Summative assessment for the cross curricular unit «Explorers and Inventors»

Learning objectives: 3.L8 Understand short narratives on a limited range of general and some curricular topics

3.W3 Write with support short sentences which describe people, places and objects

Assessment criteria:

• Identify general idea of short stories on general and familiar topics

• Describe people, places and objects in simple sentences with support

Level of thinking skills: Knowledge and comprehension

Application

Duration 20 minutes

Listening

Task 1. Listen about Marco Polo twice. Answer the questions.

 1. When was Christopher Columbus born ? _________________________________________________________.

2. What country did Marco visit when he was 25? ________________________________________________________.

3. Whose book did he read?

________________________________________________________.

4. How did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella name him? ________________________________________________________.

5. What countries did he find? _________________________________________________________. 

Teacher reads:

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was born in  Italy in 1451. When Columbus was 25 he was sailing on a ship headed for England. Columbus opened a shop that sold maps and he became a map maker and began reading books. He read a book written by Marco Polo. Columbus went to the king and queen of Spain: King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to ask them for three ships to travel to the East. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella named him Admiral of the Ocean Sea.

Columbus sailed to America three more times in 1492, 1498, and 1502. He found San Salvador and then Cuba. He died on May 20, 1506 in Spain.

Writing

Task 2. Choose ONE invention or nice idea from the pictures and answer the questions:

1. What is it?

2. Is it a nice / useful / silly / dangerous / clever / easy / difficult invention?

3. Is this invention popular in Kazakhstan?

4. Do you like this invention? Why / why not?

1.__________________________________________________________________

2.__________________________________________________________________

3.__________________________________________________________________

4.__________________________________________________________________

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Tasks for the Summative Assessment for the term 3

Listening

Task 1. Listen to the teacher and mark the statements True or False.

1. The guitar is usually made of wool. __________

2. The guitar is the instrument from the string family. __________

3. If you play a guitar, you are a called a pianist. __________

4. The guitar is a very old instrument. __________

Teacher reads:

The guitar is a string instrument, which is made of wood and has got six or seven strings. It is an instrument in the string family. A person who plays the guitar is called a guitarist. The modern violin is about  5000 years oldю. It has become one of the lead items in most existing genres of music, such as pop, rock, punk. To play the guitar well, you need to practice a lot.

Reading

Task 2. Read and follow the instructions:

1. read the text; 2. answer the questions; 3. choose only ONE answer; 4. circle the answer.

My name is Mark. I am a violist. I began studying the violin when I was four years old. I am twelve years old now. I play the violin in the orchestra at the community school. We give a concert three times a year. I am always practicing new music for the next concert. During the school year, I take four violin lessons every week from my violin teacher, Mrs. Evens.

1. How long has Mark been taking violin lessons?

A. five years

B. ten years

C. eight years

D. seven years

2. Where does Mark take her piano lessons every week?

A. at her elementary school

B. at home

C. at the community school

D. no correct answer

3. How many times a year does they give a concert?

A. two times

B. three times

C. ten times

D. twelve times

4. How many hours a week does Mark practice the violin?

A. two hours

B. four hours

C. five hours

D. ten hours

Writing

Task 3. Complete the sentences about the inventions. Use different adjectives and connectors (and, but) in your sentences.

Example: This is a nice and clever invention.

This is a nice but dangerous invention.

Speaking

Task 4. Read the questions aloud. Answer them in complete sentences.

1. What is the name of this man? (look at the picture)

2. Who was he?

3. When did he first go to America?

4. What did he found?

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