Task 4 - Essay Response On Value of Non-Verbal Communication Description of Task: Students Will Write About The Concept of Most of Our
Task 4 - Essay Response On Value of Non-Verbal Communication Description of Task: Students Will Write About The Concept of Most of Our
Description of task: Students will write about the concept of most of our
communication taking place through non-verbal means. Using a multi-
paragraph essay, they will describe three situations where it is as important,
or more important to pay attention to the non-verbal communication that is
taking place than the things that are communicated verbally. The essay will
be graded according to the following rubric:
Standards Addressed: #7
Criteria:
• understanding of the types of non-verbal communication
• examples that support the prompt
• overall clarity and focus of writing
x
verbal types types of non- more
communication mentioned verbal specific
communication types of
mentioned non-verbal
mentioned
Support Student Student Student Student
doesn’t doesn’t mentions mentions
explain with specifically examples specific
examples mention but they are examples
from real- examples but brief/not and
life they can be expanded provides
situations inferred on details that
expand on
them
Clarity/Focus Student Student
x x
drifts from stays
the prompt focused on
and/or the prompt
writing is and writing
confusing is easy to
follow