• TEACHING CHILDREN’S LITERATURE MARL 204

ASSESSMENT
S T R AT E G Y
Catalogue
(Differentiated Activities)

A Collection of Assessment Methods and

Approaches in Literature-based Teaching

HONEY LEE L. SIEGA | MAED-TRL

 SUBJECT MATTER: Describing the Character
SPRINGBOARD: Ibaloy the Good Igorot Boy
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Activity: BE A POETIC! Activity: CHARACTER MAP Activity: CHARACTER WEB
Direction: Direction: Direction:
1. Recall the main character’s attitude 1. Provide the pupils a character map 1. Provide the pupils with a character
and behavior. organizer. web graphic organizer.
2. Make a short poem describing the 2. The pupils will choose a character and 2. They will write words describing the
main character of the story. they will give 3 sentences that describe character in the story.
the character they have chosen.

SUBJECT MATTER: Predicting Outcomes

SPRINGBOARD: Eggy Egg by Joy Ceres

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Activity: CREATE AN ENDING
Direction:
1. Give a scenario related to the story.
2. Let the pupils create a short
paragraph as an ending that they like.
Activity: MULITIPLE CHOICE Activity: MATCHING TYPE
Direction: Direction:
1. Provide 5-10 multiple choice item quiz. 1. Provide 5-10 scenarios in column
2. The pupils will choose the letter of the A(pictures) and column B(sentences).
correct possible outcome in each scenario 2. The pupils will match the scenario from
column A to the possible outcome in
column B.
 SUBJECT MATTER: Retelling the Story
SPRINGBOARD: Annie Ant by Purificacion Balingit
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Activity: I AM A STORYTELLER Activity: LIGHTS, CAMERA ACTION! Activity: COMPLETE ME!
Direction: Direction: Direction:
1. The pupils will recall important events 1. Within their group, they will act out the 1. Provide a cloze item test about the
happened in the story. events of the story following story with a box of words.
2. They will retell the story to the class criteria/rubric. 2. The pupils will complete the missing
following the phrases given. words in the cloze test using the words
from the box.

SUBJECT MATTER: Getting the Main Idea

SPRINGBOARD: Henny Hen’s New Hat by Jaycee Nuestra

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Activity: MAIN IDEA COMIC STRIP Activity: CAPTION PICTURES Activity: NAME THAT TRAIT
Direction: Direction: Direction:
1. Pupil will create fun comic strips that 1. Provide a group of pictures about the 1. Give each student a main idea graphic
illustrate the main idea and key story. organizer.
details of a story. 2. Pupils will caption in each photo and they 2. Provide three clues that are examples
2. Let them present it to the class. will write the main idea of all pictures in a of a particular character trait. Make all
sentence. the clues related to one main event and
character (see example below).
3. Students then infer the main character’s
trait.
 SUBJECT MATTER: Sequencing Events in the Story
SPRINGBOARD: Mario’s Special Day by Fiona Fajardo
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Activity: MAKE AN OUTLINE! Activity: ARRANGE ME
Activity: ACT IT OUT
Direction: Direction: Direction:
1. Let the pupils recall the events 1. Provide 5 pictures with description in
1. Select a specific part of the story that
happened about the story. the story.
you like.
2. Provide a graphic organizer where they 2. Let the pupils arrange the correct
2. Within the group, act it out through a
can outline the beginning, middle and sequence of events with given
role play.
end of the story. sentences.

SUBJECT MATTER: Identifying Cause and Effect

SPRINGBOARD: The Three Little Pigs by Flora Annie Steel

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Activity: CAUSE AND EFFECT Activity: SENTENCE STRIPS Activity: PICTURE STRIPS
DETECTIVES Direction: Direction:
Direction: 1. Provide 5-10 sentence strips, then cut it 1. Provide 10 pair of pictures that show
1. Give the pupils task cards containing into phrases. cause and effect relationship about the
cause and effect scenarios from the 2. Let the pupils connect the cause and story.
story. effect phrases to form a sentence with a 2. Let the pupils pair the correct pictures
2. Let them write the missing cause and correct cause and effect. showing cause and effect.
effect on the empty box.
 SUBJECT MATTER: Drawing Conclusions
SPRINGBOARD: Orange Octa by Joy Ceres
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Activity: I CONCLUDE…
Activity: DESCRIBE A PHOTO Activity: WORD MAP
Direction: Direction:
1. Provide pupils with different events Direction:
1. The pupils will be given a picture 1. Provide a word map for pupils.
happened in the story.
about the story. 2. Let them pick a word that describes
2. Provide a graphic organizer where they
2. They will make conclusion and write a the character’s name on the center.
can outline their conclusion on each
sentence about the picture.
events..

SUBJECT MATTER: Comparing and Contrasting

SPRINGBOARD: The Ant and the Grasshopper (Aesop’s Fable)

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Activity: DESCRIBE ME Activity: VENN DIAGRAM Activity: VERSUS CHART
Direction: Direction: Direction:
1. Provide two pictures with names of 1. Instruct the pupils what is a Venn diagram. 1. In the chart, there 2 contrasting
the two characters in the story. 2. Let them write sentences inside the character placed. Provide 5-10 strips
2. Pupils will write a short paragraph similarities and differences to complete the jumbled containing words that describe
comparing the two pictures of Venn diagram. each character.
characters.
2. Let the pupils sort the words according
to what character it is.
 SUBJECT MATTER: Answering WH- Questions
SPRINGBOARD: Orange Octa by Joy Ceres
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Activity: WH- CHART
Activity: WH- QUESTION CARDS Activity: PICTURE SCENES
Direction: Direction: Direction:
1. Give pupils WH- Chart where they
1. Provide pupils cards that contain WH- 1. Provide different pictures about
could write their answers to the
questions about the story. scenarios in the story.
question.
2. Let them answer the Wh- questions on 2. Let the pupils answer the WH question
2. After that, let them share it to the class.
their sheet of paper. below by looking at the pictures.

The Wind by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Activity: POETRY IN MOTION Activity: DRAW AN ART Activity: FILL IN THE BLANKS
Direction: Direction: Direction:
1. Let the pupils read the poem with 1. Let them draw pictures that you can 1. Let the pupils fill in the blanks to
action they could associate with imagine in the poem. complete the lines of the poem. They
every line. 2. Below the pictures, they will write a word could select their answer from the word
2. Provide them with rubric. or sentence to describe each. box.