Jamie Turner

Laura; I agree,testing should be done creatively and based on the material and subject matter taught and reviewed by the students.

Tifany Sellers

I would like to suggest that there are group test and project test because the students become competitive and eager to impress one another.

Susan Polick

Hi Karin - Thanks for your post to the forum and for sharing some really creative ideas for activities in an English course! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

Karin Devlin

I teach English Foundations and at times I incorporate art activities as assessments. Students can easily draw a noun, adjective, subject, adverb, preposition, etc. the same as they can diagram a sentence.

They can interview a classmate and submit a newspaper article to prove journalism skills. The students could orally present the articles, etc.

We collectively write stories by having one topic and then sending a story back a row - the first student writes the first paragraph, the second student, the next and so on. Once they are completed, they can proofread and edit.

Susan Polick

Hi Laura - I have some instuctors that will throw a joke question into a test which some students enjoy but some are offended by. I like to run an ungraded assessment like a Jeopardy game with students working in teams. It lets me see what students know while they are having fun. Susan