Introduction to the Group Presentation Assignment
After I modeled the Building From Clues strategy and showed a sample handout, we took time to:
- Go over the task
- Find groups
- Choose a strategy as a topic
- Choose presentation dates
Here’s the task sheet: LLED 320 Group Presentation Task, the assignment rubric: LLED 320 Group Presentation Rubric, and the Building From Clues handout I showed: Building From Clues Handout Sample. It’s from the Prereading Strategies text referenced on the task sheet.
Finally, here’s the topic and presenter schedule: LLED 320 Group Presentation Schedule.
Student Writing Assessment Task
The goal of this task and the work around it is to improve your assessment skills and to develop strategies for using assessment to inform instruction.
After looking at the task itself – here’s the handout: LLED 320 Student Writing Assessment Task – we did the following:
- Read and discussed the Introduction to the Writing Performance Standard using the 3-Minute Pause strategy.
- Cross-marked a piece of writing by an Eighth Grader using the Grade 8 Quick Scale for Communicating Ideas and Information.
- Used partner talk and whole class conversation to discuss the assessment of the piece
We’ll follow up this class by looking at the connection between the Performance Standard Quick Scales and letter grades and by having you assess samples of the student writing you gathered on practicum.
We’re looking at how rubrics can be useful tools that help guide our assessment. Here’s a short video that raises some interesting questions about the role of rubrics in writing assessment:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH3PSjh2G20[/youtube]
For LLED class on Tuesday, 26 Janurary 2010, please bring:
- 6 to 8 student writing samples
- A fully charged laptop
See you on then.
– Lawrence