Assessment Summary
The purpose of assessment is to ensure that all of my students are successfully learning the unit content and are also able to apply that knowledge in a productive way. There are three distinct kinds of assessment: entry-level, formative, and summative. I utilize each one of these assessments in multiple ways throughout the unit to monitor student prior knowledge and progressive learning, then evaluate the results to ensure that my own teaching methods and strategies are successful. The KWL chart is an easy and efficient method to establish where each student stands at the beginning of the unit and then later use it to establish how much they have learned at the end of it. The reading quizzes, class discussions, reading journals, and homework assignments are formative types of assessment that allow for progress monitoring, helping me know that the students are actually doing the work and that they are efficiently learning our content information on schedule. Lastly, the unit is summed up with the novel presentation and comparative essay in order for me to assess the acquisition of my overall ideas and objectives based on student performance and understanding.
Assessment Timeline
Entry-Level Assessment
Formative Assessment
Summative Assessment
- KWL Chart
Formative Assessment
- Reading Quizzes (QuizStar)
- Reading Journal
- Classroom Discussions with Critical Thinking Questions
- Quick writes/Exit Slips
- Crossword Puzzles
Summative Assessment
- Oral Presentation
- Comparative Essay
KWL Chart | |
File Size: | 44 kb |
File Type: | docx |
The Crucible Crossword Puzzle | |
File Size: | 29 kb |
File Type: | docx |
Presentation Assignment and Rubric | |
File Size: | 33 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Essay Assignment and Rubric | |
File Size: | 33 kb |
File Type: | doc |
QuizStar Directions:
Go to http://quizstar.4teachers.org/indexs.jsp. Create a Login Account by following the simple instructions. Find Mr. Smith's 11th Grade English class and take the online quizzes assigned after each reading assignment.
Go to http://quizstar.4teachers.org/indexs.jsp. Create a Login Account by following the simple instructions. Find Mr. Smith's 11th Grade English class and take the online quizzes assigned after each reading assignment.