Assessment for Learning Sharing Session 2014

• AfL Journey in writing a Literature essay for Lower Secondary classes.

Classes: Sec 1E1 / 1N1

Presenter:

Mdm Rohana Neemat

EL / Literature Dept

HKSS

Assess Prior Knowledge:post-it notes

• Students asked about what they want to know about Literature since they are doing the subject for the first time. (Literature is not taught in primary school)

• Student wrote questions on post-its.

Use of Exemplars to communicate standards of performance

• Class discussions on students’ impressions about the speaker of the poem and their feelings towards him.

• Students identify adjectives that describe impressions of character and feelings.

Design appropriate Assessments and Criteria: Vocabulary focus

• Adjectives that describe characters and feelings

• Students choose the appropriate adjectives that describe their impressions of the speaker of the poem and their feelings towards the speaker.

Design appropriate assessment and criteria: Grammar focus on use of Connectors to elaborate answers

Communicating Standards of Performance – Structure of a Literature Essay

• Scaffolding: structure of an essay

PEEL Structure

Involve students in classroom assessment

Students work in groups to identify the success criteria of a Literature Essay

Students work in groups to compare two essays based on PEEL structure

Monitor Learning using Checklist and Mindmaps

Assessment and feedback