MATERIALS FILE EVALUATION CRITERIA

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Evaluation Criteria

1. Includes a self-reflection of the materials file.
2. Includes the required number of entries of any five of the following:
   • 10 overhead transparencies
   • 20 pictures cut from magazines, etc. and mounted on paper, posterboard, or card stock. These pictures may be mounted with dry mount tissue, rubber cement, or glue stick. You may want to laminate them as well
   • 15 readings (Articles from newspapers, magazines, etc.). These articles may focus on culture, particular topics and/or grammatical points
   • 1 booklet/flipchart with Cerlox binding (containing a minimum of 5 picture pages)
   • 3 black and white line-drawings on oaktag paper or poster board, colored with pastels (or crayons, or markers) and then sprayed with fixative and/or laminated
   • 2 object(s), picture(s), or transparency(ies) with moving parts (e.g., puzzle, clock, calendar, body, etc.)
   • 5 songs with handout/transparency masters
   • 1 video (cassette) tape (teacher-produced or taped from public domain). May be overtly instructional or illustrative of cultural points
   • 1 game for language learning/teaching (board game or cards) with instructions
   • 5 puzzles for language learning/teaching with instructions
   • 1 flannelboard and 10 flannelboard figures
   • 2 large maps suitable for posting
   • 20 slides (35 mm) with definite instructional purpose
   • 1 audio (cassette) tape, 30 minutes minimum, teacher-produced (may include off-the-air segments as long as copyright is not violated)
3. Materials are organized in a understandable way that any teacher would be able to use the file.
4. The file is in an appropriate storage box.

Grading

96-100 points -- Exceptionally well prepared materials file. Strong organization of materials. Meets all the above criteria.
90-95 points -- Very good materials file. Lacking in a few of the above areas.
82-89 points -- Adequately prepared materials file. Needs more development. Deficient in several of the above areas.
0-81 points -- Less than satisfactory materials file. Deficient in most of the above areas.

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