DESIGNING CLASSROOM TESTS FOR 1ST GRADE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN THE FIRST SEMESTER

DESIGNING CLASSROOM TESTS FOR 1^ST GRADE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

IN THE FIRST SEMESTER

SKILL	LEARNING OBJECTIVES	TESTING OBJECTIVES	Testing Format	Number of Testing	TIME	TEST ITEMS	KEY ANSWER	Quality
Listening	1.      Students will recognize and respond to the expression of thanking or gratitude, accepting and refusing an invitation. 2.       Students will recognize pattern of simple past tense which used in narrative text. 3.      Students will complete some missing verbal groups in irregular or regular past tense form in a narrative text. 4.      Students will recognize a kinds of functional text, announcement in spoken form.	To assess students ability in recognizing and comprehending a narrative text in spoken form. (learning objectives no. 2 and 3)	Information-Transfer (completing)	10 items	10-minutes	Listen to the recording and then complete the missing words/ phrases based on what you have heard. TEXT 1 The Buffalo, Tiger, and a Farmer Once there was a farmer from Laos. Every morning and every evening, he (1)______his field with his buffalo. One day, a tiger(2)_____ the farmer and his buffalo working in the field. The tiger was very (3)______ to see a big animal listening to a small animal. The tiger wanted to know more about the big animal and the small animal. After the man went home, the tiger (4)_____ to the buffalo; “you are so big and strong. Why do you do everything the man tells you?” The buffalo answered; “oh, the man is (5)_____”. The tiger asked; “can you tell me how intelligent he is?”. “No, I (6)_____tell you”, said the buffalo; “but you can ask him” So the next day the tiger asked to the man; “Can I see your intelligence?”. But the man answered; “it at home”. “Can you(7)_____?” asked the tiger. “Yes” said the man; “but I am afraid you will kill my buffalo when(8)_____. Can I tie you to a tree?” After the man (9)­_____the tiger to the tree, he didn’t go home to get his intelligence. He (10)_____his plough and hit the tiger. Then he said; “Now you know about my intelligence even you haven’t seen it. (http://freeenglishcourse.info/the-smartest-animal-a-narrative-text/)	1. ploughed 2. saw 3. surprised 4. spoke 5. very intelligent 6. can’t 7. go and get it 8. I am gone 9. tied 10. took	20%
Speaking	5.      Students will express gratitude or thanking, accepting and refusing an invitation. 6.      Students will make an invitation in spoken form. 7.      Students will present an announcement in spoken form. 8.      Students will speak English fluency based on the context.	To assess students ability in inviting someone and also in expressing gratitude or thanking, accepting and refusing an invitation. (learning objectives no. 5, 6, and 8)	Interaction with peers	1 items	15- minutes (for discussing) 3-minutes (each pair for presenting)	Students have to make a pair and then make a dialogue by selecting  the topics: 1.      Inviting someone orally and also expressing in accepting and refusing an invitation. 2.      Expressing gratitude or thanking.	Speaking scoring rubric includes three criteria : fluency, content, and body language. (for more detail look at the appendices)	30%
Reading	9.      Students will recognize kinds of words which used in narrative text. 10.  Students will find the main idea of the text. 11.  Students will recognize the generic structure of narrative text. 12.  Students will read a narrative text with correct pronunciation	To assess students ability in finding the main idea of the text and also comprehending the text.	Multiple choice test	15 items	15- minutes	Read the text below carefully and then choose the best answer based on the reading text. TEXT 2 Once upon a time there were four little rabbits. Their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter. One morning they were allowed to play outside. Their mother reminded them not to go to Mr. McGregor’s garden because their father had an accident there. Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail were good little rabbits. They went down the lane to pick blackberries. But Peter was naughty. He ran straight away to Mr. McGregor’s garden. He ate some lettuces, French beans, and radishes. Suddenly, he met Mr. McGregor. Peter was very frightened and rushed away as fast as he could. He lost a pair of shoes and a jacket while he was running. Peter never stopped running or looked behind him till he got home. During the evening, he was sick because he was so tired. He had to drink some medicine while three of his brother had bread, mild and blackberries for supper. (http://eulisutami.blogspot.com/2013/11/narrative-text-multiple-choice-exercise.html) 1.       