Ben Lev formatted Diane’s speaking self-assessment for us. Thank you Ben and thank you Diane! Speaking Self Assess Ben added that he would use this as a pre-test and post-test each term, which I think is a good idea. We haven’t talked about the self reflection piece for about a year now.
This is from Diane Neubauer: Hi Ben, I thought this rubric might help other teachers find a way to give a required speaking grade if they have to do that in their buildings. My students knew they did not need the “top” rating on a question to get an A on this rubric. Ex: Chinese
Jeff asks a pretty big question: Ben, Could we get a discussion around the efficacy of backward planning vs. stories and other CI activities? Do we find that it is equally effective to focus on high frequency verbs etc. and then begin to “backward” plan later? I can admit that I suck at backward planning. I
