EDU 645 Week 6 Learner Performance

 

Assessing Learner Performance

            The purpose of the assessment plan is to have students be able to take the book The Lord of the Flies and write a five page essay paper (excluding title and reference pages) that compares it to a situation in today’s society. During this essay the students will be able to use their critical thinking skills to compare a news story or regime in today’s world with the theme of the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding.

            The main learning objective is that the students will be able to find the theme and symbolism of the story and be able to compare it to a real world situation that is happening now or in the recent past of the last 25 years. By using literature, the students will be able to study in depth how fictional literature shadows real life dramas and that even today has relevance for us as a society.

            Since this is a four week program the final assessment paper will be due on the Monday following the completion of study on the book Lord of the Flies. No papers will be accepted after this time unless discussed beforehand on the Friday the lesson block is finished. Papers will still receive a 10% deduction in grade for any extension that is granted.  Since this paper will be the first to use in text citations and a reference page, students are expected to make a valid attempt in using citations and reference page. Total points available for this paper is 20 points or 20% of the lesson block grade.

 

 

Rubric

Points	4	3	2	1
Student must be able to write paper on how the book compares to a real world event or regime in the present or recent past of no more than 25 years	Paper compares Lord of the Flies to real world event or regime of past 25 years	Paper compares Lord of the Flies to real world event or regime more than 25 years ago	Paper compares Lord of the Flies to something other than an real world event or regime	Paper does not compare Lord of the Flies to relevant subject matter of any kind
Student must have a cohesive paper with at least 4 comparisons	Paper has at least 4 cohesive comparisons	Paper has at least 3 cohesive comparisons	Paper has at least 2 cohesive comparisons	Paper has at least 1 cohesive comparison
Student paper should be free from misspelling and most grammatical errors	Paper is free of misspelling and most grammatical errors	Paper has very few misspellings or grammatical errors	Paper has many misspellings  or grammatical errors	No attempt at proper spelling or grammar was used
Student should have a five page paper excluding title page and reference page	Paper is 5 pages excluding title and reference page	Paper is 4 pages excluding title and reference page	Paper is 3 pages excluding title and reference page	Paper is 2 pages excluding title and reference page
Student should attempt valid in text citation and reference paper	Valid attempt at in text citation and reference page are made	Valid attempt at reference page but not in text citation	Valid attempt at in text citation but not a reference page	No attempt was made for in text citation and reference page