English Assessment Map – Sample at 2.5
Traffic light jelly cups
Context
Students were given 20 minutes to read the stimulus and answer the questions. They were expected to work without assistance from other students or their teacher.
Students were given some preliminary questions at Level 2 standard, requiring them to locate directly stated information. These have not been included in the Sample.
The elements of the Reading standard addressed by this task are:
(Students) … read and respond to … informative texts with unfamiliar … textual features.
They interpret the main ideas and purpose of texts.
They infer meaning from material presented in informative texts.
(Students) … identification of some simple symbolic meanings …
They use several strategies to locate (and) select … information from texts
Stimulus
(from CSF II English Annotated Work Sample)
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Sample
The following sample illustrates the kinds of responses that students typically produce at 2.5 as they progress towards the Level 3 standard.
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Annotation
Reading – 2.5
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Questions 3–5: The student makes connections between the steps in the recipe and the purpose of instructions.
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Question 6: The student recognises the symbolic link between the colours of the jelly and traffic lights.
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Question 7: A correct answer would have demonstrated the student’s understanding of the purpose of including words in brackets.
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Question 8: A correct response would have demonstrated the student’s ability to make the inference that a measuring cup was used to prepare the jelly to enable it to be poured into the cups.
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