8a.+Evaluating+&+Assessment

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**Evaluating & Assessment** ** This unit of work will begin with formative assessment. An individual formative assessment task will be ** completing a topic wheels ** (Murdoch 1998, p 36). **to reflect on their understanding of Egypt, its system of government and how it relates to Australia as well as any questions and areas of interest.. Whole class formative assessment will include a brainstorming session ** (Murdoch 1998, p 7) **to assess what the whole class know and what to learn about the topic.

** Individual, group and whole class summative assessment tasks will be given thought out the unit of work. Individual assessment will include a learning journal that will allow the students to reflect on their learning thought-out the unit. T **he second individual assessment item will be the research and oral presentation about a pharaoh. This will enable the teacher to assess the students research, writing and presentations skills before the major group project and presentation. Further individual assessment tasks will include procedural writing task and choice of activities from the Blooms/Gardner matrix.  The small group summative assessment tasks will include the two major projects. The first will be to choose a topic of interest, research, write and present in a poster format. The second major project will be an extension of this research where students will be required to further research their topic of interest and make comparisons between Ancient Egyptian and Modern day. They will also be expected to present their information in a creative way.

Whole class summative assessment activities include creating a large map of Ancient Egypt ** (Murdoch 1998, p 77) **that will be built upon thought out the unit of inquire as students learn about land marks, monuments and places of interest. The whole class will also create a group Venn-diagram ** (Murdoch 1998, p 78) ** to compare the differences between Australia, Ancient Egypt and modern Egypt. This will be built upon as students acquire more knowledge and correct any misunderstandings. Students will also create a large time-line that will be displayed around the wall of the classroom. Students will add information to the time-line as they research different topics. such as events and people (like the reign of pharaohs). The major whole class assessment task will be the final sharing activity where students will role-play ** (Murdoch 1998, p 69) ** in Ancient Egyptian clothes and present all of their learning to other members of the school community and their parents.