Formative+Assessment

The formative assessment that I used after the pretest and before the posttest were:

The class discussion focused around a **VENN DIAGRAM.** The students compared and contrasted past and present reference materials. This was a way that I could see if the students were understanding the materials on a more deeper level than just what they were. The students had conversations and debated about what was good or not so good about past and present reference materials.
 * Class Discussion**

Students picked a topic of their choice and used past reference materials and present reference to research their topic. After students researched the student and I talked about what they found and what was useful and what wasn't so useful!
 * Research and Conference**

After watching the Brainpop video, the students did 2 activity sheets to reinforce what they had just been taught from the video. The activities included a word search and defining important vocabulary terms from the video.
 * Brainpop Activities**