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Speaking
Checking information Talk about going to an event

Criteria Band 5 Band 4 Band 3 Band 2 Band 1

Task fulfillment Fully covers all steps Covers all steps Covers all steps Doesn’t cover all Doesn’t cover all
required by the task: required by the required by the the steps required the steps
Think, Prepare, task: Think, task: Think, by the task and/or required by the
Practice, Perform. Prepare, Practice, Prepare, Practice, with little detail in task and/or with
Perform. Perform but with the Think and very little detail
some detail Prepare sections. in the Think and
missing from the Prepare
Think and Prepare sections.
sections.

Communication Communicates Communicates Communicates Often struggles to Struggles to ask

effectively with a effectively with a with a partner but ask questions or questions or
partner, always asks partner, asks some doesn’t always respond respond
questions/responds questions but respond appropriately. appropriately.
appropriately. occasionally appropriately.
responds
inappropriately.

Language Uses a wide range of Uses a range of Uses a limited Uses a very Doesn’t use a
vocabulary. Makes no vocabulary. Makes range of limited range of range of
or few mistakes with only a few mistakes vocabulary. Makes vocabulary. vocabulary.
grammar. Uses a good with grammar. Uses some mistakes Makes several Makes many
number of key phrases: some key phrases: with grammar. mistakes with mistakes with
for checking for checking Uses a few key grammar. Uses a grammar.
information: the information: the phrases: for limited number of Doesn’t use key
present and past. present and past. checking key phrases: for phrases: for
information: the checking checking
present and past. information: the information:
present and the present and
past. past.

Pronunciation Speaks clearly and with Speaks clearly, Speaks clearly, Often struggles to Struggles to
intelligible occasionally sometimes speak intelligibly. speak
pronunciation for the struggles with struggles with intelligibly.
most part. pronunciation but pronunciation but
without affecting without affecting
understanding. understanding.

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Writing
Write a formal letter

Criteria Band 5 Band 4 Band 3 Band 2 Band 1

Task Fully covers all Covers all steps Covers all steps Covers the steps Doesn’t cover all
fulfillment steps required by required by the required by the task: required by the task: the steps required
the task: Think, task: Think, Think, Prepare, Write, Think, Prepare, Write, by the task.
Prepare, Write, Prepare, Write, Check but with some Check but with a lot of
Check. Check. detail missing. detail missing.

Language Uses key Uses key Uses some key Uses limited key Uses very limited
vocabulary: vocabulary: vocabulary: science: vocabulary: science: key vocabulary:
science: verb and science: verb and verb and noun verb and noun science: verb and
noun noun collocations and collocations and noun collocations
collocations and collocations and describing describing products, and describing
describing describing products, with some with several spelling products, with
products, with no products, spelling mistakes. mistakes. Uses spelling mistakes.
or very few with only a few Uses some key limited key grammar: Uses very limited
spelling mistakes. spelling mistakes. grammar: relative relative pronouns key grammar:
Uses key Uses key pronouns and and adjective relative pronouns
grammar: relative grammar: relative adjective clauses, clauses, with several and adjective
pronouns and pronouns and with some mistakes. mistakes. clauses, with
adjective clauses adjective clauses, mistakes.
accurately, with no with only a few
or very few mistakes.
mistakes.

Organization Organizes the Organizes the Organizes the letter Uses 1 or 2 Doesn’t use
letter into 3 letter into 2 or 3 into 2 paragraphs. paragraphs. Doesn’t paragraphs.
paragraphs. paragraphs. Organizes the text so organize the text so Doesn’t organize
Organizes the text Organizes the text that the reader that the reader the text so that the
so that the reader so that the reader understands some of understands little of reader understands
understands all of understands most the message. the message. very little of the
the message. of the message. message.

Subskill Shows Shows Shows some Shows little Shows no

understanding of understanding of understanding of the understanding of the understanding of
the subskill: uses the subskill: uses subskill: there’s subskill: there’s very the subskill: doesn’t
formal language formal language limited use of formal limited use of formal use any formal
accurately with no with only a few language but with language with language.
or very few mistakes. some mistakes. mistakes.
mistakes.

