentences throughout
my work.

I
accurately use a wide
range of new-learned
vocabulary that
accomplishes the task.

I
occasionally include
appropriate idiomatic
expressions.

I often
circumlocute when I
cant come up with the
Spanish word.

I never
use English or invented
(Spanglish) words.

I
demonstrate superior
control of basic
language structures.

I may
make rare errors with
current level structures.

I
occasionally attempt to
use more advanced
structures, with
accuracy.

Novice High

Novice Mid

I have
completed the task with
appropriate content and
adequately developed ideas.

I organize my
presentation in a logical
manner.

I have an
opening and closing, but they
may be weak.

The content
is mostly appropriate, but the
ideas may be undeveloped.

I mostly
organize my presentation in
a logical manner.

I may lack
an opening and/or closing.

I am generally
understood by someone
unaccustomed to language
learners.
But when I am not, it may be
because of one or more of the
following:

my
spelling and/or punctuation is
occasionally inaccurate, but
follows conventions.

I
rarely show evidence of
translating word for word from
English to Spanish.

My
errors in grammar and word
choice occasionally interfere
with comprehension.

I am
understood with occasional
difficulty by someone
accustomed to language
learners.
But when I am not, it may be
because of one or more of the
following:

My spelling
and/or punctuation is often
inaccurate and may or may
not follow conventions.

I occasionally
show evidence of translating
word for word from English to
Spanish.

My errors in
grammar and word choice
frequently interfere with
comprehension.

I use a variety
of simple and compound
sentences throughout my work
and I attempt to include some
complex sentences.

I use a range
of newly-learned vocabulary
that accomplishes the task.

I show some
evidence of circumlocution
when I cant come up with the
Spanish word.

Rarely my
vocabulary is inadequate or
inaccurate due to:

the use of
English words

the use of
invented (Spanglish) words

the misuse of
words

spelling errors
I demonstrate good
control of basic and current level
language structures. I may
make rare errors with basic
grammar and occasional errors
with current level structures.
I occasionally attempt to
use more advanced structures,
with inconsistent accuracy.

I have
minimally completed
the task and/or some of
the information is
inappropriate.

I
attempt to organize,
but ideas are loosely
connected.

I generally
use simple sentences, but I
may attempt to include some
compound or complex
sentences.

I use familiar
vocabulary on a range of
topics.

Occasionally
my vocabulary is inadequate or
inaccurate due to:

the use of
English words

the use of
invented (Spanglish)
words

the misuse of
words

spelling errors

I demonstrate
emerging control of basic
language structures, but I
still make many mistakes
even with basic grammar.

I am
understood with some
difficulty by someone
accustomed to language
learners.
But when I am not, it may
be because of one or
more of the following:

my
spelling / punctuation is
inaccurate and does not
follow conventions.

I show
regular evidence of
translating word for
word from English to
Spanish.

My
errors in grammar often
interfere with
comprehension.

I use
basic vocabulary in simple
sentences.

Often my
vocabulary is inadequate
or inaccurate due to:

the use
of English words

the use
of invented
(Spanglish) words

the
misuse of words

spelling
errors

I
demonstrate
inconsistent control of
even basic grammar.

*Expectations for Grammar Mastery (Unit 3)

Students will demonstrate correct use of the following structures:
Advanced Level

the infinitive of the verb after

prepositions

integration of a variety of tenses

where appropriate

backwards verbs (gustar, etc.)

conjugation of stem-changing verbs in

the preterite tense

direct object pronouns to replace

Current Level

conjugation of stem-changing verbs

in the present tense

reflexive verbs

the present progressive tense

parallel construction with articles

appropriate tense (no tense shift)

Basic Level

subject-verb agreement

noun-adjective agreement

plural forms of nouns and adjectives

responding to questions appropriately

(yes/no, choice, question word questions)

responding to questions with the

direct object nouns

indirect object pronouns to reference

indirect object nouns

preterite vs imperfect

preterite vs the imperfect

use of personal a

tener que + infinitive

ir a + infinitive

the infinitive as the second verb in a

verb phrase

object vs subject pronouns

appropriate subject in the answer

conjugation of regular verbs in the

present tense

conjugation of irregular verbs ir, ser, dar,

estar, tener, venir, -go verbs

ser vs estar

saber vs conocer