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Style and Tone Assessment
This assessment will focus on the style and tone of the scene, with students identifying elements through MCQs and explaining their effects through open-ended questions.
Effective Use of Language
Evaluation of language use in persuasive writing. This includes vocabulary choice, tone, and rhetorical strategies through MCQs and a mini-essay writing task.
Figurative Language Quiz
A comprehensive quiz consisting of various MCQs pertained to figurative language definitions and examples. It will be followed by an open-ended section where students will write about their favorite poetic device and provide examples from poems they have read.
Advanced Grammar Structures Assessment
An assessment that combines multiple-choice questions and open-ended questions on complex grammar structures such as conditionals, passive voice, and reported speech.
Letter Structure Quiz
This quiz tests students' understanding of the structural elements of a formal letter, including the heading, greeting, body, closing, and signature.
Open-Ended Narrative Assignment
An assignment where students write a short narrative incorporating dialogue effectively while adhering to narrative conventions.
Poetry Interpretation and Response
This assessment will involve reading a poem and answering multiple choice questions about its meaning, tone, and style. Students will also write a short response reflecting on their personal interpretation.
Bias Identification in Visual Media
This assessment consists of multiple choice questions regarding bias in photographs and graphics in news articles, followed by an open-ended question requiring an assessment of a news infographic.
Text Comparison Activity
This assessment involves comparing two texts and skimming them for similarities and differences, followed by MCQs about main ideas and open-ended reflection questions.
Creating a Poem in a Specific Style
Students will be assessed on their ability to write a poem in a specific style determined randomly (e.g., Haiku, Sonnet). They will also complete MCQs related to the chosen style and its requirements.
Identifying Author's Purpose
Students will analyze a news article to determine the author's purpose (to inform, persuade, entertain, etc.). This assessment will include both MCQs and reflective open-ended questions.
Symbolism in Short Stories
Assess students' knowledge of symbols used in short stories through MCQs and open-ended questions that require them to interpret symbols and discuss their thematic relevance.
Identifying Bias Through Headlines
Test students' skills with 6 MCQs about identifying bias in headlines followed by an open-ended question where students write a biased headline for a neutral article and explain their reasoning.
Characterization Techniques
Students will answer MCQs about different techniques of characterization used in selected short stories, followed by open-ended questions exploring character motivations and relationships.
Peer Review Process in Poetry Writing
This assessment will have students participate in a peer review of a classmate's poem, including specific MCQs about feedback methods and a written open-ended response about their review experience.
Video Presentation of Ethical Dilemmas in Fiction
Students will create a short video presentation discussing an ethical dilemma from a work of fiction. They will explain the context, the characters involved, and their personal analysis of the dilemma's implications.
Identifying Sensory Language
An assessment featuring excerpts from various texts where students identify and categorize sensory language used by the author. They will work to classify sensory details by type (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste).
Impact of Media on Debate Topics
This assessment examines how media influences public opinion on current issues. Students will answer MCQs and provide open-ended responses discussing the role of media in shaping arguments.
Semicolon Challenge
Students will explore the use of semicolons through a series of multiple-choice questions and open-ended prompts that require them to create sentences with correct semicolon placement.
Feedback and Revision Process
This assessment involves peer review of a speech draft. Students will provide feedback based on a guided framework, answer MCQs on constructive criticism, and reflect on the revision process.
Reflecting on Impact
In this quiz, students will evaluate the overall impact of the TED Talk or interview. This includes MCQs about key impactful moments and an open-ended question regarding the personal impact of the talk/interview.
Combining Voices Exercise
This assessment asks students to create sentences that effectively combine both active and passive voice, with both multiple-choice reinforcement and creative writing prompts.
Standardized Test Strategies Quiz
Students will answer MCQs that teach strategies for tackling multiple choice questions on standardized tests and write a reflection on their test-taking strategies.
Comparative Argument Analysis
Students will compare two arguments on the same topic, identifying and classifying the logical fallacies in each. The open-ended section requires a discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of each argument.
Vocabulary Reflection Journal
Throughout the unit, students will maintain a digital journal where they log new synonyms and antonyms they learn. They will respond to open-ended prompts about their experiences with vocabulary building.