Genre Uses several Uses most Uses some phrases Uses very few Doesn’t use any
phrases accurately phrases as as appropriate for the phrases for the writing phrases as
as appropriate for appropriate for the writing genre: genre: opening and appropriate for the
the writing genre: writing genre: opening and ending ending phrases for writing genre:
opening and opening and phrases for formal formal letters. May opening and
ending phrases ending phrases letters. Includes or may not include ending phrases
for formal letters. for formal letters. addresses and a addresses and/or a for formal letters.
Includes Includes date. date. Doesn’t include
addresses and a addresses and a addresses or a
date. date. date.

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Project
Prepare a one minute product pitch about an invention; present the product pitch

Criteria Band 5 Band 4 Band 3 Band 2 Band 1

Task Fully covers all steps Covers all steps Covers all steps Covers the steps Doesn’t cover all the
fulfillment required by the task: required by the required by the task: required by the task: steps required by the
Think, Plan, Create, task: Think, Plan, Think, Plan, Create, Think, Plan, Create, task.
Present. Create, Present. Present but with Present but with a lot
some detail missing. of detail missing.

Super skill Communication: Communication: Communication: Communication: Communication: doesn’t

works very effectively works effectively works well with a often struggles to work effectively with a
with a partner to with a partner to partner to inform work with a partner to partner to inform and
inform and persuade; inform and and persuade; gives inform and persuade; persuade; doesn’t give
gives people useful persuade; gives people information gives people limited people useful or relevant
and relevant people useful and but some may not useful or relevant information and doesn’t
information, and gives relevant be useful or information, and gives give convincing
very convincing information, and relevant, and gives very few convincing arguments. Doesn’t use
arguments. Uses gives convincing a few convincing arguments. Uses very key phrases: for
several key phrases: arguments. Uses arguments. Could few key phrases: for persuading people.
for persuading some key phrases: use more key persuading people.
people. for persuading phrases: for
people. persuading people.

Content Creates a very Creates an Creates a generally Creates a product Creates a simple product
informative and informative and informative and pitch about an pitch about an invention
persuasive product persuasive product persuasive product invention but a lot of with very limited
pitch with key pitch with key pitch with some key key information and/or information and no
information and information and information and visuals is/are missing, visuals. Includes very
visuals about an visuals about an visuals about an or the pitch isn’t clear. little of the information to
invention. Includes all invention. invention. Includes Includes little of the answer the questions
of the information to Includes most of some of the information to answer about the invention as set
answer the questions the information to information to the questions about out Step 2.
about the invention as answer the answer the the invention as set
set out in Step 2. questions about questions about the out Step 2.
the invention as set invention as set out
out in Step 2. Step 2.

Language Uses key language in Uses key language Uses some key Uses limited key Uses very limited key
the product pitch: in the product language in the language in the language in the product
describing products, pitch: describing product pitch: product pitch: pitch: describing
relative pronouns products, relative describing describing products, products, relative
and adjective pronouns and products, relative relative pronouns pronouns and adjective
clauses accurately, adjective clauses, pronouns and and adjective clauses, with mistakes.
with no or very few with only a few adjective clauses, clauses, with several
mistakes. mistakes. with some mistakes. mistakes.

Presentation Achieves all of the Achieves most of Achieves some of Achieves little of the Achieves very little of the
following: presents the following: the following: following: presents following: presents each
each section of the presents each presents each each section of the section of the product
product pitch clearly, section of the section of the product pitch clearly, pitch clearly, with good
with good pacing; product pitch product pitch clearly, with good pacing; pacing; uses phrases and
uses phrases and clearly, with good with good pacing; uses phrases and techniques for being
techniques for being pacing; uses uses phrases and techniques for being persuasive accurately;
persuasive accurately; phrases and techniques for being persuasive accurately; uses visual material to
uses visual material to techniques for persuasive uses visual material to illustrate points; uses
illustrate points; uses being persuasive accurately; uses illustrate points; uses confident body language;
confident body accurately; uses visual material to confident body keeps to the time limit;
language; keeps to visual material to illustrate points; language; keeps to answers questions well.
the time limit; answers illustrate points; uses confident body the time limit; answers
questions well. uses confident language; keeps to questions well.
body language; the time limit;
keeps to the time answers questions
limit; answers well.
questions well.

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