At YISS, the students are doing a play Free! by David Grant.
In the ten weeks of one term, there is one formal assessment which goes to their CA grades and there are several informal assessments. There is no diagnostic tests done in the start of the lessons, however after a new topic/ theme/ skill is taught, there is a final deliverable.
For instance, in learning characterization, the students (as a group) use A3 sized paper and draw the characters with their traits on them. The teacher will photocopy the paper into A4 sized sheets for their individual assessment. For the march holidays, the students are instructed to choose one scene from a list to perform.
This is to facilitate understanding of the text. As the text centers around a group of students in the classroom, the students enjoy the book and find it accessible.
For the second term, the final formal assessment is in the form of the mid-year examination. During the term, it is up to the teacher to decide how/ when/ what she wants to do for an informal assessment.
"there is one formal assessment which goes to their CA grades and there are several informal assessments." if the teacher decides how many informal assessments to do, what is the motivation to do so many cos it will mean so much more marking?
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