Friday, February 22, 2013

Formative Assessments (Informational)


Formative Assessments (Informational)

Learning Target: Utilize specific figures of speech with confidence in writing.
  • 411 (4 figures of speech, 1 example, 1 you don't understand)
  • Rotating clocks (create examples of figures of speech with different partners)
  • PQP (Praise, Question, Polish)
  • Dump, Clump, Lump (To review the kinds of figures of speech)


Learning Target: Evaluate the denotative and connotative meanings of a word and their effects on the overall meaning of a text.
  • Post Its on the board
  • T Chart (Denotative on one side, Connotative on the other)
  • SUPU and PUPU
  • Rotating Trio

1 comment:

  1. Hey Nick,
    long time no chat! You've got some hard-to-hit learning targets here but I think the formatives you've listed will get at them. Personally i don't like DCL but I guess its all in how you present it and whether it reveals the knowing.

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