Summative Assessment: My Diagnosis Assignment

In this activity, students are asked to analyze 5 characters from a film watched in class in order to diagnose them using the techniques learned over the course of the semester.

In class, the instructor hands out the list of 6 questions to the students and shows the film. Throughout the film, the instructor stops the film periodically to point out important passages and highlight certain features that will be relevant for their analysis. After the film is over, they discuss the film and begin to analyze the characters together (beginning with the 4 D’s). Students have the option of working in smaller groups to discuss the questions more specifically and by the end of the class, each student has compiled notes on the film and the discussion which will be handed in with the final paper at the end. At home, the students formally answer the questions in an essay format and can consult their textbooks for research or their teacher during class time which is set aside for that purpose.

Finally, the instructor collects their essays after two weeks along with their film notes and assigns a grade for the summative assessment.