Assessment of Literature at Jurong West Secondary

For Secondary 2 Literature, there is one common test, one mock examination and mid-year examinations that the students need to sit for. These are for the summative assessment. For formative assessment, the students need to write essay style answers for questions that the teacher sets in their journal books.

For examinations and tests, the students need to answer 2 essay questions using the P.E.E.L format. I think that this is rather helpful for those students who might be taking up Literature as an O'level subject. The first question will be based on a passage, students will need to extract pieces of evidence from the passage given and answer the question based on the passage. The second questions will be based on a topic covered in class.

In terms of formative assessment, I have been giving my students worksheets to do for every lesson. I make sure that there is a class work and homework component for each lesson that I plan for. This is one way for me to assess if my students are learning and understand the concepts taught in class. I also gave them a March holiday assignment to assess if they have read the whole book.

As for the secondary 1 students, apart from common tests and examinations, they need to present a dramatised version of the text which is also examinable.