Title – Walls That Tell a Story Unit – Comprehensive Assessment

By – Donna Hennessy

Primary Subject – Language Arts

Secondary Subjects – Math, Science, Social Studies, Other, Computers/Internet

Grade Level – 5

I.

Table of Contents

II.

Curriculum Web of Activities

III.

Narrative Rationale

IV.

Timeline for Implementation of Lessons

V.

Unit Materials and Resources

VI. Lesson Plans:

Lesson Plan 1 -

Mapping Walls

(Math, Social Studies)

Lesson Plan 2 -

Building the Biggest Walls

(Science)

Lesson Plan 3 -

Virtual Exploration of Lascaux Cave

(CI)

Lesson Plan 4 -

Breaking Down Walls

(Language Arts, Other)

VII.

Unit Comprehensive Assessment

VIII.

Culminating Activity-Field Trip

These assessment examples use both conventional and performance based tasks. Conventional assessments are typically a paper and pencil classroom test designed by the teacher which includes either fill-in-the-blank, short answer, matching, multiple choice or true/false questions. Here is an example of a conventional assessment using matching.

Conventional Assessment:

Using photos included (note: teacher can readily find these pictures on the internet), match the names of the walls shown below to the correct photo:

a. (PHOTO of the Berlin Wall)

b. (PHOTO of Lascaux Cave)

c. etc.

Performance based assessment:

Performance based assessment evaluates students based on their performance in completing a task. This is an example of a performance based assessment. The students must listen to the teacher-selected music and decide which culture it is from. The music can be obtained through either the public library or via Amazon.com. Some of the CD’s I was interested in using (however, I have not yet listened to them) are:


Phases of the Moon: Traditional Chinese Music

Music and Song from Germany

The Most Popular Songs from Isreal

South African Legends


Listen to the music the teacher plays and fill in the name of the wall this music would most likely be played around:

“I would most likely hear…”

Song #1 –     _______________________________________________________ Song #2 –     _______________________________________________________ Song #3 -     _______________________________________________________

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