Summative assessment for the unit «Charities and Conflict»
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Learning objectives
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9.4.1.1 Understand the main points in
extended texts on a range of unfamiliar general and curricular topics
9.5.6.1 Write coherently at text level using a variety of connectors on a growing range of familiar general
and curricular topics
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Assessment
criteria
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Level of thinking skills
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Knowledge and comprehension Application
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Duration
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20
minutes
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Reading
Task 1. Read the
texts and match the statements 1-6
with the correct Charity Organisations A-E.
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Invests money in looking for ways to stop disability.
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Provides homes in some cases.
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Was given approval on its
name by monarch.
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Has a smaller, related organisation working on
similar issues. Charity organisations
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The RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) was the first organisation dedicated to the well-being of
animals anywhere in the world. In England and Wales
alone, the RSPCA employ more than three hundred
inspectors whose job it is to investigate reported cruelty to animals. In 1840 Queen Victoria gave the organisation permission to be called a royal society: The RSPCA. These days there are almost two hundred branches in
the UK.
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The RNIB (Royal National Institute of the Blind) is the
UK’s leading charity for the blind. Sight loss is one of the most common
disabilities in the UK with over a million people
suffering from either partial or total blindness.
The RNIB challenges the disabling effects of sight
loss by providing information and offering
practical services to help people lead as normal a life
as possible. The organisation also works on
the underlying causes of blindness working towards
its prevention, cure or
alleviation.
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TBG (Tidy Britain Group) is an independent national
charity fighting to improve the quality of the local environment. They aim to
make people more aware of the negative effects of
litter, dog fouling, graffiti and vandalism and
to get everyone involved in doing their bit to keep
Britain clean. The work of the TBG is done mainly
through campaigning. Volunteers work closely
with councils and businesses to organise
educational programmes designed to raise awareness of
the problems. The TBG’s sister organisation,
Going for Green, concentrates on pollution issues.
The two groups share premises and have the same Chief Executive.
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Mencap is
a charity which is dedicated to fighting against discrimination
towards people who
suffer from any kind of learning disability. Most of Mencap’s work
is campaigning. People with learning disabilities are disadvantaged
because of discrimination and lack of funding of community care. It
also provides services of education, housing
and employment as well as support and
advice for families and careers of sufferers.
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Task 2.
Paraphrase the
given
sentences
so
it
has
similar
meaning.
Use
the
given
beginnings of
sentences.
Example, Sight loss is one of the most
common disabilities in the UK. Widespread .
Answer, Widespread
disability among
British is
blindness.
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Volunteers work
closely with
councils and
businesses to
organise educational programmes.
To
arrange
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People with
learning disabilities are
disadvantaged because
of discrimination and
lack of
funding of
community care.
Discrimination .
Writing
Task
3. Choose
a
topic
and write
a
campaign letter.
Use connectors
to link
ideas.
Topic 1.
There
is
an
orphanage with poor facilities in
the
town/
village
where
you
live.
You
need
to
write
a
campaign
letter to
a local
administration
asking them
for
help.
Topic
2. Your
neighbour`s little house is
so old that it can be ruined anytime
but he does not have any
money
to
help
himself.
You
need
to
write
a
campaign
letter
to
raise
money
for
the
reconstruction.
Topic
3. Your
classmate is suffering from
a serious disease and he needs a big sum of
money for his
treatment.
To help him
you
need to
write a
campaign
letter
to
raise
the
funding.
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Assessment
criteria
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Task
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Descriptor
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Mark
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A learner
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Identify the main points in the text
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1
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matches “B” with the statement 1;
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1
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matches “D” with the statement 2;
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1
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matches “A” with the statement 3;
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1
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matches “C” with the statement 4;
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1
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2
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paraphrases the first sentence correctly;
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1
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paraphrases the second sentence
correctly;
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1
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Develop coherent paragraphs using various connectors
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3
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uses a variety of connectors correctly to
develop his/her letter;
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1
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can express his/her thoughts/
feelings
coherently;
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1
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uses paragraphs to organise his/her writing.
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1
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Total marks
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9
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