I'm starting to create a mock test for the third-year high school entrance exam
The life of hair loss
Back in my younger days, I used to think that only programmers were the ones losing their hair. But as I've grown older, it's become clear that even teachers can be in the same boat. With just about 100 days left until the big third-year high school entrance exam, students are understandably feeling the heat, and us teachers aren't faring any better!
The brain-twisting process is upon us once again, and it's time to come up with those questions. Oh boy!One of the challenges of being a teacher, it seems, is crafting those mock exam questions, right?
For these high school entrance exams, vocabulary difficulty typically ranges from levels 3 to 4, with only a handful reaching levels 5 to 6 (but not too many). So, first things first, I need to come up with an article. After that, I'll plug it into a vocabulary grading tool, adjust it to include words of the appropriate difficulty level, come up with questions, and then hash it out with other teachers, incorporating their input. It's a cycle of revising, discussing, revising, discussing, revising, discussing, and, well, you get the idea.
What should be the focus of the articles I'm going to write first?
Perhaps I'll kick things off with one on technology, another on biology, one related to medicine, a slice of history, a touch of literature, and a pinch of politics. Oh, the joys of having absolutely no clue!
I guess my first step is to dive into a variety of books and news articles to gather information. Collecting all that data, well, let's just say it's going to be quite the journey. Sigh!
Then comes the fun part—thinking about different question types. We're talking about reading comprehension questions: those tricky main idea questions, detailed inquiries, synonym challenges, and inference puzzles. Plus, there's the cloze tests, where we dig into grammar, fixed phrases, and transitional words.
I have a feeling I'm about to earn a few more gray hairs on this adventure!
Here's the tool I use to grade vocabulary:
Taiwan Assessment Center's Reading Vocabulary Tool
This nifty website makes the process smooth as silk. You simply toss in the questions you've written, and it color-codes the vocabulary words based on their grading levels.
The High School English Reference Vocabulary List from the Research and Development Department of the University Entrance Examination Center.
掉頭髮的人生
小時候以為，只有程序員才會掉頭髮。長大了才知道，當老師可能也是同病相憐。
離高三學測大概還剩100天，當學生的緊緊張張
老師也沒好到哪去啊！
燒腦的來了，又要出題目
ㄚㄚㄚ ㄚㄚㄚㄚ
當老師的一個難點，大概就是要生出學測模擬題吧？
學測單字出題難度大概在3-4級，少部分可以到5-6級(但不能出太多)
我得先原創出一篇文章，然後把它丟到單字分級工具裡面，再去修改成出題難度的單字→然後想題目→和其他老師討論→根據意見下去修改→討論→修改→討論→修改→討論→修改→討論→修改
想想要先寫什麼主題呢？
要不先寫個：科技類一篇、生物類一篇、醫學類一篇、歷史類一篇、文學類一篇、政治類一篇
哀！書到用時方恨少，完全沒頭緒阿！
先去看各式各樣不同的書和新聞吧。蒐集資料就不知道要多久，哀怨阿！
接著是想不同題型
閱讀測驗：主旨題、細節題、近義字、推論題
克漏字：文法、固定搭配、承轉語詞(轉承詞)
文意選填要出什麼詞性的單字：可能名詞出3題、動詞出3題、副詞2題、形容詞2題
我想，我又要多幾根白頭髮了
以下是我使用的單字分級工具
此網站很方便，只要把自己寫好的題目往上面丟，就可以顯現出不同顏色的分級單字
CEFR分級工具
（The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages，簡稱CEFR）這是歐洲共同語言參考標準
A2 大概對應國中(初級)
B1 大概對應高中(中級)
B2 中高級
C1 高級
C2 精通級 (母語人士級別)
高中英文參考詞彙表 (大學入學考試中心 研究發展處)