Historical Context MCQ
Students will answer multiple choice questions about the historical or literary figures they are composing letters to, emphasizing their significance and contributions.
Prefix and Suffix Match-Up
A matching exercise where students match words to their corresponding prefixes and suffixes, with multiple choice questions to test understanding of their meanings.
Exploring Motifs
Students will answer multiple-choice questions about motifs in literature, followed by open-ended questions where they must describe how these motifs recur in a specific novel and impact character development.
Interactive Prefix/Suffix MCQ Assessment
An online multiple-choice assessment featuring various scenarios, where students select the correct prefix or suffix to complete each word in context.
Creative Writing with Prefixes and Suffixes
An open-ended assessment where students write a short story or paragraph using a specific number of words with prefixes and suffixes. Includes an MCQ section on their knowledge of those words.
Word Creation Project
Students will create a mini-project where they select a set of words and develop their meanings, synonyms, and antonyms. This will include both multiple-choice questions for peer review and open-ended explanations of their project selections.
Contextual Vocabulary Quiz 2
An online quiz featuring open-ended questions where students must explain their choices for filling in the blanks with appropriate vocabulary, including synonyms or antonyms when applicable.
Historical Origins of Idioms Assignment
Research and write about the historical origins of selected idioms. This includes an MCQ segment on idioms' backgrounds.
Summative Assessment on Fallacies
This comprehensive assessment covers various topics related to logical fallacies, including definitions, examples, and implications in a variety of contexts. It includes both MCQs and a final essay question.
Context Clues Quiz 1
This assessment features multiple choice questions focusing on identifying synonyms and antonyms as context clues in sentences.
Root Words Gallery Walk
A visual presentation where students display examples of root words through posters, including definitions and derived words, followed by a quiz to assess knowledge gained.
Character Role-Playing Reflection
Students will reflect on a role-playing activity by answering MCQs and open-ended questions about their character's choices and the emotional impact of the scene.
Conjunctions and Interjections Challenge
In this quiz, students will explore conjunctions and interjections, including their function in sentences and common examples.
Context Clues Scavenger Hunt
Students will read a passage and list all the words they don't know, using context clues to define them, followed by a reflection on the importance of context in vocabulary development.
Character Development Timeline
Students will create a timeline showing the development of a character throughout a narrative. This will involve answering MCQs and writing a brief narrative explaining the changes.
Speech Topic Selection
In this assessment, students will choose a topic for their own speech. They will answer multiple-choice questions on what makes a topic suitable and provide a brief justification for their choice.
Dilemmas & Decisions Task
Students will read scenarios and decide which form of 'their', 'there', or 'they’re' best fits each context, explaining their reasoning.
Research Skills for Debating
Students will learn how to conduct research for a debate. They will complete MCQs on research methods and provide open-ended responses detailing the sources and types of evidence they would use in a debate.
Sensory Detail Comparison
Students will compare two descriptive passages, identifying sensory details in each and discussing which passage more effectively engages the reader's senses and why.
Thematic Paragraph Writing
Participants will complete multiple-choice questions on thematic development followed by an open-ended task to write a paragraph centered around a specific theme, ensuring their ideas are organized logically.
Run-On Sentence Jeopardy
In a game-style format, students will answer questions about run-on sentences. The assessment includes MCQs in a competitive format and open-ended challenges where they create examples or corrections.
Diagnostic Prefix and Suffix Assessment
A comprehensive quiz that assesses the knowledge of prefixes and suffixes through MCQs and an open-ended section where students analyze a given text for word modification.
Patterns of Run-on Sentences
Students will be presented with various examples and asked to identify patterns that lead to run-on sentences. They will respond to MCQs and write reflective comments on their learning.
Peer Editing Review
Students will provide feedback on a peer's writing, focusing on areas for improved conciseness and clarity, culminating in an assessment of their editing skills.
Speech Structure
Students will learn about the structure of a speech and its logical flow. They will answer MCQs and demonstrate understanding by outlining their own speech structure.
Rewrite for Clarity
A task that requires students to take paragraphs filled with unclear phrasing and rewrite them for clarity and conciseness, showcasing their editing abilities.
