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Foreign Languages - High School

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Latin

Ancient Roman Culture - developed by Hristina Janevska - Each of the six tasks below include several formative assessments leading to a summative assessment.

Level 2 Honors Tasks and Rubrics - developed by Alisha McCloud

French

Advanced Placement Language and Culture Course - developed by Elaine Diveley
- Introduction
- Standards
- Persuasive Essay and Analytic Rubric (modification of College Board rubric)
- Email Response and Analytic Rubric (modification)
- Cultural Comparison and Analytic Rubric (modification)

Level 1 Tasks and Rubrics - developed by Dana Beach

Level 3 Tasks and Rubrics - developed by Dana Beach

Spanish

Preterite and Imperfect Tenses Unit - developed by Clint Buetikofer
- Introduction
- Standards
- Self-assessing one's work
- Speech
- Story
- Response
- What happened?
- Oral quiz
- Main points in an article

Level 2 Tasks and Rubrics - developed by Lynn Fors

Level 1 Tasks and Rubrics - developed by Amanda Hurban

Level 3 Tasks and Rubrics - developed by Rebecca Withers
- Movie Review Task
  - Intro to task / In Spanish (to hand out)
  - Self/Peer evaluation rubric for partner work
  - Peer (audience) evaluation rubric / In Spanish
  - Oral evaluation rubric
- Travel Brochure Task
  - Intro to task / In Spanish (to hand out)
  - Brochure rubric
  - Oral evaluation rubric
  - Written evaluation rubric
  - Content criteria rubric
- Step-by-step Instructions Task
  - Intro to "Do it like this" task / In Spanish (to hand out)
  - Poster rubric
  - Oral presentation rubric
- Debate: Present a Persuasive Argument Task
- Set up a New Business Task
- Advice Column Task
  - Intro to task / In Spanish (to hand out)
  - First draft rubric
  - Final draft rubric

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