1. Animal Farm Creatures in Conflict Educ 3900, Assessment Policy and Practice Ivy Bryant, Sarah Lovett, and Natalia Barker

2. Learning Targets Enduring Understanding Animal Farm incorporates a variety of elements that demonstrate how groups exert power and control over other groups. 1. How do literary structures work together to develop different conflicts in Animal Farm? 2. What varieties of conflict are developed throughout the novel? 3. How does propaganda work to manipulate people and groups of people? 4. How do individuals change in relationships with and because of power?

3. Targets Learners Hutchison School, 7 th grade girls: homogenous population, shared values, limited life experience, technology available Hutchison School, 7 th grade girls: homogenous population, shared values, limited life experience, technology available Developmentally appropriate: What better group of people to discuss conflict than middle school girls? Developmentally appropriate: What better group of people to discuss conflict than middle school girls? Connection to history: Cross-curricular collaboration with history teacher, build understanding of concepts in the novel in conjunction with concepts covered in history class Connection to history: Cross-curricular collaboration with history teacher, build understanding of concepts in the novel in conjunction with concepts covered in history class

4. Pre-Assessment (Formative) Goal: sample student learning based on literary and conceptual topics discussed in Hunger Games while supporting students by tying in background knowledge before reading and discussing Animal Farm Goal: sample student learning based on literary and conceptual topics discussed in Hunger Games while supporting students by tying in background knowledge before reading and discussing Animal Farm Gives students the opportunity to display prior knowledge and supports future learning Gives students the opportunity to display prior knowledge and supports future learning Not graded Not graded

5. Formative Assessment: T-Chart Goal: Link history instruction, the novel, and personal experiences while informing the teacher of where students’ knowledge lies so that instruction can be adjusted to improve performance if necessary. Goal: Link history instruction, the novel, and personal experiences while informing the teacher of where students’ knowledge lies so that instruction can be adjusted to improve performance if necessary. Not graded Not graded

6. Formative Assessment: Character Analysis Goal: For students to see how their ideas, mechanics, voice and so forth achieve and overall effect in a paper. Goal: For students to see how their ideas, mechanics, voice and so forth achieve and overall effect in a paper. Graded with holistic rubric Graded with holistic rubric

7. Summative Assessment: Digital Essay Goal: For students to display their 21 st century literacy skills while expressing their deeper understanding of political and societal issues discussed while studying Animal Farm. Goal: For students to display their 21 st century literacy skills while expressing their deeper understanding of political and societal issues discussed while studying Animal Farm. Graded with trait-analytic rubric to provide students with organized, reachable goals and descriptive grading criteria to attain those goals. Graded with trait-analytic rubric to provide students with organized, reachable goals and descriptive grading criteria to attain those goals.