Literature Assessment

Here in my school, literature assessments are mainly formative and they are not merely written but they also involved the use of ICT tools. The students' assessments are continual and accounts for and towards their overall grade for the subject. The same applies for all the levels. The assessment for the literature department is usually broken down and less of a class or common test but rather project or assignment based. This makes it a fairer assessment of the students in terms of their grasp of knowledge. Their summative assessment only comes in the form of mid-years.


For the lower secondary that I am teaching, students have both individual and group work. The assessments are spread throughout terms 1 and 2. Students are to independently complete characterisation for their text as the lessons move along and they are to also complete a scene summary after each scene of the play. They are also given two short essays that can be written or typed out. In their groups, they are to complete blog entries that answer the major questions that the department has posted on their e-learning portal. In addition, the groups are to also role play the scenes that are given to them and explain/teach the class about the scene. They will be assessed based on their role play and teaching.