Reading comprehension assessment

Storytelling
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   When we are planning what to do in class and how to assess students during quarantine seems like a huge challenge because we feel we cannot do the same activities we would do back in the classroom. What I found helpful was to imagine my screen is THE CLASSROOM and that I could adjust ANY activity just by having the right resources; furthermore, I need to make sure to project what I see in my mind and make my students so engaged that they feel like connecting again next class. I also try wearing my pupils' shoes to avoid overwhelming them, that is why knowing about their environment and feelings is important.

   As I commented in a previous post, my friends and I tend to share what we find effective and successful in our lessons, we always keep in mind every group of students is different but we also have a motto: DON'T LIMIT STUDENTS. We agreed on encouraging our students and trying any useful tool/activity; if it is not effective in class, we will simply discover another way of not doing it😉. An advantage of  giving it a chance is that we can even help students discover talents they do not know they have. 

   Marvin shared with us a good way to assess reading comprehension. He assigned different stories to his students, gave them a week to read them and present them to their classmates via Zoom. The way he asked them to present it was to make sketches of the scenes they liked using any app/platform they felt comfortable with (Paint, Sketchbox, PicsArt Color, etc.) or choosing images representing the scenes; on the presentation day, they only needed to share their screen and show their slides to tell the story. There was one student who even drew the scenes herself in a notebook, took pictures of her drawings and uploaded them to PPT. A simple activity that can help students in significant ways: Improve their four macro-skills, distract them from the current situation, share different apps/platforms, and show how creative they can be.



   I suggest you to use the site https://americanliterature.com/twenty-great-american-short-stories to choose the stories. They only show one image in each story so students will have to maximize their imagination. Depending on the level you are teaching, students could even change the course of events and adapt the story. Weren't you used to doing this in your class? I know you were! It's exactly the same activity but using Zoom or any other real-time meeting platform.💻
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