ABSTRACT
This chapter describes two types of assessments to use when evaluating students’ understandings of grammatical concepts: (1) a literary analysis of a published text; and (2) a student-created exemplar of a grammatical concept and corresponding analysis. These assessment methods provide students with ways of applying their understandings of the grammatical concepts discussed in this book; instead of simply reciting facts, students are called to use their knowledge of particular grammatical concepts to comment on the importance of those concepts to effective writing. The chapter explains that the described assessment methods can be used as both summative and formative assessments and provides recommendations for using these assessment tools in both of these ways. The assessment methods described in this chapter are designed to provide teachers with useful information about how well their students understand specific grammatical concepts and how those concepts are important tools for effective writing.
