RUBRIC FOR SPEAKING PROFICIENCY                                              revised 9/24/11

5   A!

Wow!  You speak with surprisingly excellent fluency for someone in your year of study.  You have perfect pronunciation and sentence-level intonation.  Your command of grammatical endings and syntax far exceeds expectations for someone in your year of study.  You demonstrate complete mastery of the vocabulary and idioms pertinent to the requisite content standards.

4    A

Great! You speak with surprisingly good fluency for someone in your year of study.  You have near-perfect pronunciation and sentence-level intonation.  Your command of grammatical endings and syntax exceeds expectations for someone in your year of study.  You demonstrate mastery of the vocabulary and idioms pertinent to the requisite content standards.

3    B

Good!  You speak with good fluency for someone in your year of study.  You have excellent pronunciation and sentence-level intonation.  Your command of grammatical endings and syntax is above average for someone in your year of study.  You demonstrate proficiency in the vocabulary and idioms pertinent to the requisite content standards.

2    C

Okay!  You speak with the fluency expected from someone in your year of study.  You have good pronunciation and sentence-level intonation.  Your command of grammatical endings and syntax is expected for someone in your year of study.  You demonstrate proficiency in the vocabulary and idioms pertinent to the requisite content standards.

1    D

Hmmm! You do not speak with the fluency expected from someone in your year of study.  You have poor pronunciation and sentence-level intonation.  You do not command grammatical endings or syntax.  You fail to demonstrate proficiency in the vocabulary pertinent to the requisite content standards.

5     A!

Wow!  You understand main idea(s) and all supporting details, demonstrating extremely accurate aural comprehension of spoken Latin of a difficulty and complexity which far exceed expectations for someone in your year of study.  You demonstrate complete aural mastery of the vocabulary and idioms pertinent to the requisite content standards, and are able to successfully compensate for unknown words by using contextual and intonational clues.

4     A

Great! You understand main idea(s) and many supporting details, demonstrating very accurate aural comprehension of spoken Latin of a difficulty and complexity which exceed expectations for someone in your year of study.  You demonstrate aural mastery of the vocabulary and idioms pertinent to the requisite content standards, and are able to compensate for unknown words by using contextual and intonational clues.

3     B

Good!  You understand main idea(s) and some supporting details, demonstrating accurate aural comprehension of spoken Latin of a difficulty and complexity which somewhat exceed expectations for someone in your year of study.  You demonstrate aural understanding of the vocabulary and idioms pertinent to the requisite content standards, and are able to compensate for some unknown words by using contextual and intonational clues.

2     C

Okay!  You understand main idea(s), demonstrating aural comprehension of spoken Latin of the difficulty and complexity expected for someone in your year of study.  You demonstrate aural proficiency in the vocabulary and idioms pertinent to the requisite content standards, and are able to compensate for some unknown words by using contextual and intonational clues.

1     D

Hmmm! You do not listen as accurately as expected from someone at your stage.  You are unable to hear and understand Latin of the difficulty and complexity expected for someone in your year of study.  You fail to demonstrate aural proficiency in the vocabulary and idioms pertinent to the requisite content standards, and are unable to compensate for unknown words by using contextual and intonational clues.

5    A!

Wow!  You write with surprisingly excellent fluency for someone in your year of study.  You express your thoughts extremely clearly and completely.  Your command of grammatical endings and syntax far exceeds expectations for someone in your year of study.  You demonstrate complete mastery of the vocabulary pertinent to the requisite content standards.

4     A

Great!  You write with surprisingly good fluency for someone in your year of study.  You express your thoughts very clearly and completely.  Your command of grammatical endings and syntax exceeds expectations for someone in your year of study.  You demonstrate complete mastery of the vocabulary pertinent to the requisite content standards.

3     B

Good!   You write with good fluency for someone in your year of study.  You express your thoughts clearly and completely.  Your command of grammatical endings and syntax somewhat exceeds expectations for someone in your year of study.  You demonstrate mastery of the vocabulary pertinent to the requisite content standards.

2     C

Okay!  You write with satisfactory fluency for someone in your year of study.  You express some of your thoughts clearly and completely.  Your command of grammatical endings and syntax is expected for someone in your year of study.  You demonstrate proficiency in the vocabulary pertinent to the requisite content standards.

1     D

Hmmm! You do not speak with the fluency expected from someone in your year of study. You fail to express your thoughts clearly and completely.  Your command of grammatical endings and syntax fails to meet expectations for someone in your year of study.  You fail to demonstrate proficiency in the vocabulary pertinent to the requisite content standards.

5    A!

Wow!  You understand the main idea(s) and all supporting details of the text.  You demonstrate this perfect reading comprehension through interrogatio, interpretatio, and enodatio.  You are able to read and understand text at a level of difficulty far beyond what would be expected from someone in your year of study.  You demonstrate complete mastery of the vocabulary pertinent to the requisite content standards, and are able to successfully compensate for unknown words by using contextual clues.

4     A

Great! You understand the main idea(s) and many supporting details of the text. You demonstrate this excellent reading comprehension through interrogatio, interpretatio, and enodatio.  You are able to read and understand text at a level of difficulty beyond what would be expected from someone in your year of study.  You demonstrate mastery of the vocabulary pertinent to the requisite content standards, and are able to compensate for unknown words by using contextual clues.

3     B

Good!  You understand the main idea(s) and some supporting details of the text. You demonstrate this good reading comprehension through interrogatio, interpretatio, and enodatio.  You are able to read and understand text at a level of difficulty somewhat beyond what would be expected from someone in your year of study.  You demonstrate proficiency in the vocabulary pertinent to the requisite content standards, and are able to compensate for some unknown words by using contextual clues.

2     C

Okay!  You understand the main idea(s) of the text. You demonstrate this satisfactory reading comprehension through interrogatio, interpretatio, and enodatio.  You are able to read and understand text at the level of difficulty expected from someone in your year of study.  You demonstrate proficiency in the vocabulary pertinent to the requisite content standards, and are able to compensate for some unknown words by using contextual clues.

1     D

Hmmm! You have difficulty understanding the main idea(s) of the text. You show this unsatisfactory reading comprehension through interrogatio, interpretatio, and enodatio.  You fail to read and understand text at the level of difficulty expected from someone in your year of study.  You fail to demonstrate proficiency in the vocabulary pertinent to the requisite content standards, and are unable to compensate for unknown words by using contextual clues.