Assessment Plan

Entry-Level Formative Summative

Quickwrite – What is Fantasy?

Postcard – An Unexpected Party
QuizStar – Archetypes of the Journey
Think-Pair-Share
Group Conferencing
Group Presentation
Creative Work – Forging
the Hero’s Journey
 Assessment Activity Overview
Quickwrite – What is Students freely write what they believe a fantasy story is, and what
Fantasy? elements are necessary in making it fantasy. Students should pull
from their prior knowledge and be aware that the fantasy genre will
be the focal point of the unit.
Postcard – An After reading through the first two chapters of The Hobbit, students
Unexpected Party put themselves in the mind of Bilbo Baggins and create a postcard
or letter from his perspective. This postcard/letter should explain
his sudden departure from the Shire and attempt to embody his
personality. Students should be aware of the type of language
Tolkien uses with Bilbo and start becoming familiar with carefully
picking their own words.
QuizStar – Utilizing the online quiz-taking platform, students answer a
Archetypes of the combination of multiple choice and short answer questions
regarding the fantasy archetypes and parts of the hero’s journey.
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The results should be used to gauge understanding of the concepts.
Think-Pair-Share Periodically throughout the semester, pose a question or idea
related to the current topic and allow students to think through
them. They can then move into pairs and larger groups to discuss
their thoughts, and finally back together as a class. By circulating
and observing, gauge their thoughts and understanding while
simultaneously allowing them to solidify and refine what they’re
thinking.
Group Conferencing - Schedule conferences with each of the assembled group to give
feedback on their work-in-progress presentations, and to assess
their collective level of understanding of the content.
Group Presentation In groups, students present an in-depth analysis of a story they
have chosen, pointing out all points of the hero’s journey and the
archetypal roles that characters represent.
Creative Work – Students create their own fictional work that encompasses the
Forging the Hero’s hero’s journey, all of the given archetypes, and uses descriptive
language.
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