I have marked just over half the scripts so far for the reading assessment and in the main, the answers are very good indeed, especially the summarising part (question one.) So far, there are no disasters and to date I have been able to read all the handwritten responses! It was interesting to note that some (quite a few) of you thought the assessment was really difficult when I asked at the end of the session yesterday, but as far as I have seen, you have all followed the formula, read the questions, understood the text and shouldn't have too much reworking to do come Monday (and if needed, Tuesday of next week.)
Hopefully this will continue as I work my way through the rest of the pile. And don't forget, whilst you guys have to do thirteen assessments throughout the year, I have to mark and annotate them, times 20!
Stay lucky,
Mark
If I'm reading this correctly Mark, does this mean you are marking assessments at 6 in the morning? You're either incredibly dedicated, crazy or an insomniac. Or perhaps all three?
ReplyDeleteI like your style Lloyd! Yes, in some ways I probably am all three, but in this context I wasn't marking at that ridiculous hour! I fear it's the clock on the blog (which is meant to be GMT by the way) that is slightly out of kilter. Still, you get bonus points for spotting that and asking the question. Nurse, the Smirnoff!
ReplyDeleteThe title says it all - cue Air Guitars!!!
ReplyDeleteCould we work karaoke into Comms do you think??!!
The title says it all - cue Air Guitars!!!
ReplyDeleteCould we work karaoke into Comms do you think??!!
Strangely, PowerPoint karaoke does appear in a section of one of the listening assessments we'll be doing!
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