Sample Semester Exam

This one is based on the star:

Steps Used in Summative Testing in an Invisibles Classroom

(based on a 3-hour testing period – adjust the time amounts given below to fit your available testing minutes)

1. Spend 100 minutes creating a story as is done using the questioning levels in the Create phase of a normal class.

2. Give your students an 80-minute exam based on the story, as follows:

3. Section 1 (20 min.) – they write what they heard during the creation of the story. (During these 20 minutes you write up the story in the TL.)

4. Section 2 (20 min.) – they translate what you put up on the doc camera.

5. Section 3 (20 min.) – they take the (20 question) quiz provided to you by the quiz writer.

6. Section 4 (20 min.) – they do an extended dictée on sentences you choose from the story.

Summative Testing Template – front side of sheet:

Name: __________________________________Pd.____

Section 1: (20 min.) – In the following lines, write in English your understanding of the story you heard:

Section 2: (20 min.) – Translate the text you see projected on the document camera:

Summative Testing Template –back side of sheet:

Section 3: (20 min.) – Answer the quiz questions by writing either yes or no in the blank:

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Section 4: (20 min.) – Write in the target language what you hear using the normal dictation format (i.e. write what you hear on line 1, make corrections on line 2 and skip the next line.