Assessment Overview

Checks for Understanding

Checks for Understanding or CFUs are informal lesson-level assessments included in each Wit & Wisdom lesson. A CFU can be text-dependent, skill-dependent, or both. CFUs are embedded within the lesson so as not to interrupt teaching and learning.

Focusing Question Task

At the end of each Focusing Question Arc, students demonstrate their knowledge and skills by completing a Focusing Question Task.

New-Read Assessments

New-Read Assessments measure students’ ability to transfer select reading and language skills to a new, unfamiliar section of text.

Socratic Seminars

Socratic Seminars are student-led collaborative discussions on a thought-provoking question related to a module’s content.

End-of-Module Task

The End-of-Module Task is students’ opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and skills. The task provides an answer to the Essential Question and requires students to incorporate evidence and learning from module texts.

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