6 Formative Assessments

1. The "swimming turtle" vs. "Landshark" - Whichever one is positive and which is negative is fine, but one means they feel confident about their knowledge of the subject and the other is less so
2. Schoology Quizzes - daily, regarding what they've read / learned for the day
3. Schoology group discussion - they must both post and respond to a question regarding the material in an organic (yet online!) way
4. Shooting baskets - if one gets 90% on daily work (self-corrected) they can shoot a basket on my nerfhoop, and if they make it, they get a lifesaver
5. Journaling - measured through informal writing types through differing styles, this form of writing boosts student confidence and creativity
6. Submitting to turnitin.com - checks plagiarism, gives grammatical feedback, and peer review is incorporated into this.


Goals for Shawnsy's assessments:

 1. Simplify wording of standards for students
2. Work with students to give them an option for creating a formative assessment to then complete
3. Meet goal #6

Goals for Dusty's assessments:
1. Give them the option to pick the articles they will use to write a synthesis essay about a topic/theme said student chosen pieces have in common
2. Do two essays in a row, then provide feedback on both at the same time so that they see consistencies and inconsistencies more clearly
3. Give them the themes of the AP-packets beforehand so that they can see to what they will build.

Self-Reflection about the Peer Review Process
I have actually used this technique quite a bit (and my first Review of Literature was about this topic with reference to writing), so I feel confident in our results. I've refined my questions and their wording based on my research in this area, so I'm looking forward to using it more often in the classroom.
It's important to self-evaluate, because it helps to clarify the overall goals of an assignment and its purpose in one's mind. It ensures that you ascribe to the rules that you yourself have helped create (in many cases), so it's also important for that follow-through.