Assessment Timeline

Before project work begins

Students work on projects and complete tasks

After project work is completed

Questioning Reading Log Checklist

E-mail Discussions

Rating Rubric Claim and Evidence Rubric

Court Case Scoring Guide Jury Report Checklist

Discussion

Test

Throughout the unit, students engage in discussions about the Curriculum-Framing Questions, which prompt them to explore their analysis and interpretation of Romeo and Juliet. As students read Romeo and Juliet, they keep reading journals and share their questions and thoughts with ePALS partners. Reading journals are assessed with a reading log checklist. The ePALS partners e-mail discussions are spot-checked throughout the unit to identify and verify the quality and depth of knowledge of the concepts being discussed. The rating rubric is used to assist in the development of the teams’ Showing Evidence cases. The claim and evidence rubric is used to evaluate the individual student Showing Evidence claims and to help teams evaluate each other’s work.

A court case scoring guide is used to evaluate the students’ work in the trial, with adjustments to the group score based on individual effort and contribution. A jury report checklist provides students with a scaffold to review their own essay and peer review another’s. Typical assessments may also be used, such as quizzes and a final test on plot development, literary devices, characters, and so forth.

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