English: Assessing subject knowledge
Tests, templates and tools to help you to evaluate pupils’ subject knowledge in the English classroom
As part of the process of getting to know your new class, it’s useful to assess students’ subject knowledge to find out what they already know. Not only does this help them to understand where the gaps in their learning are, but it is also essential in informing your planning going forward.
Make sure you’re on top of your pupils’ progress with this collection of assessment tools, which cover basic skills as well as key texts.
KS3 resources
Find out how well your learners have got to grips with basic spelling and grammar using the worksheets in this comprehensive pack. These skills can also be tested when assessing pupils’ written responses to a text, for example using this assessment guidance and example question for Animal Farm.
Looking for ways to assess reading? Get inspired by this detailed list, which highlights a range of questions related to specific assessment foci. Alternatively, use these versatile crib sheets to evaluate students’ speaking and listening skills in any given task.
Spelling and Grammar Pack
'Animal Farm' KS3 Assessment and guide on how to succeed
The pack includes a model essay and advice on how to plan and structure their response.
Made with a high ability top set Y7 class in mind.
Questions for Reading AFs 2-6
Assessment sheets: Drama speaking & listening
This resource contains assessment sheets for drama and speaking and listening activities. These sheets can be used to assess any speaking and listening/drama task, and the criteria is suitable for AfL.
KS4 and post-16 resources
Including a list of possible activities, this collection of practice questions is ideal for discovering the depth of your learners’ comprehension of the characters and themes in An Inspector Calls. Or, support students as they tackle their first unseen poetry assessment, using this scaffolded booklet, which explicitly outlines the steps pupils ought to take to successfully answer an exam question of this type.
Appraise A-level students’ knowledge of the key terms associated with a language acquisition unit using this simple test. For those studying Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, these exam-style questions provide a multitude of opportunities to test learners’ grasp of the play.
An Inspector Calls: Practice Essay Questions
Unseen poetry Assessment- 3 hour task
Children and Language: Acquisition - Test Paper
Dr Faustus Exam-style Questions
These are based on the Eduqas AS level - with an extract first followed by a wider essay questions
