Peer Assessment of BA-1: Introduction to Poetry

Dear BA-I Students,

I was glad to read the answers that you have posted in response to the ppt. on Daffodils. However, for the purpose of assessment, we would be adopting a different tool for this test. 

The assessment would be at 2 levels.

1. Peer Assessment: In this you will assess the answers of your colleagues and award them marks out of 10. 

2. Assessment by the Teacher: The teacher will assess the answers after the peer assessment. 

In order to ensure that there is no conflict of interest, I will assign 2 students the task of assessing one student and that is why you have to award marks out of ten. 

To further ensure that the assessment is not very subjective but has some criteria to follow, I have given you a rubrics to follow

Analysis of A Work of Art : Rubric for Evaluation of an answer on Appreciation of a Poem

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Theme of the poem	Makes a complete and detailed description of the theme of the poem and all the important points are dealt with.	Makes a detailed description of the themes of the poem and some of the important points are dealt with.	Makes a detailed description of some of the themes of the poem and one or two important points are dealt with	Descriptions are neither detailed nor complete.
Expression	Excellent, showing personal as well as objective and metaphorical understanding of the poem.	Good expression showing personal or objective understanding of the poem.	Fair expression showing some understanding of the poem.	Neither personal nor objective understanding of the poem is seen.
Figures of Speech	All the major figures of speech like metaphor, simile, synecdoche, metonymy, personification, hyperbole, transferred epithet etc. are identified.	Most of the major figures of speech are identified.	Only some of the figures of speech are identified.	One or less figures of speech are identified.
Comprehension	The write up shows an excellent comprehension of the poem.	The write up shows a good comprehension of the poem.	The write up shows a fair comprehension of the poem.	The write up shows a very poor comprehension of the poem.
Language	Excellent, with no grammatical or spelling mistakes.	Good with one or two grammatical or spelling mistakes.	Fair with 3-5 grammatical or spelling mistakes.	Poor with more than 5 grammatical or spelling mistakes.

After you have awarded points for each category, add them up and divide them by 2. The number that you get will be the marks that you award to your classmate.

I hope this makes it clear, otherwise, feel free to revert to me for any clarification. 

Now, I am appointing the examiners for each of you. The list is as follows:

Name of the Student	Assessor I	Assessor II
Akhil Vasudevan	Sweta	Vijay
Ankita Sundriyal	Sweta	Vijay
Ayushi Singh	Ankita Sundriyal	Akhil Vasudevan
Faiiz Hussain	Ankita Sundriyal	Akhil Vasudevan
Faith T Varghese	Ayushi Singh	Faiiz Hussain
Hakim Omar Nisar	Ayushi Singh	Faiiz Hussain
Kartik Kashyap	Faith T Varghese	Hakim Omar Nisar
Neha Pande	Faith T Varghese	Hakim Omar Nisar
Ram Singh	Kartik Kashyap	Neha Pande
Roushan Roy	Kartik Kashyap	Neha Pande
Sana Haider	Ram Singh	Roushan Roy
Sayantan Das	Ram Singh	Roushan Roy
Shramona Roy	Sana Haider	Sayantan Das
Shubhadarshini Mallick	Sana Haider	Sayantan Das
Shyam	Shramona Roy	Shubhadarshini Mallick
Swastika	Shramona Roy	Shubhadarshini Mallick
Sweta	Shyam	Swastika
Vijay	Shyam	Swastika

Now, following the rubric, the examiners will assess the student and will mail the marks to me in order to maintain confidentiality because I do not want any bad blood. 

The task will be done together on 20/11/2012 in the computer lab at 3:00 PM. 

Hoping to see you all on Tuesday.

All the best for your semester end examination. 

Ashish Pande