Informal assessment 40%


Writing
Activities

1. Each student will write a short story about the greatest experience of their life.

Reading
Activities

1. Each student have to read aloud his/her story previously written.

2. The group will select and read aloud the best story.
Speaking/Listening
Activities

1. Students will give an opinion of the story and try to explain what the author try to say in the story.

2. Students will deliver a 1 minute speech (each one) and try to convince their class-mates that he/she has the best story.

Evaluation Criteria
Able to read and write correctly = 5 points

1. Correct pronunciation of the words and fluency.
2. Excellent writing without errors.

The student is able to read correctly but he/she has some mistakes = 4

1. Doesn't affect the understanding of the reading text.
2. Writes with some grammatical errors, speaks with some fluency (needs practice)
The student has difficulties in reading = 3
1. He/she is not entirely able to use punctuation and in speaking.
2. He/she doesn't have fluency but the student tries and is doing a visible effort.

The student definitely needs practice in reading = 2

1. He/she doesn't have the knowledge of the grammatical rules of the
target language.
2. He/she gets nervous at the moment of speaking.

He/she can not speak, read and write = 1

1. Needs a lot of practice in these three skills.


Students
Speaking/listening
Writing
Reading
Final Grade
Yesenia García
1
2
3
15,00%
Daniela Paola
2
3
4
22,50%
Felipe Dominguez
3
1
4
20,00%
Omar Cervantes
4
4
4
30,00%
Rocio Dominguez
5
4
2
27,50%

Informal Assessment
Assessment is a group of tasks given to the students in order to analyze the progress in the classroom. There are 2 types of assessments Formal and Informal.
As teachers, we need to find tools to help our students reach the goals of the subject material. In order to do that, we need to find ways to effectively and fairly test all students; keeping in mind that each student has a different capacity of learning and accumulating knowledge. Feedback is important in assessments because the students will better understand the challenging points of comprehension and we will facilitate them the information needed for them to improve for themselves.


Informal assessment requires planning. Teachers must identify which areas are going to be planned first (linguistic and non-linguistic factors) and how much time will be dedicate to each area. Teachers must also plan which areas they are going to emphasize. Teachers must know beforehand which areas of the subject will carry the most weight in order to ensure that those subjects receive the necessary emphasis . Timing is another challenging task, because the teacher needs to know how much time is required in and out of the classroom.(teacher must think in the time to prepare lessons and materials)