| Body | This activity was designed for intermediate learners. It was created to help learners complete self assessment and peer assessment on a work sample in the target language. It was written with assessing learner-created memes or social media posts in mind, but could easily be adapted for other genres.
Learning outcomes:
Learners will be able to:
- Identify 2 aspects they did well and 2 aspects that could be improved in their own work sample
- Identify 2 aspects that work well and 2 aspects that could be improved in a peer’s work sample
- Compare their self evaluation to peer and teacher evaluations
Mode(s): Interpretive, Presentational
Materials: Celebrate Mistakes: Use Them to Learn and Grow video, Celebrate and Learn from Successes and Mistakes self review/peer review handout (3 pages stapled together), previous work sample of a meme or social media (written, visual, or video) in the target language, mobile phones or other devices (for showing work samples)
Procedure:
- Ask learners to think about what it feels like when they make mistakes in the target language. How do they react? Write their reactions on the board or a digital document for all to see.
- Next, show learners the Celebrate Mistakes: Use Them to Learn and Grow video. Ask them to think about what the video said about mistakes as a tool one can use to learn and grow. Is this framing of mistakes similar or different to how they felt about mistakes in step #1? Can they recall a time where they learned from a mistake they made in the target language?
- Then give learners the Celebrate and Learn from Successes and Mistakes self review/peer review handout. Have them pull up their work example on a device.
- Walk learners through the steps of doing the self review and peer review. For these reviews, they should focus on learning from, and not being overwhelmed by, mistakes as well as their successes.First they will circle the aspects listed that they feel were successful. Then they will choose 2 of the circled aspects and elaborate on why each was successful. They will repeat this process for aspects that could be improved.
- Give learners time to complete their self assessment (5 minutes or more, as needed). Once they are done, have them fold over their handout so the peer review sheet is on top.
- Then, have learners exchange their work sample and peer review sheet with a peer. Learners can choose the peer they want to work with, or the teacher can instruct them on how to exchange work (eg. hand your sample and sheet to the person on your left).
- Give learners time to complete the peer assessment (5 minutes or more, as needed).
- Optional: the teacher can fill out an assessment (page 3 of the handout). This can happen either before, during or after class time.
- Next, have learners give their peer assessments back to the author of the work sample. Each learner will take a few minutes to read through their peer’s assessment of their work (and the teacher’s assessment, if already completed), and compare it to their own. What was similar about the assessments? What was different?
- Reconvene the whole group. Ask learners to talk about what their peers (and teacher) pointed out about their work. How was this similar or different from what they noticed? What would they most like to improve when they create a similar meme or social media post in the future?
Notes:
-Modifications (content) - Other genres of work samples can be used (instead of memes and social media posts) by updating the checklist on the [b]Celebrate and Learn from Successes and Mistakes self review/peer review handout to match the genre.
-Modifications (scaffolding) - This activity can be adapted for novice or advanced learners by changing the type or genre of the work samples. For example, novice learners could use memes, intermediate learners could use slightly longer posts or videos that combine text, visuals and hashtags (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, or other popular sites), and advanced learners could use fanfiction, blog posts, or longer written posts.
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