Year 7, 2013 Assessment Booklet - Inaburra School

Year 7 Assessment BookletYr 7 ChineseSemester 1Students will complete a one semester course gaining some basic knowledge of Chinese language andculture in the Beginners stream and building on the foundations of previous experience in the Continuersstream. Topics will include Introduction of China and Chinese language, Family, Numbers, Animals,colors, countries and nationality. This semester will focus on developing students’ basic reading andwriting skills. Students will complete work in class and at home that will assess their ability to meet thefollowing outcomes: Ability to recognise basic characters.Ability to speak a simple sentence relevant to topic.Ability to write characters in appropriate stroke order.Name and Nature of tasksReading and writing taskHalf Yearly ExaminationDue DateSemester 1WeightingTerm 1,Week 8 40%Term 2Week 5Time in classallocatedStudents will be preparedin reading and matchusing various models. 2‐3hoursEstimated time tocomplete at homeAbout 10 minutes everyday for 1 week at homereading the characters andrevising the context inpreparation for the test.60% 2‐3 hours 2 hours revisionSemester 2Topics will include People and appearance, Friends, School and class, Celebration and Chinese: Fourgreat inventions. This semester will focus on developing students speaking and listening, particularlyconversation skills. Students will complete work in class and at home that will assess their ability to meetthe following outcomes: Ability to use simple sentences in paired conversation.Ability to identify meaning in spoken sentence.Ability to write characters in appropriate stroke order and simple sentences.Name and Nature of tasksSpeaking: PairedConversationListeningYearly Written ExaminationDue DateTerm 3,Week 7Term 3,Week 8Term 4Week 4Semester 2Weighting25%25%50%Time in classallocatedStudents will be preparedin speaking variousmodels. 1‐2 hoursClass practise2 hoursStudents will work onsome revision exercise inclass 4 periodsEstimated time tocomplete at homeAbout 10 minutes each day /6weeks at home practisingspeaking in preparation forthe test.About 10 minutes each day /6weeks at home practisingspeaking in preparation forthe test.2 hours study8