Final Test Rubric

Name______French 3 Final Test Rubric Script 12.5 25 37.5 50 Role-play is very Role-play is short Role-play is long Role-play meets short. Script does or script does not enough, or almost required length. not include content include content long enough. Script content has learned in the class learned in the Script content has been learned in and is poorly class. Script is of been learned in class. Script is written. No modest quality. class. Script is well-written and advanced Advanced good. Advanced dialogue seems linguistic linguistic linguistic natural. Several structures are structures may be structures are instances of included. included. included. advanced linguistic structures are included.

Staging 3.125 6.25 9.375 12.5 Comprehensibility Students giggle, Students speak too Students generally Students speak too softly to softly to be heard, speak in loud, consistently speak be heard, mumble, mumble, and/or clear voices, with in loud, clear and/or speak so speak so fast or understandable voices, with fast or slow as to slow as to impede rapidity. understandable impede understanding by rapidity. understanding by the audience. the audience. Language French is not used, French is used, but Students generally Students or is used in a is often difficult to use French effectively use consistently understand due to effectively. Some French to convey inaccurate manner. pronunciation or difficulty in the meaning of the Extremely difficult grammar errors. understanding role-play. to understand due occurs due to to pronunciation pronunciation or and/or grammar grammar errors. errors. Staging Students do not Students stand in Students align Students use props stand in front of front of the room, themselves in a and the stage to the room or role- but do nothing to well-thought out convey the play is not give the audience a manner. Some meaning of their memorized. feeling of the lapses in dialogue and setting and/or role- memorization. memorization is play is memorized Props may be faultless. poorly. used. Participation Dialogue is Dialogue is One group All group members dominated by one dominated by one member has an make equal and group member; or two group obviously lesser valuable other members do members; other role. Others make contributions to the little, nothing, or members do little, valuable dialogue. act as props. nothing, or act as contributions to props. the dialogue. French 3 Final Test For the final test in French 3, you will be performing a role-play with your partner(s). Choose your own partner(s). There are some example scenarios on pp. 85, 113, 127, 155, and 200 of Discovering French Nouveau (conversations libres), but you may create one of you own. In addition, the use of some advanced linguistic structures such as: object pronouns, reflexive verbs, the passé composé, the imperfect, the subjunctive, or the future tense must be used. The role-play must be one minute in duration for each member of your group. French conversation should be carried out during the majority of the role play.

1. Write a good script in French. If you write the script in English and attempt to translate it, you will find it difficult. There will be many problems with idioms, verb tenses, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Do not use a translation program either. Translators such as Google Translate or Yahoo! Babel Fish do not always work correctly (they always use vous for ‘you’, for example) and will yield results that neither you, your partners, nor your audience will be able to understand or pronounce. Your script is worth half of your final test grade.

2. Practice. Your role-play script needs to be memorized. The more you prepare, the more ready you will feel and therefore the more relaxed you will be.

3. Keep your audience in mind. a. Talk loud enough. b. Use vocabulary from the class because the audience knows it. If you are going to introduce new vocabulary, teach important words to the class first. c. Use the “stage” d. Identify characters with signs on desks or hung around necks, mustaches, rattles, or other props.

4. Act big. Act well. Make it funny if you can.

5. Be a good audience. Respect your classmates’ work by being quiet and paying attention. Audience members who do not conduct themselves appropriately may receive a zero on their own final role-play test.

6. The final test schedule is: Period 4 Friday 31 January 8:00 am-10:00 am