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All students can participate in EL Civics instruction and assessment. However, only ESL students in WIOA II EL Civics education programs can earn payment points for passing COAAP assessments. ABE, ASE, and CTE students can earn CAEP Immigrant Integration Indicator (I3) outcome for CAEP but not payment points for WIOA II. Please see Successful Implementation of COAAPs for CAEP Agencies for a crosswalk for ABE/ASE/CTE student placement into ESL COAAP instructional levels.
Civic Objective#: 11 Program Year: 2025-2026
Civic Objective: Research and describe the cultural backgrounds that reflect the local cross-cultural society and that may present a barrier to civic participation.
TOPSpro Form #: 110C AAP #: 11
Assessment Type: Oral, Written

Level Range

From: Beginning Low To: Advanced

Language and Literacy Objectives

Language and literacy objectives with an asterisk (*) are suitable for beginning low level students.
1 *Write and report personal information: name, place of birth, and native language.
6 Using English, teach words in their first language to speakers of other languages.
8 Write a personal narrative.
10 Interact with other student speakers and take notes.
11 Arrange, take, and document mini-cultural exchange trips with classmates.
12 Read and talk about history of race relations (and other issues) in the U.S.A and in students’ home countries.
13 Research and describe to others how different cultures resolve various issues: (e.g., childcare, elder care, and/or the environment).
16 *Give an oral presentation on a cultural artifact.
17 Give an oral report on native language and literature/culture.
18 Write a report on our native lands and cultures.
19 Write a thank you note for a cultural presentation.

Additional Assessment Plan Tasks

Task: 1

Description: Student will orally answer five questions related to personal information such as full name, place and date of birth, primary language and second language.

Points Possible:10Level:Beginning Low - Beginning High
Scoring Rubric Points
Content and Language
Each answer has correct & appropriate content, and is understandable. 2
Each answer is correct, but has incomplete content, &/or inference is required to be understood. 1
Each answer has inappropriate content &/or is not understandable. 0

Task: 2

Description: Students will complete a written cloze activity with seven items(BL) or write paragraph(s)(BH) with at least seven items about personal information and immigrant experiences such as when &/or how they came to the U.S. and memories of their immigrant experiences.

Points Possible:24Level:Beginning Low - Intermediate Low
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
Written personal narrative includes more than the seven items about immigrant experiences. 16
Written cloze activity or personal narrative includes seven items with immigrant experiences. 14
Written cloze activity or personal narrative includes at least 4 items with immigrant experiences. 8
Written cloze activity or personal narrative includes at least 2 items with immigrant experiences. 4
No cloze activity or personal narrative. 0
Content and Language
Cloze activity or personal narrative has correct & appropriate information and correct grammar. 2
Cloze activity or personal narrative has correct & appropriate information, no more than 3 grammar errors, and/or inference may be needed to understand it. 1
Cloze activity or personal narrative.has inappropriate information and/or is not understandable. 0
Format
Correct language conventions, including capitalization and punctuation. 3
Up to 3 errors in language conventions, including capitalization and punctuation. 2
Four to five errors in langauge conventions, including capitalization and punctuation. 1
More than six errors in language conventions, including capitalization and punctuation. 0
Legibility, Neatness, and Spelling
Legible, neat and correct spelling. 3
Legibility and neatness does not interfere with content with up to 3-4 spelling errors. 2
Poor legibility & neatness requires inferences on content &/or with 5-6 spelling errors. 1
Illegible, not neat and/or more than 6 spelling errors. 0

Task: 3

Description: Students present an oral report on a cultural artifact or custom with an explanation in English. Students' oral reports include 9 items such as:
Present self
Point out the county/region on a map
Introduction of an artifact
3 facts about the artifact and an explanation of the meaning of each (3 total)
Up to five points for a presentation that is audible, visible, has a clear beginning and a clear ending, in which speaker is animated &/or uses gestures


Points Possible:23Level:Intermediate Low - Intermediate Low
Scoring Rubric Points
Content and Language
For each item of information that is clear, correct and comprehensible. 2
For each item of information that is correct but needs some inference to understand 1
For each item that is incorrect, unclear, incomprehensible or absent. 0
Presentation
Demonstrates five of the following items-Audible, visible, a clear beginning, a clear ending, animated &/or gestures. 5
Demonstrates three of the following items- Audible, visible, a clear beginning, a clear ending, animation &/or gestures. 3
Not audible or visible, no clear beginning or ending, no animation or gestures 0

Task: 4

Description: Oral Presentation: Our Native Languages and Literatures/
Cultures- Students use English to teach classmates about themselves, their native language and literature, culture, or their native country's history. Students will include 18 items in their presentations:
Present self
Point out country on a map
Introduce the topic (i.e. state type of artifact, present literature or their native country's historical information)
Give 3 items of personal information
Give 1 example each of the alphabet, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics in their native language compared to English
Discuss 3 items on a comparative linguistic chart used in their oral presentation.
Give 6 facts about their artifact, their country's historical information or the piece of literature they are presenting.

Students will be evaluated on the following criteria: presentation is audible, uses visuals, has a clear beginning and ending, and is animated &/or uses gestures.