Narrative Voice Exploration Quiz
This assessment focuses on the narrative voice of a selected story. Students will take a quiz about the narrative style before writing an alternate ending that either mimics or alters that voice.
Cross-Text Analysis
Students will analyze two different genres of texts using skimming and scanning strategies to answer MCQs and engage in open-ended discussions about their findings.
Creative Writing: Parts of Speech Application
Students will compose a short paragraph using specific parts of speech, followed by a quiz assessing their knowledge of what they've written.
Detecting Bias in Editorials
Assessment includes 6 MCQs on identifying biases in editorials and an open-ended question requiring a written critique of an editorial demonstrating bias.
Personal Speech Presentation
Create and present a speech on a chosen topic, focusing on using tone and delivery techniques discussed in class, followed by self-reflection questions.
Essay Structure and Components
Assessment on the structure of a persuasive essay, including the introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. Provides multiple choice questions and a section to outline an essay.
Contextual Vocabulary Scenario Assessment
Students will read a short story and answer multiple choice questions regarding what vocabulary would best fit the narrative context, followed by a short answer explaining their selections.
Creating Symbolism
This unique assessment will have students create their own symbols and write a multiple-choice quiz about their symbolism. They will also provide an explanation of the chosen symbols in the written portion.
Comparative Character Study
This assessment involves comparing two characters from different texts through MCQs and an open-ended essay question that examines their similarities and differences.
Grammar Contextual Usage Test
An assessment that tests grammar understanding in context, using multiple-choice questions about the appropriate grammatical forms in given sentences.
Main Arguments and Evidence
This assessment will test students’ comprehension of the arguments made in the TED Talk or interview. It includes MCQs on key arguments and an open-ended question for providing supporting evidence.
Context Review Quiz
A series of multiple choice and open-ended questions analyzing the socio-political contexts of selected literary works from both historical and contemporary periods.
Quiz on Poetic Structures
This assessment includes multiple choice questions on the forms and structures of different types of poetry, including Haiku, Sonnet, and Free Verse. Students will also answer open-ended questions about the characteristics of each style.
Comparative Analysis of Characters
Students will compare and contrast characters from two different short stories through MCQs and open-ended questions focusing on their development, motivations, and contributions to the theme.
Emotional Impact of Poetry
In this assessment, students will look at how poetry evokes emotions, with quizzes that focus on emotional vocabulary and themes. They’ll also reflect on a poem that moved them in an open-ended response.
Audience Engagement Reflection
Students will contemplate how the scene might engage an audience, responding to questions about emotional impact and performance interpretation through MCQs and open-ended responses.
Interactive Scenario-Based Questions
Using hypothetical scenarios, students will identify logical fallacies and address open-ended questions on how to construct a more valid argument in the same context and improve persuasive communication.
Debate and Fallacies
Students will participate in a structured debate focusing on a controversial topic, identify fallacies in opponents' arguments, and conclude with a reflection on their experience highlighting logical fallacies encountered.
Podcast Reflection Exercise
Students will listen to a podcast episode and then answer a series of MCQs to test their understanding. This will be followed by an open-ended question asking them to reflect on what they learned and how it impacts their views.
Comparative Purpose Analysis
Students will compare two texts, focusing on authors’ differing purposes and perspectives, using both MCQs and a structured response format for their analyses.
Plot Structure Analysis
This assessment will test understanding of plot structure through MCQs regarding the five elements of plot, along with open-ended questions analyzing the effectiveness of plot in chosen stories.
Character Analysis Open Response
Students will be asked to analyze a character or historical figure and explain how their traits influence the content of their letter.
Textual Analysis: Purpose & Perspective
A comprehensive assessment where students analyze a piece of literature, answer MCQs to demonstrate understanding, and respond to open-ended prompts about the author’s perspective and purpose.
Understanding Idioms Quiz
A quiz consisting of multiple-choice questions focused on identifying and understanding various idioms and their meanings in context.
Exploring Vocabulary Nuances
This quiz will involve multiple choice questions probing deeper meanings and usages of certain academic terms. In the open-ended section, students will describe scenarios in which specific vocabulary can affect essay clarity and strength.
