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Activity 19
                                                                                 • Adjectives, adverbs and
                                                                                   adjective and adverbial phrases
                                                                                   and clauses are one way to
                                                                                   make instructions more precise,
                                                                                   but that is not the only way.
                                                                                   For example, adding colors to
                                                                                   images and text is another way
                                                                                   to make a text more explicit.
                                                                                 • Although it’s time-consuming,
                                                                                   you can use this opportunity
                                                                                   to engage in one-on-one
                                                                                   interviews to understand your
                                                                                   students’ train of thought. This
                                                                                   way you will not only understand
                                                                                   why they give the answers they
                                                                                   give, but also help students
                                                                                   who have not yet arrived at
                                                                                   conventional answers.

                                                                                 Activity 20
                                                                                 • It is important to note that when we
                                                                                   say “notebook”, students may use
                                                                                   any resource they have available
                                                                                   in order to “craft” the text.
                                                                                 • Remember, the portfolio is
                                                                                   meant to be their primary
                                                                                   evidence of learning.
                                                                                 • In the example, we have divided
                                                                                   both phrases and the sentences
                                                                                   themselves. Depending on your
                                                                                   students’ skill, you may decide
                                                                                   to have them just divide the
                                                                                   sentences.
              Activity 21
              • Remember, you may use this instrument, or you may adapt any of the intermediate assessments to
               suit this practice.
              • Help your students to identify not only their weaknesses and strengths, but the way in which they
               can improve.
              • These qualitative instruments, though harder to gauge and homogenize, are more appropriate for
               assessing progress in the acquisition and development of social practices of language. Resist the urge
               to assess using an exercise or an out-of-context test, even though it is a common school routine and
               teaching method. Tests do not lend themselves easily to this approach and assessment should be
               more integral.














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