Points Possible:41Level:Intermediate High - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content and Language
For each item of information that is clear, correct and comprehensible. 2
For each item of information that is correct, but needs some inference to understand. 1
For each item that is incorrect, unclear, incomprehensible or absent. 0
Presentation
Presentaion demonstrates five of the following items: audible, uses visuals, has a clear beginning and ending, is animated and/or uses gestures. 5
Presentaion demonstrates three of the following items: audible, uses visuals, has a clear beginning and ending, is animated and/or uses gestures. 3
Presentation is not audible, does not use visuals, and has no clear beginning and ending, 0

Task: 5

Description: Students research interesting aspects of their native country such as the history, the arts, popular culture, etc. and prepare a written report. For research methods, students are given a maximum of four points, 2 points for each resource from the following categories: printed text, the Internet, information from personal recollection &/or community member interviews. Students are also awarded points based on the organization of their report(5 points), the comprehensiveness of the information (5 points), and the format of the report (5 points) compared to former students' anchor papers. Students are given 1 point for each audio or visual aid (e.g. CD, graphs, charts, etc.)included in the report up to a maximum of four points. Students are assigned from 1-4 points based on their corrected mechanics in the final written report. Additionally they are awarded points for a word-processed final report (4 points) or a hand written final report (3 points).

Points Possible:31Level:Intermediate High - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
Writes an excellent report that is well organized (5 pts.), provides comprehensive information (5 pts.), and well formatted (5 pts.) as compared to former students’ anchor papers. 15
Writes a good report that is organized (4 pts.), provides adequate information (3 pts.), and formatting with 6-8 errors (3) as compared to former students’ anchor papers. 10
Writes a satisfactory report that is poorly organized (2), provides minimal information (2), with more than 8 formatting errors (1) as compared to former students’ anchor papers. 5
Does not write a report. 0
Content A
Two points each for two resources (i.e. research information) from the following list: printed text, the Internet, personal recollection &/or community member interviews. 4
Does not provide research information from printed text, the Internet, personal recollection &/or community member interviews. 0
Content B
Does not Include any audio or visual aids (CD, graph, charts, etc.) in the final written report. 0
Includes 4 audio or visual aids (CD, graph, charts, etc.) in the final written report. 4
Includes 3 audio or visual aids (CD, graph, charts, etc.) in the final written report. 3
Format
Word processes or hand writes final report with an excellent presentation (e.g. language conventions, margins, etc.) 4
Word processes or hand writes final report with an average presentation (e.g. legibility, language conventions, margins, etc.) 3
Hand writes final report with poor legibility that may require inferences for meaning, 7-8 language convention errors that make the report difficult to read, and little attention to margins. 1
Does not turn in final written report. 0
Language
Writes a final report with 90-100% corrected mechanics. 4
Writes a final report with 80-89% corrected mechanics. 3
Writes a final report with 70-79% corrected mechanics. 2
Writes a final report with 60-69% corrected mechanics. 1
Does not write a final report or writes a final report with less than 59% corrected mechanics. 0

Task: 6

Description: Content A: Students write a news report describing a cultural exchange experience. Students are awarded up to 6 points for content (who, what, where, when, why & how), 4 points for correct usage of the past tense, and a maximum of 2 pooints for word processing the final report.
OR
Content B: Students write a thank-you note or letter to a classmate or guest speaker with 8 items including: 1)the date the letter was written; 2)the name of the person they are thanking; 3)closure with their own name; 4)the location of the event; 5)expression of gratitude or regret about the event; 6)explanation of what they learned; 7) description or narration of what happened; and 8)giving specific examples. They are given up to 2 points for word processing the thank you note and 2 points for emailing or mailing the finished product.

Points Possible:12Level:Intermediate High - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content A
Writes a news report with up to 6 points given for content (who, what, where, when, why & how). 6
Does not write a news report with information given on who, what, where, when, why or how. 0
Writes a news report with up to 3 points given for content (who, what, where, when, why & how). 3
Content B
Writes a thank-you letter/note with 4 items from the following list: the date the letter was written, the name of the person they are thanking, closure with their own name, the location of the event, expression of gratitude or regret about the event, explanation of what they learned, description or narration of what happened; and giving specific examples. 4
Writes a thank-you letter/note with 8 items such as the date the letter was written, the name of the person they are thanking, closure with their own name, the location of the event, expression of gratitude or regret about the event, explanation of what they learned, description or narration of what happened; and giving specific examples. 8
Does not write a thank-you letter/note with the date the letter was written, the name of the person they are thanking, their name in the closure, the location of the event, the expression of gratitude or regret, an explanation of what they learned, description or narration of what happened, or giving specific examples. 0
Format
Word-processes the news report or thank-you letter with no more than 2-3 mechanical errors. 2
Word processes or hand writes the news report or thank-you letter with no more than 4-5 mechanical errors. 1
Word-process or hand writes the news report or thank-you letter wiht more than 5 mechanical errors. 0
Language
Content A: Writes a news report with correct usage of past tense verbs. 4
Content A: Writes a news report with 80-89% correct usage of past tense verbs. 3
Content A: Writes a news report with 70-79% correct usage of past tense verbs. 2
Content A: Writes a news report with 60-69% correct usage of past tense verbs. 1
Content A: Does not write a news report with past tense verbs or writes a news report with less than 60% correct usage of past tense verbs. 0
Presentation
Emails the thank-you letter. 2
Mails/ hand delivers the thank-you letter. 1
Does not emial or mail/hand deliver the thank-you letter. 0

Rating Scale/Passing Scores

Total Points Possible: 84
Advanced: 71
Intermediate High: 63
Intermediate Low: 37
Beginning High: 25
Beginning Low: 15
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