Language Acquisition

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Criterion D: using language

Level 1-2 Level 3-4
The student: The student:
has difficulty ​to writes/speaks using a
write/speak using a basic basic range of vocabulary,
range of vocabulary, grammatical structures
grammatical structures and conventions, with
and conventions; when some inappropriate
speaking, uses choices​; when speaking,
pronunciation and uses pronunciation and
intonation with ​many intonation with ​some
errors​, making errors​, some of which
understanding difficult make understanding
difficult
organizes ​limited
information and ideas, and organizes ​some
basic cohesive devices information and ideas, and
are ​not used uses a ​limited ​range of
basic cohesive devices,
makes ​minimal ​use of not always ​appropriately
language to suit the
context. uses language to suit the
context to ​some degree​.
Level 5-6
The student: The student:
writes/speaks making
good ​use of a basic range
of vocabulary,
grammatical structures
and conventions,
generally accurately​;
when speaking, uses
pronunciation and
intonation with ​some
errors​, though these do
not interfere with
comprehensibility
organizes information and
ideas ​well​, and uses a
limited ​range of basic
cohesive devices
accurately
usually ​uses language to
suit the context.
Level 7-8
writes/speaks ​effectively
using a basic range of
vocabulary, grammatical
structures and
conventions ​accurately​;
occasional errors do not
interfere with
communication​. When
speaking, uses ​clear
pronunciation and
excellent intonation,
making communication
easy
organizes information and
ideas ​clearly​, and uses a
range of basic cohesive
devices accurately; there
is a ​logical ​structure and
cohesive devices add
clarity ​to the message

uses language ​effectively

to suit the context

Task specific clarifications:

- Make specific reference to the novel
- Answer as fully as possible
- Pay attention to the command terms

Student justifications: I give myself a 5 because I Teacher Justifications:

organize my information and ideas well and I
think I have some errors with pronunciation and
intonation.
Namyen, your responses here show a growing
understanding of simple and more complex
sentence structures, the use of cohesive devices,
and an expanding word choice. You have good
analytical skills and your writing shows your clear,
logical thinking about the topics. You make
specific reference to the book, which is a nice
addition. Well done. 5

Approach to Learning Skills

 ATL Cluster ATL Grade Level Objectives Standard Met

Communication - Navigate, read and view learning area texts

- Interpret and analyse learning area texts

ELA 3 U2 Summative D: Using Language (Writing)

What would you do?

You go on a lovely vacation with your family when disaster strikes. You are left alone on
an empty island, far from any other humans and lost to your family. No one knows you are
there. You are you, with your life and experiences.

Your tasks:
Analyze ​your situation. ​Describe ​some of the challenges you might face. Refer to the
novel to help you, but do not copy. After all, you are you and have your knowledge, not that of
Karana. Be realistic.
Student Work:
My situation of living alone on an empty island would be I have to find things that are
important to my daily life. For example of this would be food, home and drinking water. I think
the best place to find drinking water is river. I think river is the best place to find drinking water
because I think wild animals they would also come to drink water from the river and river is easy
to find. But this also means that I have to be more careful of the wild animals because they
could come and attack me anytime. I think the best place for building home is at the middle of
the island, but also have to be far from the river. I think like this because living at the beach it is
very dangerous once it has a big wave or Tsunami come then my home and myself would have
died. And not living close to the river because it is very easy for those wild animals that want to
come and drink water to attack me or coming into my house. I think finding food is the hardest
thing to do because I don’t have any material to hunt animals and I also do not have any
knowledge about food in the forest. So to find food I will find food in the forest that I know or I
have seen before to eat. Also I will try to make a spear by using a very strong stick and using a
very sharp stone, then I will use long leave and try to stick everything together.

Some of the challenges that I would find in the island is I have to live alone on the island.
When I have to live alone that means there is no one helping me out and I don’t have anyone to
talk with. I have to fight or run away from the predator. For the predator on the island I could find
them anywhere and it is dangerous for me to fight with those animals without any tools. Another
challenge is I think making a spear is kind of impossible, I think this because there is nothing in
the island that I think it will help me make a spear to fight the animals. Another big problem is I
don’t know where I can find food and I don’t have any knowledge about food in the forest. And I
also don’t have any tools to help me kill the animals.

Slowly, you learn to live on this island. You live there, alone, for twenty years. Then, a
risky chance for rescue shows up, just like in ​Island of the Blue Dolphins​. Do you take the risk?
Do you avoid the risk?
Your tasks:
Choose if you stay or try to leave. ​Justify ​your choice. ​Compare/contrast​ your choice
with Karana’s choice.
Student Work:
If the rescue show up to help and ask me to go back with them, I my decision is I would
rather continue living on the island. I think like this because once I go with them and they bring
me back to the city, then probably at that time that I go back, I won’t know what is going on right
now or what do I have to do. I don’t know where I can find a job because I don’t have any
knowledge about it or maybe at that time most of the people they don’t need humans to work for
them and they can just use robots. And I worry about using money in one day. But if I still live on
the island I don’t have to worry about any of these. But my choice are different with Karana’s
choice because she rather go back with the White Men because she misses her family and she
wants to live with her family and that is why she chose to go back with the White men.