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Teacher Resource Sheet 9
Assessment Exercise
To be completed after reading Chapter 10. The purpose of this task is
to assess AF3 and AF5 Reading using Speaking and Listening. The
focus for this assessment is the question:
How does Kevin’s language make him different?
Pupils analyse the ways that the language Kevin uses in Chapters 1 to
10 helps to show how he is different from other people.
Using a jigsaw technique for grouping (see below), the class discuss
their area of focus in their ‘expert’ groups and then present their
findings to their ‘home’ group ready to formulate a group response to
the question.
Resource Sheet 8 can be used for the pupils to collect their ideas.
The feedback to home groups will enable a Speaking and Listening
assessment of En2.
How to organise the jigsaw grouping
Establish groups of five. Each member of each group should label
themselves A, B, C, D or E. The question is divided into sections (see
below). In their home groups of four or five, pupils allocate a section
each, and then regroup into expert groups, e.g.
A = How Kevin uses language to show his scorn for people
B = How Kevin uses language to say the things that other people think
but don’t say
C = How Kevin uses language referring to disability which could be
seen as offensive
D = How Kevin shows his knowledge through the language he uses
E = How Kevin uses images from his reading about King Arthur and his
love of Star Trek
In these groups, experts work together on their chosen area, then
return to their original home groups to report back on their area of
expertise. The home group then formulates a joint answer to the
question:
How does Kevin’s language make him different?
This task requires pupils to use the different areas of expertise for a
joint outcome.
This assessment will require advance planning of the grouping, but is a
very effective Speaking and Listening strategy because it ensures the
participation of all pupils.
Freak the Mighty Teacher Resource Sheet 9
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