DOMINOES

Introduction

Testing, Assesssment and Global Evaluation

Testing
It is sometimes necessary, especially within a school system, For teachers wishing to adapt Dominoes Tests to meet
to test students’ reading. The Activities and Projects in different teaching, learning, or assessment needs, a Word
Dominoes are designed to stimulate and encourage reading document version of each Test is also available.
rather than to test students formally. Therefore Tests are also
provided to check that students have read and understood Assessment
the whole story. These may be especially useful for teachers If the Test is used unadapted and on its own, each question
using Dominoes for self-study and homework assignments. is worth two marks, making a total of 100 marks. However,
The Tests can be found as pdfs under the relevant title. some teachers may also like to include some continuous
assessment evaluation, based on reading portfolio work. In
The format is the same for all the Tests: fifty multi-choice this case, we suggest this global assessment scheme, which
items, divided into five equally-weighted sections focusing combines the Test with other production activities:
on the key elements of the story – Setting, Characters,
Dialogue, Vocabulary, and Plot. Assessment based on: % of marks
Test (1 mark for each Test question) 50% of total mark
The Tests are photocopiable, and can be administered Projects 25% of total mark
to the whole class or to individual students working on Written or oral work based on 25% of total mark
different readers at their own pace. Activity and Grammar Pages,
Graphic Organizers, follow-up work,
The Test Answer Keys can be found as pdfs under the discussion questions
relevant title. Giving individual students the Test Answer Key TOTAL MARKS out of 100%
so that they can check their own (or a classmate’s) work, allows
different students to take different Tests at different times.

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Test Key
SETTING 15 Magua becomes ___. SETTING SETTING
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Choose the best answer. a a friend of the British b 1 a

a friend of the Delawares 1 a
c a Huron chief d a Mohican chief 2 c 2 c
1 The story begins when Magua arrives at ___. 3 a 3 b
a Fort Edward b Fort William Henry 16 General Munro feels a ___ when he accepts the French 4 b offer 4 b
c the cave behind the waterfall d the Huron camp to leave Fort William Henry. 5 a 5 b
a coward b fool c warrior d wise 6mana 6 a
2 Cora, Alice and Heyward first meet the Mohicans and
Hawk-eye ___. 17 Uncas is a ___. 7 a 7 b
a at Ford Edward a brave warrior b coward c fool d 8 wise a man 8 a
b at Fort William Henry 9 d 9 b
18 Chief Tamenund is ___. 10 b 10 d
c at the edge of a river
a a fool b confused c evil d very wise
d in the cave behind the waterfall
19 Gamut ___ when he is afraid. CHARACTERS CHARACTERS
3 Hawk-eye and the Mohicans take the Munro sisters and
a cries b faints c shakes d sings 11 d 11 b
Heyward to ___ to hide. 12 d 12 b
a Fort Edward b Glenn’s waterfall 20 In the end, Chingachgook is ___. 13 d 13 a
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c Lake Huron d the Hudson River a a Delaware prisoner b a Huron chief 14 a 14 c

c confused d the last of the Mohicans 15 c 15 c
4 When Hawk-eye and the others arrive at ___ they find
16 c 16 a
Montcalm’s army around it. 20 marks 17 d 17 a
a Fort Edward b Fort William Henry
18 c 18 d
c Glenn’s waterfall d the Huron village DIALOGUE 19 b 19 d
5 The Hurons attack British women and children as they are Who says this? 20 b 20 d
leaving ___. 21 ‘I don’t like the look of him.’
a Fort Edward b Fort William Henry DIALOGUE DIALOGUE
Test Answer Keys

