Presentational Mode

Here are some ideas for incorporating presentation performances into your assessments.

List all the words that can describe a situation
Sequence pictures to tell a story and write the captions.
Create a poster in which you draw a scene from your favorite part of the story and write a summary sentence about it.
Draw your favorite part of a folktale and write why
Communicate about a story using a graphic organizer to identify the setting characters, problem, and resolution.
Label scenes from story using complete sentences Label pictures showing cultural items.
Create a comic strip including dialogue in a cultural situation
Write complete sentences to identify characteristics and actions of the characters.
Orally retell the story using picture or object cues.
Draw a culturally authentic scene and describe what is happening in the scene
Create a folktale using authentic animals and setting
Create a handcrafted book
Write a story using authentic setting, products and practices without creating cultural anacryonisms

Rubrics (based on the ACTFL performance guidelines)

These rubrics include an exceeds expectations column that defines a performance beyond the current expected level of the students. It is useful if you have heritage speakers or students with substaintial outside experience. Students who meet expectations are judged to have succeeded - an A in a traditional classroom.

Student Interaction

To involve the other students during class presenations, Eugenia Porello, our teacher of the month for February 2008, shows her students how to provide feedback to the student-presenters.

Filming

Video-taping performance assessment can motivate your students and provide a record of their performance. Create a DVD for each class to present to students at the end of the year and make available in the Library. The following year, you can show videos of the best performances to your new class to provide a model. Check out our tips on filming.

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