Resource 5: Planning to assess your students’ reading and listening skills

Table R5.1 A completed form for planning to assess your students’ listening and reading skills (see Activity 2/Table 3).
Class and chapter Class X. Chapter 8: Mijbil the Otter (NCERT Class X textbook: First Flight)
WeekActivityIn what ways will I assess the students during this activity?How will I modify my teaching as a response?
1Students listen to the first text with books closed. They make notes of important things to consider when having a pet. They discuss their notes in pairs.Walk around the room while reading aloud and observe a few students as they make notes and discuss. Record notes about the observations in the diary. If students find it difficult, repeat reading the text two or three times. Many students found certain words from the text difficult. Review these. Write these words on the board and ask students to write their own sentences using the words.
2Students read Part II of the story silently. They discuss and answer the comprehension questions in groups of three.Walk around the room as students discuss and answer the comprehension questions. Grade a few students’ work on the spot, and give them feedback about it. Record notes about grades and observations in the diary.Students had a good sense of the story and could find the correct answer in the text. Many had problems writing things in their own words. Try more independent writing activities to build students confidence.
3Students read Part III of the story silently. They write a summary individually in their home language. Discuss the passage afterwards as a whole class.Ask a number of students to hand in the written summaries. Grade the summaries according to how much students have understood about the story. Record grades in the diary.Most students did not understand the text. Choose an easier one for the next class – and one that might be more interesting for them.
4A dictation. Students listen to a paragraph from the story and summarise it.Students exchange notebooks and correct and grade each other’s dictations using the original paragraph in the story. As students give a grade, walk around and make a note of some of the grades (or collect some of the notebooks) and note grades in the diary. Students enjoyed this activity. They focused too much, however, on grammar and punctuation. I would like them to focus more on understanding what each other says. Repeat activity and ask them to focus on meaning.

Resource 4: Monitoring and giving feedback

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