Product and Assessing My Learning Process
Self-evaluation
1. Answer. Ask the questions aloud and encourage students to reflect upon what they learned by writing a report and the skills they developed. Invite them to share their answers with the class. 2. Look through the unit to recall what you have learned to learn, to know, and to do. Give students some time to leaf through the pages of the unit so they can recognize the achievements they attained while working on each of the activities. Encourage them to share them with their classmates. 3. In your notebook, write what you think was difficult to achieve. Check the tips given at the end of each lesson and explain how they may help you improve. Invite students to reread the tips given at the end of each lesson and reflect on how these tips may help them to improve. Have them write their conclusions in their notebook. Make sure to record which students need help so that you may design strategies to support them. What Do You Know About Jobs? Finally, organize the class into small teams and read the title of the unit aloud: What Do You Know About Jobs? Give them a few minutes to discuss their answers while you walk around and monitor. Ask one person from each team to share their answers with the rest of the class. Encourage them to share if they learned something new by working on the activities of this unit.
Illustrated Report Do the following activities: • Verify that all the information you are including will be interesting for your audience. • Check that your introduction mentions the purpose of your report. • Make sure that all your information is paraphrased. • Use passive voice to vary the way you are presenting the information. • Review that you include at least one suggestion in your conclusion. • Write an appealing title. • Include graphic resources that clarify the information. • Check spelling using a dictionary. • Write your final version; make sure it is clear and neat. • Read it aloud to your class; use prosodic resources to convey meaning. Assessing my Learning Process Peer evaluation Use the scale to assess another pair’s report.
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1 The report includes interesting information. 2 All the information was paraphrased. 3 The graphic resource helped me understand better.
Self-evaluation 1 Answer. • What did I learn by writing a report about a job or a profession? • Which skills did I need to develop?
2 Look through the unit to recall what you have learned to learn, to know, and to do. 3 In your notebook, write what you think was di cult to achieve. Check the tips given at the end of each lesson and explain how they may help you improve.
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Illustrated Report In this session, students will write the final version of their illustrated report. Remind them they already have their drafts ready in their portfolios so in this session they should only check them and prepare their final illustrated version. Read aloud each of the steps on this page and give teams some time to prepare their reports. Then, invite them to read them aloud in front of the class. Remember you always have the option to adapt the product to your class’s needs and interests. Assessing my Learning Process Peer evaluation Use the scale to assess another pair’s report. Once all pairs have presented their illustrated reports, give students some time to exchange books to receive peer assessment using the scale provided. Read each statement aloud to make sure everybody understands what each of them refers to; encourage students to give oral feedback. Monitor to make sure all comments are respectful.
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