Prep for Summative Assessment--Blended Style

To prep for a summative assessment in our Literary Analysis Unit (with Transcendental texts), students completed a formative assessment today: a mock summative.  Students were given the actual test that will be used on Monday (we will simply use a different text to answer the questions).  In class Thursday, students read a short story and then completed this document:

 Name________________________________Period__________Date__________

1. Choose one character for analysis.  Character:_________________

Identify the dominant characteristic of this person:_________________________

Provide evidences from the given pages:

2.  Select a quote from the passage that provides good story-telling details, and explain its significance.

Quote:_____________________________________________________________________

3.  a. Explain how two characters in this passage might be foils for each other.  

What attributes of each character are meant to be highlighted?

Character 1 traits:

Character 2 traits:

b.  Why is this contrast important?

4.  Choose a sentence with a syntactic construction that you think is significant.

Sentence:______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Explain why the SYNTAX is important in this particular sentence.  What effect does it have?

Next, students reviewed their answers with a partner:

  

Students who felt comfortable and confident about the test were excused from Friday's class.  Students who had more questions or struggled with the formative practice were invited to attend class on Friday.  This way, students who need more attention and help received a bit more one-on-one attention from the teacher.  Students met with the teacher to go over their answers in detail--or to complete an extra practice passage.