APPL601 Planning and programming in TESOL Assessment Task 2 Rubric descriptors Criteria Needs work Developing Achieved Outstanding Aims and objectives Aims are very general, or not ELT-related. Clearly expressed aims but may be too many aims or not specific enough. Welljustified in the essay. Clearly expressed aims and objectives in the lesson plan. Well-justified in the essay Clearly expressed aims and objectives with excellent justification in the essay. Activities Activities do not reflect the aims expressed; they may target some other learning area than intended Activities are appropriate, but at times need to be more focused to the aim(s) of the lesson Activities reflect the stated aim(s) and objectives/outcomes Activities fulfill the stated aims and objectives in a skillful way Staging Staging of activities needs to be improved; timing indicated; ELT principles of staging need to be revised. Activities are staged coherently, but may need more linking; need to be reorganized; or need to be broken down further. Timing is too vague, may need to be broken down. Activities are staged logically. Each stage clearly described: timing, configuration, teacher and student tasks; resources used. Staging follows ELT principles. Excellent staging with clear description of each stage, its timing, resources and teacher and student tasks. The stages form a clear coherent unit so that the aims are met. Staging follows ELT principles. Assessment No mention of assessment, or inadequate use of terminology Assessment is indicated, but not always accurately or too generally. Assessment is indicated appropriately: indicated at what stage and method Detailed indication of assessment, skilled use of terminology Essay discussion of rationale No justification is made, or it is done in a very superficial way. Rational for the lesson design is present, but may be expressed more coherently; or could be linked to the student group and the ELT context more closely. Effective justification based on student group and teaching context. Principles of second language teaching methodology used effectively. Lesson clearly designed for the given group and ELT setting. Skilled use of ELT teaching methodology in the justification of the lesson plan design. Essay discussion of staging Staging is not discussed, or only mentioned minimally. The organization of the components is mentioned but is mostly reduced to a Effective discussion of how the components of the lesson relate to each other. Excellent discussion of staging and lesson components with skillful APPL601 Planning and programming in TESOL Assessment Task 2 Rubric descriptors description of the elements one after the other. Successful argumentation and support of main points. and well-chosen support. Referencing Referencing needs to improve. Unit readings are not cited; or in-text referencing and reference list are not adequate. Sources may not be adequate or acknowledged. Referencing needs to improve. Readings are not always cited adequately. Range of sources could be wider. Adequate range and depth of academic sources used. Unit readings are used adequately. Referencing is adequate (both in-text and reference list). Excellent range of academic sources used adequately. Unit readings are used adequately. Appropriate referencing both in-text and in the reference list.