A particular letter grade—for example, B—indicates the entire range of grades from B+ to B-.
| Timeliness &thoroughness | Ongoing progress | Care, effort & use of dictionary | |
| A | •At least 90% of written assignments completed and turned in on time.•Written assignments reflect conscientious attempts to finish work thoroughly, accurately and with attention to detail. | •Written assignments show continuous progress throughout the semester, especially in the expression of ideas with more breadth and precision of vocabulary and increasing accuracy. | •Answers to personalized ques-tions and original short paragraphs clearly demonstrate learning of new information, creative ideas, and careful thought given to the topic of the assignment.•Written assignments show evi-dence of careful use of a French-English/English-French dictionary. |
| B | •At least 80% of written assignments completed and turned in on time.
•Written assignments generally reflect good effort to complete work carefully, but with less attention to detail than in A-range. |
•Written assignments show general progress throughout the semester in the use of new course information, vocabulary, and grammar features. | •Answers to personalized questions and original short paragraphs are understandable,but may reflect general ideas rather than demonstrate creativity in French (assignments may sound like "generic" work that could have been turned in by any student).•Written assigments show some evidence of good use of a French-English/English-French dictionary. |
| C | •At least 70% of written assignments completed and turned in on time.
•Uneven attempts to complete written assignments conscientiously. |
•Many assignments prepared quickly, without clear attempts to use new information, vocabulary, and grammar learned in the course. | •Overall tendency to translate literally from English to French results
in frequent inappropriate language usage even in common expressions (e.g.,
“mes parents’ maison” instead of “la maison de mes parents”).
•May use a mixture of French and English; little evidence of use of a French-English/English-French dictionary or of attempts to express ideas in French. |
| D/F | •Fewer than 70% of written assignments completed and turned in on time. | •Written assignments present limited evidence of learning new information, vocabulary,and/or grammar. |
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