III. Short Answer Test.
1. Read the short story below. Formulate one question under the specified thinking
skills indicated below. Your questions should be drawn from the story below. (8 pts.)
There was a merchant in Bagdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions and
in a little while the servant came back, white and trembling, and said, Master, just
now when I was in the marketplace I was jostled by a woman in the crowd and when
I turned I saw it was Death that jostled me. She looked at me and made a threatening
gesture, now, lend me your horse, and I will ride away from this city and avoid my
fate. I will go to Samarra and there Death will not find me. The merchant lent him
his horse, and the servant mounted it, and he dug his spurs in its flanks and as fast as
the horse could gallop he went. Then the merchant went down to the marketplace
and he saw me standing in the crowd and he came to me and said, Why did you make
a threating getsture to my servant when you saw him this morning? That was not a
threatening gesture, I said, it was only a start of surprise. I was astonished to see him
in Bagdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.
A. Apply (2 pts.)
How would you demonstrate your fear of death?
B. Analyze (2 pts.)
What comparison can you see between the merchant and servant regarding
how they faced Death?
C. Evaluate (2 pts.)
What perspectives can you draw about death in the story?
D. Create (2 pts.)
How would you relate the perspectives of the characters onto your own idea
towards death?
2. Provide guide questions (before, during and after) to scaffold your students, for
them to comprehend and respond on the story they read. (12 pts.)
Before Reading
(1 Question)
Do you need to tell the truth all the time?
During Reading
Read the excerpt :
Tell all the truth but tell it slant —
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth's superb surprise
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind —
1. According to the poem, we should “Tell all the truth but tell it
slant”. What does the author meant by “slant”?
2. Why is the truth too bright for us?
3. On what pace should we tell the truth to people?
(3 Questions)
After Reading
(2 Questions)
1. Basing upon what we have read, is it important to tell “all truth”?
2. What would be the positive and negative effects if we tell “all truth”?
Is the ratio more superior that telling a lie? Why or why not?
IV. Essay. In your own words, compare and contrast assessment and evaluation. (5
pts.)
Assessment is focused on identifying what learners know and are able to do and
make improvements on it throughout the course and learning process. Evaluation,
on the other hand, are used to determine success as a measure of effectiveness.
Assessment is used to monitor learning, provide feedback that drives to
improvement, and maintain responsibility towards progress. Meanwhile,
evaluation is used to assign grades to learners and analyze their successes to make
a suitable decision for everyone that would contribute to a better learning. If
assessment and evaluation will be aligned with the learning objectives that ae both
measurable and observable, we could determine success of each students and
provide them with a productive feedbacks