Applications+in+Assessment

Applications For Learning Assessment **//__ Assessment for learning __//** The teacher can divide the class into groups and choose one student to represent each group. The representative is given a card with the word or a picture that demonstrates what the teacher is doing assessment for. The rest of the group is asked to prepare 20 questions to know what the card is about. For example if the lesson is reading about pollution and global issues or problems. After dividing the class into groups, each group is given a card with a picture that shows one problem ,then students are asked to prepare questions to state the problem. __//**2 - Exit ticket:**//__ In this strategy a preparation for next class students are given “tickets” – small pieces of paper designed to look like tickets, but with space for writing. Students are asked a question- One that requires a factual answer about the next class lesson. Students are given five minutes at the end of class to write their answers. Their names do not go on these exit tickets.They must give the teacher an "Exit Ticket" to leave class for the day. The teacher analyzes the tickets to learnwhat students need. I think this can be good in teaching novels and drama. "Exit tickets give the teacher a good idea about what students got from meaning, ideas and other things related to the novel to know where to start the next part
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**//__Assessment AS Learning__//** **//__  1 - Concept Circle __//** As students keep on studying the same topics of grammar since they start studying English until secondary schools, of course with some additions. While teaching any tpoic students studied before, after doing the warm up and starting the lesson students can draw a concept circle (like a mind map) with as many circles as they want. In each circle, they can recall and write all ideas related to the topic they are studying, and highlight the areas they have trouble with. This can be collected and discussed later **__//2- Self Assessment in the form of Traffic Lights:-//__** Students write their own ideas about the topis and highlight it a s follows __//** Green: **//__ for things they can do it well. When they feel going straight **//__Amber:__//** for things they do not often make mistakes with. Things they feel cautious abouit because they are unsure of __//**Red**//__ : For things with major mistakes. When they feel stopped because they do not understand. __// Assessment Of Learning: //__

For a play students can be asked to prepare for an exhibition that contains visual product for a character like "character T-Shirt" Character kite' diorama, talk shows. and other product as using graph organizer using Read- White Think website which helps them prepare analysis for plays like Drama mapping and character's trading card. This can be prepared for through the term or the year according to how many plays students study per term  **__3 projects:__** Using PBL(project based learning) platforms like intel & Thinkquest students can prepare themselves form the beginning off the year to work on projects that involve the 21st century skills like problem solving, team work cultural awareness and so on. Each group can work on a project using ideas and topics studied in the course books. This consequently gives the students the chance to work in authentic projects that relate their studies with the real world around them.