a Alice b Cora c General Munro d Hawk-eye

c the French camp d the Huron camp 21 b 21 a
22 ‘Can we not trust a man with dark skin?’ 22 a 22 b
6 Hawk-eye persuades the others to follow Magua ___. a Alice b Cora c Gamut d Heyward23 d 23 b
a across a lake b across a river 24 a 24 c
c into a cave d through a forest 23 ‘Never trust a Huron.’ 25 c 25 a
a Chingachgook b Hawk-eye 26 d 26 c
7 Chingachgook stays with Munro ___ . c Heyward d Uncas
a at an old wooden house 27 a 27 d
b at the beavers’ lake 24 ‘You will become my wife.’ 28 c 28 a
c at the Huron camp a Hawk-eye b Heyward c Magua d 29 a
Uncas 29 a
d in the ruins of Fort William Henry 30 c 30 d
25 ‘With them here, I will fight on even more bravely than
8 Heyward and Hawk-eye rescue Alice from ___. before.’ VOCABULARY VOCABULARY
a a cave in the Huron camp b Montcalm’s camp a General Munro b General Webb 31 d 31 a
c the Huron council hut d the Delaware camp c Montcalm d Uncas 32 c 32 c
9 On the way to the Delaware camp, the Hurons go past ___. 26 ‘Alice’s smiling eyes and her happy laugh captured33 myd 33 a
heart first.’ 34 d 34 b
a a cave b a lake c a waterfall d the forest
a Gamut b Hawk-eye c Heyward d 35 c
Magua 35 b
10 Uncas and Magua are killed ___. 36 a 36 c
a at the beaver’s lake b in a cave 27 ‘The sun is in the tree branches, and you are free to
37goa now 37 a
c in the forest d on a mountain ledge with the woman.’ 38 b 38 b
a Chingachgook b Hawk-eye 39 d 39 a
20 marks c Tamenund d Uncas 40 b 40 c
28 ‘I have my catapult and I’ll use that to help Cora.’
CHARACTERS PLOT PLOT
a Gamut b General Munro
Choose the best answer. 41 b 41 b
c Hawk-eye d Heyward
42 b 42 c
11 Hawk-eye can ___ very well. 43 b 43 c
29 ‘Uncas has gone to the happy hunting-ground.’
a ride a horse b shoot c sing d swim 44 a 44 b
a Chingachgook b Gamut
12 Heyward is ___. c Hawk-eye d Tamenund 45 a 45 b
a a coward b brave c confused d evil 46 c 46 c
30 ‘The time of the red man is finished and the earth now
47 a 47 d
13 Cora is ___ than her sister. belongs to the palefaces.’ 48 a 48 c
a darker b fairer c weaker d younger a Chingachgook b Hawk-eye 49 d 49 b
c Magua d Tamenund 50 a 50 b
14 Alice is very interested in ___.
a Gamut b Hawk-eye c Heyward d Magua 20 marks

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Global Evaluation
Here are suggestions for elements that you can include as criteria for evaluation of Projects
or other written/oral work.

Written Work

Evaluation categories Marks

Preparation (2 marks for each subcategory)
l Imagination and originality of thought in planning

l Quality and scope of research

l Drafting and revision 6 marks

Execution (2 marks for each subcategory)
l Clarity of text organization

l Awareness of who will read the text (teacher/other students)

l Handwriting, spelling, and punctuation

l Appropriate visual presentation (of pictures, maps, diagrams, charts),

effective design and layout

l Successful completion of task (including effort, thoroughness,

appropriacy and efficiency of work methods) 10 marks

Linguistic accuracy (3 marks for each subcategory)
l Vocabulary

l Grammar

l Appropriacy of functional phrases used 9 marks

TOTAL 25 marks

Oral or Acting Out Work

Evaluation categories Marks

Preparation (2 marks for each subcategory)
l Imagination and originality of thought in planning

l Pre-performance preparation

l Rehearsal 6 marks
Execution (2 marks for each subcategory)
l Co-operation and turn-taking

l Awareness of and response to the audience

l Pronunciation (sounds, stress, intonation, contractions, and word-linking),

clarity of speech, and appropriacy of speech speed

l Appropriate and effective dramatic presentation (stance, gestures, facial

expression, body language, and eye contact with the person spoken to)
l Successful completion of task (including effort, thoroughness,

appropriacy and efficiency of work methods) 10 marks

Linguistic accuracy (3 marks for each subcategory)
l Vocabulary

l Grammar

l Functional appropriacy 9 marks

TOTAL 25 marks

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