German rubric 201309
The idea of a rubric is to track progress rather than perfection. This month's rubric starts
on Sept. 19 when this plan was devised.
| Criteria | Excellent | Making steady progress | Bump it up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consistently read | Read something in German everyday. | Read something in German at least five days a week. | Read something in German four or fewer days a week. |
| Consistently speak | Talk to a native speaker or to myself everyday. | Talk to a native speaker or myself at least five times a week. | Talk to a native speaker or myself four or fewer days a week. |
| Consistently listen. | Listen to German input at regular speed everyday. | Listen to German input at least five times a week. | Listen to German input four or fewer times a week. |
| Consistently write | Write something in German everyday. | Write something in German at least five times a week. | Write something in German four or fewer times a week. |
| das Datum | Reading | Writing | Listening | Speaking | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20130919 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | I did a small amount of transcription work, which does not focus on self-formulated ideas through writing. However, any pen-to-paper combination is "writing" in this context. (Gotta keep the oil in the engine rather than nit-picking.) |
| 20130920 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 20130921 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 20130922 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Was bedeutet -mäßig. |
| 20130923 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 20130924 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 20130925 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 20130926 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 20130927 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 20130928 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Had an out-of-town guest so my time was limited; spoke to shopkeepers in everyday language, but nothing that really stretched my language skills. | |
| 20130929 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Had an out-of-town guest so my time was limited; spoke to shopkeepers in everyday language, but nothing that really stretched my language skills. | |
| 20130930 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |