Quiz: Formal Commands

Quiz: Formal Commands

Progressive Quizzes! KEY: I have been hesitant to publish quizzes on TpT for fear that students could purchase them as a means of academic dishonesty. In light of that possibility, I am not publishing the answer keys. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to post a question on TpT and I ll be happy to help. DESIGN: I designed these quizzes in a process format with the primary goal of helping students understand what they know and what they need to work on. Most students do well on the first two parts and struggle most on the last two. The first part always asks about basic process. If a student has errors in this part, it probably means that the student has not studied at all. The second part is basic conjugation charts. I find that students often want a place to quickly jot down the endings of a particular verb group to reference throughout the test. This allows them to show their knowledge and create a reference chart for later. The third part is conjugating to a subject and translating what they mean. You may want to check ahead of time to make sure that your students have learned the definitions of the verbs in the translation section. If there is one or two that they don t know, you could just write that verb and its definition on the board rather than abandoning the quiz. The fourth part (with the beginning present tense quizzes) asks students to use verbs in this group to create their own sentences. This requires conjugation, definition, sentence structure, and creativity. The fifth part is often the hardest conjugating verbs in the context of a story. It requires students to find the subject of the sentence and conjugate the verb. It involves more reading comprehension. SELF-ASSESSMENT AND RETEST: Each quiz also has a follow up self-assessment to help students figure out which skills they have mastered and which skills they may want to study before the next time. Each quiz also comes with a retake quiz. It is the most simple retake ever, and if I use it consistently, it leads to great results. Students have to say what they messed up the first time, show evidence of continued remedial work, and then show that they have mastered the material since then. My goal is to put the work on the students shoulders to prove their learning rather than my shoulders to keep creating test version A, B, C, etc. If they can t answer the first couple of questions, then they clearly aren t ready to do a retake. Students can earn back up to half of the points they lost if they do well on the retake. PROCESS: If you are interested, this is how I run the process in my class: I give the quiz. After students are done, they turn it in to me in one of two piles I want mine graded in class for faster results or Profe, please grade mine. Once all quizzes are in, I pass out the ones to be graded in class (making sure each quiz goes to someone who isn t friends with the test taker). I post the answer key on the screen and students grade the non-subjective sections. (They leave the creative sentence part for me.) I quickly grade the ones that wanted me to grade them. Students return quizzes to their owners and each student gets a self-assessment. Students complete and turn in the self-assessment. If they want to do a retake, they have to bring evidence of further practice since the first quiz, and then they get the retake form. If they show significant work and improvement, I ll give them back up to half of the points they lost the first time. If they don t show significant work and improvement, their score remains the same.

Nombre: Hora: PRUEBA: MANDATOS FORMALES I. Respond to these process questions: a. Briefly describe why you would use an usted command: b. Briefly describe why you would use an ustedes command: c. What is the normal process to conjugate a formal command? d. Name 3 irregular formal commands: II. Make each of these verbs into a formal command and translate what they mean: (command form) (translation) a. lavar - usted b. limpiar - ustedes c. hacer - usted d. poner - ustedes e. ser -usted f. salir -ustedes g. pasar -usted h. decir -ustedes i. tener -usted j. venir -ustedes k. hablar -usted l. escribir -ustedes m. leer -usted n. escuchar -ustedes o. usar -usted

III. Señor Presidente: You are the director of the secret service giving security commands to the President. Use usted commands to fill in the blanks. Señor Presidente, usted tiene un día muy ocupado y es importante seguir las instrucciones de seguridad. Primero, (abrochar) el cinturón de seguridad en el carro. Solamente (hablar) con su familia por el teléfono especial no (usar) un teléfono celular normal. En la cena esta noche, (comer) la sopa, pero no (beber) el vino porque usted necesita estar preparado mentalmente para la reunión después de la cena. Después de la cena, (conferar) con los presidentes de Latinoamérica en la sala azul. Después hay un baile. Por favor, (bailar) con su esposa primero. Después, (bailar) con la presidenta de Brasil y (charlar) con los directores políticos también. A las doce, (dormir). Mañana es un día ocupado también. IV. Creatividad: You have a busy weekend coming up, and you don t have time to do everything. Lucky you, you have a group of neighbors who are coming over to help! In the space below, write a note to your neighbors asking them to do at least 5 things to help you. For each request, use an ustedes command in Spanish. Make sure your note is creative enough and specific enough for it to be clear that you know what it all means.

Self-Assessment Nombre: Quiz: A. Once your quiz has been graded and returned, compare your test to the answer key and label each mistake with one of these numbers, indicating why you got each one wrong: 1. Knowing how to create commands 2. Knowing which verbs are irregular 3. Knowing how to create the irregular commands 4. Writing command sentences with creativity 5. Putting verbs into a sentence that makes sense 6. Understanding directions 7. Spelling original verbs correctly 8. Having the necessary vocabulary 9. Other? B. Now, in the chart below, list the three skills you did best and the three skills you struggled with most on this quiz: SKILLS I MASTERED SKILLS I STRUGGLED WITH C. Then respond to these questions: 1. What did you do in studying or practicing that helped you master the skills you mentioned in the first column? 2. What will you do to improve on those areas you mentioned in the second column before the next assessment? 3. Do you plan to retake this quiz? sí no

Standard Retake Nombre: Hora: 1. Which quiz are you retaking? 2. Describe the mistakes you made the first time: 3. Describe and attach proof of what you did to study for it this time:! 4. In the space below, show me that you learned from your mistakes. (Write new sample sentences, verb charts, etc.) Focus on the skills you messed up the first time and show me as much work as seems appropriate for the number of mistakes you made the first time: