The checklist below was designed by  Dr. Jeff Schiff.  It is a helpful tool for students in ANY section of Introduction to Literature.

Sample Self-Assessment Checklist

Name ______________________
Track your learning this semester with the following self-assessment grid. Mark the spots that best describe your abilities in the three areas provided (recognition, oral skill, written skill) each week. Use pencil, so that you can keep your assessment current. If you uncover serious weaknesses, please bring them to my attention during our conference periods. As always, those who know what they don’t know learn best!
Subject
Recognize Elements
Talk About with Examples
Write About with Examples
Unable Barely Able Able w/ Confidence Able w/ Great Confidence Second Nature Unable Barely Able Able w/ Confidence Able w/ Great Confidence Second Nature Unable Barely Able Able w/ Confidence Able w/ Great Confidence Second Nature
Fiction Unit
Setting (physical and historical contexts)                              
Character (attributes and motivations)                              
Plot (chain of events)                              
Point of View (teller’s perspective)                              
Symbol (charged associations)                              
Theme (meaning centers)                              
Style (writer’s voice, story’s flavor)                              
Poetry Unit
Voice (style, flavor, and identity)                              
Pattern (parts into whole and vice versa)                              
Image (show don’t tell stuff)                              
Fig. Lang. (this for that consciousness)                              
Symbol (larger associations)                              
Diction (why this word and not that?)                              
Form (rhyme, meter, stanza)                              
Persona (who’s talking now?)                              
Tone (which emotion speaks?)                              
Myth and Allusion (inside/outside refs.)                              
Drama Unit
Setting (physical and historical contexts)                              
Character (attributes and motivations)                              
Plot (chain of events)                              
Point of View (perspective)                              
Symbol (larger associations)                              
Theme (meaning centers)                              
Style (writer’s voice, story’s flavor)                              
Criticism Unit
Critical Vantages (writing about writing)                              

   
 
 

 
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