Understanding Article Structure
This assessment focuses on identifying the key components of news articles such as headline, lead, body, and conclusion. Students will answer MCQs and provide short answers based on a sample news article.
Creative Letter Writing Prompt
This open-ended task requires students to compose a letter to a chosen historical or literary figure, ensuring they convey a clear purpose and style suitable for the recipient.
Sentence Surgery
Students will be given long, convoluted sentences to 'operate' on, shortening and clarifying them, with both MCQs and open-ended reflections on their choices.
Thematic Influence Graph
Students create a visual graph or chart that represents the influence of a specific theme across various media genres. They will explain their choices through a combination of MCQs and descriptive answers.
Paragraph Structure Quiz
This assessment consists of MCQs focused on identifying the correct structure of a well-organized paragraph and its elements, followed by an open-ended question where students create their own paragraph based on given information.
Prefix/Suffix Crossword Puzzle
A fun-filled crossword puzzle where students answer clues using appropriate prefixes and suffixes. Includes MCQs about definitions.
Comparative Analysis of Articles
In this assessment, students will take a 10-question MCQ quiz comparing two articles on the same topic, followed by an open-ended question requiring a discussion on detected biases in both articles.
Create Your Own Idiom Project
Students will create their own idioms and write explanations for their meanings. The project includes multiple-choice questions about existing idioms.
Non-Verbal Communication in Speeches
Students will explore the role of non-verbal communication in speech delivery. They will answer MCQs and describe non-verbal elements they would include in their speech delivery.
Key Vocabulary and Concepts
Assess students' understanding of vocabulary relevant to the TED Talk or interview. This will include MCQs on terminology and an open-ended question where students explain a key concept in their own words.
Short Fiction and Bias Reflection
A mixture of 5 MCQs focusing on bias in fictional news reporting, followed by an open-ended question where students write a short piece about the influence of bias in a fictional narrative.
Media Theme Journal
Students maintain a journal documenting their observations and analyses of themes encountered in various media throughout a given period, culminating in a quiz assessing their engagement.
Contextual Vocabulary Application Test
Students will complete a series of sentences where they select vocabulary options and explain their choices in open-ended responses, reinforcing understanding of contextual vocabulary.
Thematic Connections
This assessment will ask students to answer multiple-choice questions on how specific symbols relate to major themes in literature, followed by open-ended questions that require thematic analysis.
Creating Dialogue Scenarios
Students will write multiple-choice scenarios where dialogue is essential to the outcome, testing peer understanding of narrative crafting.
Vocabulary Crossword Challenge
Students will compete to complete a crossword puzzle featuring synonyms and antonyms. Open-ended questions will follow, asking students to elaborate on the words they have used and their significance.
Lyrics and Themes Investigation
Students will analyze the lyrics of a chosen song to identify themes, answering both MCQs and open-ended questions about the connection between the lyrics and cultural context or personal resonance.
Peer Teaching Exercise
Students create a brief presentation explaining the differences between 'their', 'there', and 'they’re', using examples and inviting questions.
Ending Redesign Workshop
In this collaborative assessment, students will work in groups to discuss an assigned story. They will complete an individual quiz and then collectively write an alternate ending, incorporating feedback from their peers.
Contextual Vocabulary Matching Game
An interactive quiz where students match words to their correct context in sentences using multiple choice and justify their matching with written explanations.
Comparative Essay Assignment
In this assessment, students will write an essay comparing a specific historical text to a contemporary piece, focusing on themes, style, and social commentary.
Group Project on Time Management Techniques
As part of this group project, students will collaborate to present various time management techniques. The assessment includes multiple-choice questions on the effectiveness of these strategies and open-ended questions where they discuss their findings and insights from the project.
Persuasive Techniques in Writing
A quiz focusing on rhetorical strategies used in essay writing, through MCQs and requiring students to write an open-ended response that applies these techniques to a specific prompt.
Setting and Context Assessment
This assessment focuses on various aspects of the setting, including time and place, and how they influence the scene. Students will respond to questions in both MCQ and open-ended formats.