Target Level: This assessment tool is designed for grade 8 advanced level students. Their language and literacy skills are proficient for their grade level and the level of engagement for reading is also excellent.
Nature of Assessment: Formative assessment
Target Skills: making inferences, drawing conclusions, analyzing, organizing paragraphs, synthesizing
Time Frame: 60 minutes
Other pertinent information: The assessment tool will be administered individually inside the class. It is a form of formative assessment which gauges the target skills and their level of understanding of the components of a short story. It is also a good instrument to prepare them for the summative test which is writing a fractured short story.
PLANNING FRAMEWORK Assessment Objective/s(Guide Question in filling this column: What do you want to assess?) | Assessment 1 | Assessment 2(Multiple-Choice: Total of 15 items)Rationale: Though the course asks you to think of alternative ways to assess your students, you also have to consider that the traditional way of testing is still being used. Develop a 15-item Multiple Choice test that assesses your student’s knowledge of the target skills you’ve identified. For the early grades, please state clearly if you will administer this individually & if you will read them to your students | | Assessment Activity(Guide Question in filling this column: What will you have your students do in order to achieve your assessment objectives?) | Rationale(Guide Question in filling this column: Why did you think that this is the best assessment activity? 3-5 sentences will do) | | Use information presented in a short story to demonstrate making inferences, drawing conclusions, interpreting and literary analysis and critical thinking skills. | Students will answer a Response to Literature questions based on a story read. | Firstly, a response to literature allows students ample opportunities to demonstrate their higher order thinking skills through the different questions provided. Their answers will determine whether the assessment objectives have been achieved.Secondly, a response to literature allows the use of authentic texts like a short story which is for me a good resource to formulate questions that would allow students infer, draw conclusions and show other higher order thinking skills.Thirdly, a response to literature elicits critical thinking skills because it allows students deepen their understanding, analyze, interpret, make inferences and draw conclusions. | Direction: Encircle the letter of your answer. 1. Which statement in paragraph 3 shows that Orpheus was greatly affected by the death of Eurydice? a. Birds and beasts sorrowed with him. b. Eurydice had gone. c. Shadows of the sun grew long. d. All day long he mourned. 2. What character of Orpheus is revealed in paragraph 4? a. Greedy b. Impatient c. Self-centered d. Dishonest 3. What element of short story is described in this paragraph?Orpheus, it is said that when he sat down to sing, the trees would crowd around to shade him. The ivy and vine stretched out their tendrils. The very rocks would edge down the mountainside. a. Setting b. Characters c. Characterization d. Point of view 4. Why is paragraph 2 important to the story? a. The theme is described b. The setting is described c. The characters are introduced d. The conflict was introduced 5. What is the climax of the story? a. Eurydice was bitten by the snake b. Orpheus went to the underworld to meet Hades c. Orpheus turned back and lost Eurydice the second time d. Eurydice and Orpheus met and stayed together. 6. Which event describes an internal conflict? a. Eurydice was bitten by a snake b. Eurydice died c. Orpheus was inconsolable over the death of Eurydice d. Orpheus went to the underworld 7. To whom or to what does the underlined word refer in the following paragraph?The pillared hall of Hades opened before the hero’s song. The ranks of long-head heroes who sit at Hades board looked up and turned their eyes away from the pitiless form of Hades and his pale unhappy queen. a. Hades b. Unhappy queen c. Long-head heroes d. Pitiless form 8. What does the story say about the way music connects to people? a. Music can lead us to unfortunate events. b. We can’t leave without music c. Music affects our feelings. d. People have different choices of music. 9. Which of the following is the best summary of the story? a. Orpheus was inconsolable and went to the underworld. Eurydice was bitten by the snake. Hades told Orpheus not to look back as he ascends to Earth. Eurydice scattered into mist and was gone. Orpheus died and met the shade of Eurydice. Together they walk with their undying love. b. Orpheus was inconsolable over the death of Eurydice which made his music greatly affected by his sorrows. He went to the underworld and asked Hades to bring Eurydice back. In order for him to have her, he should not look back, but due to his desire to see Eurydice, he looked back and lost her again. c. Orpheus was inconsolable for the death of Eurydice. His music was greatly affected by his sorrowful emotions .He went to the underworld but failed to have Eurydice in his arms again. d. Orpheus was inconsolable over the death of his beloved Eurydice. His emotions greatly affected his music. Even the birds, the beasts and the earth itself joined his sadness. He went the underworld to seek help from Hades but eventually failed. 10. In paragraph 7, why did the author use the word reluctance when Orpheus ascends to the earth? a. To show that Orpheus was very eager b. To show that Orpheus has little enthusiasm c. T o show that Orpheus has much doubts d. To show that Orpheus has much patience 11. Based on Orpheus viewpoint, what does it help the reader to understand? a. Motives of the other characters b. Events that will occur later in the story c. Main character’s inner thoughts d. Multiple problems in the story 12. Which phrase from paragraph 8 does the author use to create a mood of despair a. Bear no more b. Without his love c. Impossible for him d. Threw his arms 13. What is the last paragraph mainly about? a. The tragedy of Orpheus b. The emotions that cause Orpheus downfall c. The effects of music to Orpheus d. The destined love between Orpheus and Eurydice 14. Which of the following statements best applies the theme of the story? a. We have to trust others. b. Love is a powerful feeling c. Emotions can overpower us d. Love can have devastating effects 15. Which detail best explains that the story is a tragedy? a. Orpheus felt sad with the lost of Eurydice. b. Orpheus lost Eurydice for the second time. c. Orpheus went to the place of the dead. d. Eurydice and Orpheus died. | To synthesize knowledge of the elements of a short story | Using a story grammar, students will breakdown the elements of a given short story | | |