Tracking and Assessment This is an
exploration unit so assessment will concentrate on
students' interpretations of their discoveries. Try to
provide feedback on students' work as much as possible.
One method of tracking progress is to have students
create a unit portfolio. Some work will be added to the
portfolio daily and by the end of the unit students will
have a cross-Canada journal of their own creation.
Students will also keep a journal to record responses to
personal questions and for freewriting. The following are
guidelines for daily assessment:
Lesson 1.1:
- Journal - Responses (4) to questions about the
readings
- Discussion participation
- Portfolio - family tree
Lesson 1.2:
- Journal - freewriting response to
"Caribana"
- Discussion Participation
Lesson 2.1:
- Journal - freewriting response to "My New
Home"
- Discussion participation
- Autobiography
- Portfolio - poem or song based on
"Stereotyping"
Lessons 4-6 are for research and preparation. Emphasis
is on groupwork and organizational and research skills.
Encourage maximum group participation, self-direction and
self-leadership.
Multicultural Fair Day:
- Participation in fair
- Multicultural display. In addition to teacher's
evaluation, assign each student to assess two of
her/his peers' projects. (Note: There must be
free time scheduled into the fair to allow for
this.) Have forms ready for them to fill out and
give to the presenter. Have spaces on the form
for:
a) one thing I really like about this project is .
. .
b) one thing I learned from this project is . . .
c) one question I have for the presenter is . . .
Lesson 3.1:
- Journal - answers to questions about Cape Dorset
- Portfolio - a) letter to grandchildren about
technology b) descriptive paragraph about
landscape
Lesson 3.2:
- 1.Journal - answers to questions about Yipsang
and Japanese settlers in Alberta
- 2.Portfolio - letter response to oral history
Lesson 3.3:
- Journal - answers to questions about Saskatchewan
elders
Lesson 3.4:
- Journal - answers to questions about video
- Portfolio - personal video review
Lesson 3.5:
- Journal - answer to question about the French
settlers
- Portfolio - Diary entry
Lesson 3.6:
- Portfolio - advertisement for atlantic settlers
Art gallery day:
Art gallery day. Evaluation can be conducted similarly
to the multicultural fair
Lesson 4.1:
- Journal - freewriting about artwork and symbols
- Group work and discussion participation
- Portfolio - copy of the legend or story
Lesson 4.2:
- Journal - freewriting about the Canadian
environment
- Story presentations: have other students report
on what they thought was interesting and how the
story made them feel
Book Reports:
- Book report presentations: individual feedback
given by teacher and two students on all creative
presentations. Students must sign up for a
presentation spot beforehand.
At the end of this unit you can collect journals and
portfolios. To avoid marking it all at once make
periodical checks with feedback.
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