Literature Assessment Methods in Bukit Batok Secondary School

Assessment of literature is constantly and consistently done through various methods.

This can range from verbal recall of facts from an examinable text to written essays, in-class group presentations and structured questions worksheets.

Assessment can be formal or informal - Pop quizzes, where the teacher simply calls a random student to answer a question on the spot happens occasionally. And common tests and exams are the usual formal assessment tools used as well - I believe this is common to most schools.

The school has an upcoming Poetry Slam program for the Secondary One students in which I shall be involved in and I hope to informally assess students’ creative dispositions, flair for the language and quick-wittedness. I believe that such opportunities for students also allow the teachers to evaluate how well students perform in intense and ‘difficult’ situations that these programs simulate, and whether the class is ready to meet higher expectations.

At school level, the usual assessment tools, as discussed above, are used so there is nothing special. However, I suppose that assessment is a constant habit of a teacher, and at times it occurs even when the teacher is not conscious of it. As literature teachers in BBSS, we constantly look out for students with a flair for the subject through their insightful comments in class and day to day attitude and practices that exhibit an inclination towards the Language Arts.