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> How would **you do formative evaluation**? I would wait to do formative when other puctuations had been introduced and then us an authentic writing sample to see if there was applied application of the punctuation within the sample. I would use the technology software "clickers" to evaluate my students' comprehension of apostrophes by presenting various examples of uses of apostrophes with three possible responses. Students will click the response they thought would be correct and this would give me immediate feedback as to student progress.
 * 1) **Who worked on this**: Ericka Marengo, Robin Lively Summers, Len Rue, and that other computer guy who isn't here today.
 * 2) **Website Link**:http://www.education.com/activity/article/Apostrophe_Collage_fifth/
 * 3) **What are the goals**? Students will identify and use apostrophe punctuation. Also students will understand how to differentiate between possesive and contraction use of apostrophes.
 * 4) **What are the objectives?** Find and identify apostrophes in everyday text. Understand the rules regarding placement of apostraphes.
 * 5) **Do you agree with the instructional strategy, in other words, how the lesson is taught**? It is a good introduction to the difficult punctuational concept of the apostrophe. It is a good way to introduce why they are needed as long as the goal was made clear at the onset of the activity. Otherwise it is just find and paste. A positive about the lesson is students are engaged in locating examples of apostraphes in an authentic context.
 * 6) **On Bloom's Taxonomy what kind of knowledge does the lesson address**? Knowledge and Application.
 * 7) IF you were **teaching this lesson in your class,** where would you want to do **formative evaluation**? As students were working observe if they were overlooking examples or if they were including inappropriate selections. Also while observing the students making their selection question them on how the apostrophe is being used. Allow them to make mistakes and then question them afterwards on why they chose that example and then guide students in making their own corrections.

I agree that unless the objectives are clear to the students this activity would be just a simple cut and paste activity. If the objectives are clear to the students I think that this would be a fun and relevant lesson. I also really liked that the lesson suggested that the teacher ask the students what they already knew about the apostrophes before the activity to activate their prior knowledge. ~Jenny~

I believe that it true that the objectives are clear but remember that they should be smart too. In some cases it is better to teach the students first and then let them know of what is expected of them then give them a test or let them practice among themselves.-Tom

I agree with Jenny and Tom about the objectives of this lesson, I think it could be a very effective lesson plan if it was taught right and explained to the children. One thing that I think would be beneficial to this lesson plan would be to have the students put the clippings from the magazine into sections based on what the use of the apostrophe would be. I think that would help the students understand how they are being used and it would also help them realize the different used of them. ~Jessica

I agree with everyone else about the fact that if the purpose of this activity is not clearly stated it could go badly in regards to what the kids actually get out of the lesson. I really like this lesson because I think it lets the kids see real life examples of when to use apostrophes and lets them see real application of it. I definately agree with the formative evaluation too. There needs to be some sort of monitoring to make sure examples aren't being overlooked and that the kids don't include inappropriate usage of apostrophes. I don't know how you would monitor all the kids though because that sort of takes away from the students finding these examples on their own, so I don't know how you would go about doing that.- Ashley

I think that the other four are right and typically lessons that are not clear for students are hard to complete at just about any level. I'm still taking a few general ed. reqiurements and it is amazing to watch not just the freshman, but the upper classmen struggle with unclear directions too. It is a good idea just has a few flaws in it.-Augie