“Alternative Assessment Project ” Name: Daniela Cardenas Date: June 28th, 2015 Teacher: Heather Bruyere.
GRADE: 7th grade
UNIT NAME: “People, places and traditions of my country.” TEACHER: Daniela Cardenas. TIME: 28 hours.
METHODOLOGY:
The students read and learn about present simple and past simple. They follow simple structures of both tenses. They fill in the blanks grammatical structures. The students hear simple listenings regarding the grammatical contents. The students learn and apply descriptive adjectives related to the unit. They describe common places of their country. They identify and recognize adjectives in context (reading and listening). They students learn vocabulary related to food. They describe the food of their country. They show their likes and dislikes. They create posters and related their likes and dislikes. The students do speaking activities related to the contents. They do oral presentation about what they like the most in their country. The students compare and contrast prepositions of movements and directions. They identify the prepositions in context. They apply prepositions in oral and written descriptions.
CONTENTS
LEXICAL: Descriptive adjectives. Food vocabulary. Prepositions Likes and dislikes. GRAMATICAL: Present simple Past simple
LEARNING OBJECTIVES Speaking: They communicate properly. They describe their country using the grammatical content. The use prepositions in context. They express their ideas, likes and dislikes. Writing: They use prepositions properly. They write descriptions using the right vocabulary.
ASSESSMENT Cuantitativa: Written test Oral presentation
Formativa: Speaking activity. Written quiz.
They write short descriptions using the contents of the unit.
Reading: They read short texts and descriptions. They read for specific purposes. Listening: The students compare and contrast short listenings. They fill in the blanks using the vocabulary they saw in classes .
ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT PROJECT. “THE WONDERS OF MY COUNTRY”
Have you thought about the wonders of your country? Food, places, traditions? This project consists on choosing one of the three topics: ● ● ●
Food Places Traditions
After that, you will have two classes to search and collect information about what you have chosen. Then, you have to organize your presentation in a logical way. You can use a paper, powerpoint, Prezi, etc. to show your creativity and share the information you got. Finally, you have to present your work in front of the class. Be prepared because you will be scored for answering questions.
Rubric. ASPECTS TO EVALUATE
EXCELLENT 4
THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATES FULL UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE OF HER/HIS PRESENTATION. THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATES THE USE OF GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES AND CONTENTS HE HAD SEEN IN CLASS (GRAMMATICAL, PREPOSITIONS, ADJECTIVES, ETC.). THE STUDENT PRESENTS THE INFORMATION IN A LOGICAL ORDER. HIS PRESENTATION IS ORGANISED AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND. THE STUDENT ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS CORREECTLY. EXPRESSING NOT JUST THE CONTENT BUT ALSO GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT. THE STUDENTS EXPOSES WITH A CLEAR VOICE AND ELOCUTION. HE /SHE PRONOUNCES THE MAJORITY OF THE WORDS CORRECTLY. THE STUDENT MOVEMENTS SEEM FLUID AND HELP THE REST OF THE CLASS VISUALIZE THE CONTENT. HE ALSO SHOWS CONFIDENCE AND EYE CONTACT THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. THE STUDENTS SHOWS ENTHUSIASM AND CREATIVITY IN HIS/HER PRESENTATION. THE STUDENT USED THE TIME GIVEN IN CLASS PROPERLY TO DO HIS/HER PRESENTATION.
GOOD 3
AVERAGE 2
NEEDS IMPROVE MENT 1
REFLECTION. Hypothetical application of the Project. This project was very useful. I could notice the students work, effort, understood knowledge and abilities that students have or don’t have. Although it takes a lot of classes to hear and see students’ work, it is a practical activity. It is reliable and real. You can see their strengths and weaknesses, if they are confident or not, whether they like to be in front of the class or not, etc. It was also a good project because you can be aware of both, contents and students’ performances. Here, you noticed what you don’t in a typical day. So, for me, was a very good tool to assess my students. Regarding the students, they were interested and focused on the activity. They liked doing something different, not just written tests or written quizzes. It was a good option for them to show what they know and how good they could do it by performing an oral presentation. They could work showing their creativity and what they really like about their country.