Who was the naughtiest rabbit ? a.       Flopsy b.       Mopsy c.       Cotton-tail d.       Peter e.       Mr. McGregor 2.       What did the word their refer to? a.       Peter b.       Rabbit’s mother c.       Four little rabbits d.       Vegetables e.       Rabbit’s father 3.       What was the synonim of word lane? a.       fence b.       street c.       road d.       path e.       garden 4.       Why did Peter get ill?  Because …. a.       He was so tired b.       He did not eat c.       He caught a cold d.       He was eating to much e.       He was naughty 5.       Whom did Peter meet at the garden? a.       his mother b.       Flopsy c.       Mr. McGregor d.       Mrs. McGregor e.       His father  TEXT 3 Jessy :” Hi Mike!” Mike :” Hi Jee, how is life?” Jessy :” I’m very well and you?” Mike :” Me too. By the way what can I help you?” Jessy :” Oh no. I just want to invite you. Would you like to come in my birthday party on tomorrow night?” Mike :” Wow, that sounds great. Of course I’d like to. But what time it will be started?” Jessy :” It will be started about 07.15 pm.” Mike :” your party will be held at your house, won’t it?” Jessy :” No. I will hold my party in Tridente cafe.” Mike :” Well. I will come to your party.” Jessy :” Thank you very much for your willingness Mike!” Mike :” That’s Okay. Don’t mention it.” 6. Which sentence is expressing about the response of the thanking? a. ” Well. I will come to your party.” b. ” Thank you very much for your willingness Mike!” c. ” Wow, that sounds great.” d. ” That’s Okay. Don’t mention it.” e. “Would you like to come in my birthday party on tomorrow night?” 7. Whom did Jessy invite in her party? a. Mike b. Jessy and her friends c. Mike and his friends d. No one e. All of her friends 8. ” Oh no. I just want to invite you. Would you like to come in my birthday party on tomorrow night?” the bold type is expressing about. . . . . a. offering b. thanking c. gratitude d. love e. invitation TEXT 4 ANNOUNCEMENT Hello guys, Welcome to football club Senior High School 2 Palangkaraya. I'm Aprinando as captain in the club football. I want to give information about the ninth match. Next week we will hold a friendly match with football club from Senior High School 5 Palangkaraya. Exactly it will be held on Wednesday, August 17, 2014 at 4 p.m. I hope we can play fairly and make proud of  Senior High School 2 Palangkaraya be the best. Thank you. 9.What does the announcement tell about? a. a friendly match football b. the captain of football club is Aprinando c. no information d. SMA 2 PALANGKARAYA e. SMA 5 PALANGKARAYA 10. How many times they have held a friendly match football? a. three times b. five times c. many times d.eight times e. nine times	1. D 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. C 6. D 7. A 8. E 9. A 10. D	20%
Writing	13.  Students will write a narrative text with correct organization. 14.  Students will write a functional text, an announcement in written form. 15.  Students will compose a text with correct grammar, tenses, punctuation, and conjunction.	To assess students ability in composing an functional text such as announcement.	Writing directly	1 items	15-minutes	Write an example of functional text, an announcement from the librarian to the students at SMAN 1 Tulungagung.	Writing scoring rubric includes three criteria : organization, content, and grammar.	30%

SPEAKING SCORING RUBRIC

CRITERIA	POOR 1	GOOD 2-3	EXCELLENT 4-5
1.      Fluency	Students speak English rather fluency,the intonation is not good, and most of the pronunciation are incorrect.	Students speak English fluency but the intonation is not good and there are some mistakes in pronunciation.	Students speak English fluency, with good intonation and most of the pronunciation are correct.
2.      Content	The content is not based on the topic and difficult to understand.	The content is based on the topic, but rather difficult to understand.	The content is based on the topic and also easy to understand.
3.      Body language	A few communicative	Rather communicative	Very communicative

WRITING SCORING RUBRIC

CRITERIA	POOR 1	GOOD 2-3	EXCELLENT 4-5
1.      Organization	Poor systematic	Adequate systematic	Good systematic
2.      Content	Not based on the topic and the main idea is not stated clearly.	Based on the topic and the main idea is not clearly stated.	Based on the topic and the main idea is clearly stated.
3.      Grammar	Most of the grammar, tense, vocabulary, conjunction, and punctuation are incorrect.	A few of the grammar, tense, vocabulary, conjunction, and punctuation are incorrect	Most of the grammar, tense, vocabulary, conjunction, and punctuation are correct.