Introduction to the Group Presentation Assignment
To start I showed you a sample handout and video prepared as part of a presentation on the Containers for Characters strategy that was delivered last year. Here’s the handout:
To follow that up, we took time to:
- Go over the task
- Find groups
- Make a tentative choice of a strategy to use as a presentation topic
Here’s the task sheet and the assignment rubric:
In Tuesday’s class, we will randomly choose the speaking order and formally assign topics. Please make sure you have a back up topic in case your first choice is scooped up by another group.
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 Writing Sample Assessment Handout – 2011 – we did the following:
- Read and discussed one of BC Performance Standards – Writing
- As an entire class, marked a piece of writing by an Eighth Grader using the Grade 8 Quick Scale for Communicating Ideas and Information – Personal Essays and Opinions.
- Used value lines to structure small group conversations about our assessment of the piece
- Used whole class discussion to continue the assessment discussion.
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.
As an extension to this assessment activity, you might be interested in checking out this 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, 25 Janurary 2010, please bring:
- 4 to 6 student writing samples
- A fully charged laptop
See you on then.
– Lawrence