Performance Task
Reading and Writing • Grade 11/12
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PERFORMANCE TASK 1
English Week
Goal
Your task is to create a slide presentation about discourse.
Role
You are a young English professor. You have been tasked by the head of the Department of
English and Comparative Literature in your university to create a slide presentation about
discourse, which will be presented in the university’s English week.
Audience
The target audience is the university’s administrative officers, deans, faculty members, and
students, as well as very important guests.
Situation
The challenge involves coming up with a slide presentation about discourse and making it as
interesting and unique as possible.
Product, Performance, and Purpose
You will create a slide presentation using the following guidelines:
1. Provide a detailed description of the nature and purpose of a discourse.
2. Explain the differences between the types of discourses.
3. Discuss the features and types of literary discourses.
4. Describe the features of academic discourses and explain the differences between
literary and academic discourses.
5. Submit a printed version of your presentation.
6. Make sure that your sources are properly cited.
7. Make use of visuals or graphics.
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Standards and Criteria
Criteria Below Needs Meets Exceeds
expectations improvement expectations expectations
1 2 3 4
Content (20%) The The The The
Relevance to the presentation presentation presentation presentation
assigned topic
does not barely covers covers most of covers all the
adequately the required the required required topics
cover all the topics. topics. completely
required topics and
thoroughly.
Organization The The The The
(10%) presentation presentation presentation presentation
Logical and clear
connection of
has many has some has clear has clear and
ideas vague disconnected transitions appropriate
transitions ideas, and between ideas, transitions
between ideas, some details and most of between ideas,
and some are illogical. the details are and all of the
details are organized. details are
confusing. logically
organized.
Language There are four There are two There is one There are no
(10%) or more to three language error. language
Correct spelling,
grammar,
language language errors.
mechanics errors. errors.
Research The The The All of the
(20%) presentation presentation presentation researched
Inclusion of
credible and
includes few includes some includes many references
accurate researched researched reliable used are
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references references, and references, and researched reliable and all
some contents some contents references and of the contents
are incorrect are incorrect. most of the are correct.
or confusing. contents are
correct.
Visuals (10%) The use of Some visuals or Visuals or Visuals or
Provision of clear visuals or graphics are graphics are graphics are
and significant
graphics graphics is unnecessary. relevant. relevant and
limited. creative, and
they enhance
the content.
Oral The The The The
Presentation presentation presentation presentation presentation
(20%)
provides provides provides provides
Creative and
clear information in information in a information in information in
presentation a haphazard clear manner a clear a creative,
manner. only in a few manner. clear, and
parts. unique
manner.
Citations of No sources are Few sources Many sources All sources are
References properly cited. are properly are properly properly cited.
(10%)
cited. cited, but a
Proper citation of
resources used few are
missed out.