Assessment Plan

Assessment Timeline

Before project work begins

Students work on projects and complete tasks

After project work is completed

Questioning K-W-H-L Chart Venn Diagram

Reading Response Journals

Questioning Reading Response Journals Blog Rubric

Action Plan Teacher Conferences Peer Feedback Form

In-class Essay Scoring Guide

Reading Response Journals Reflections

Use questioning throughout the unit to assess students’ understanding of the Curriculum-Framing Questions as well as other important questions about the play. Determine students’ background knowledge and help them think about what they already know about Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet with the Venn diagram and the K-W-H-L chart.  As students complete character blogs while studying the play, ask them to use the blog rubric to guide their work. Review the reading response periodically to assess students’ understanding as well as redirect teaching if necessary.

Ask students to use the action plan to help guide them through the stages of brainstorming, planning, and implementation of their plans as well as part of a final assessment of their work. Students also use the project scoring guide to support the creation of their presentations.

Hold teacher and peer conferences to provide feedback before the final presentations are completed. Have students use the peer feedback form to record feedback and assist in improving their projects.

Use the project scoring guide to assess the culminating projects, with adjustments to the group scores based on individual efforts and contributions. Assess students’ contributions to the final discussion regarding the Essential Question, How does literature help us better understand ourselves?  


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