Summative assessment for the unit “Natural Disasters”
Learning objectives 7.R2 Understand specific information and
details in texts on a
range of familiar
general and curricular topics
7.W3 Write with moderate grammatical accuracy on a limited range of
familiar general and curricular topics
7.W4 Use with some
support style and register appropriate to a limited variety of
written genres on general and curricular topics
Assessment criteria
Identify particular facts and parts
in reading passage
Level
of thinking skills Knowledge and comprehension
Higher order thinking
skills
Duration 20 minutes
Reading
Task
1. Read the text
and mark the sentences True or False.
Haiti in Ruins After Huge
Earthquake
Television pictures are slowly beginning to show how great the damage
is in Haiti following the huge earthquake
on Tuesday. A magnitude 7.3 quake, just 16km from the capital,
hit the Caribbean
nation as people were going home after work. Much of the
country has been
devastated. Many major buildings in the capital Port-au-Prince have
collapsed, including the Presidential Palace and the UN
headquarters. Haiti's President Rene Preval described the scene
in the capital as
"unimaginable". The Red Cross says up to 3 million people have been
affected. Mr. Preval fears "well over 100,000 people" may have died.
Haiti's ambassador to the USA, Raymond Joseph, said there was "no
way of estimating" how many casualties there were. Countries around
the world are acting quickly to send whatever help they can
to Haiti. Haiti is one of the poorest countries
in the world. More than
half of its people live
below the poverty line
on less than two dollars a day. It is one of the poorest- equipped countries on Earth
to deal with such a
catastrophe. The nation was still trying to recover from being hit by four deadly hurricanes in 30
days in 2008. Its
economy is in ruins and
it has a long history of corruption and
coups.
Example: The
earthquake that hit
Haiti was a magnitude 16 in strength. False
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The earthquake cought Haitians by
surprise during the lunchtime.
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2. UN
headquarters were not damaged by the earthquake.
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3. The
article says Haiti’s president believes more than one hundred
thousand people are suffering.
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4. Most
countries assisted Haiti in every way posssible.
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5. Most
Haitians are so poor they live on less than two dollars a
week.
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6. Haiti
was hit by four different hurricanes in 2008.
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VARIANT 2.
SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from
the article.
1. collapsed a. fallen down
2 estimating b. reveal
3. devastated c. guessing
4 show. d. ruined
5. unimaginable e. struck
6. hit f. indescribable
Writing
Task 2. Write a short essay describing a
natural disaster in your area.
You should write:
What it was?
When it was?
What exactly happened?
How it affected your area?
How do you feel about it?
Rubrics for providing information to parents
on the results of Summative Assessment for the unit
“Natural Disasters” Learner’s name
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Identify
particular facts and parts in the reading
passage.
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Experiences challenges in identifying particular
facts and parts in the reading passage.
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Makes mistakes in identifying particular facts
and parts in the reading passage for True and False
statements.
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Confidently identifies particular facts and parts
in the reading passage. Completes the task
correctly.
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Support a talk with peers while agree, disagree
and discuss the order of actions and plans to fulfill the
tasks.
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Experiences challenges in demonstrating rich and
vivid vocabulary in talking about the topic. Experiences
difficulties in answering the questions. Feels troubles to
participate in a group discussion.
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Makes mistakes in using rich and vivid vocabulary
in talking about the topic. Makes mistakes in answering the
questions using some creativity.
Participates in a group
discussion.
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Confidently demonstrates rich and vivid
vocabulary in talking about the topic. Confidently answers the
questions. Participates in a group discussion
actively.
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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 VARIANT 1
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Identify
particular facts and parts in reading passage.
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1
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writes
‘False’;
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writes
‘False’;
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1
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writes
‘True’;
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1
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writes
‘True’;
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1
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writes
‘False’;
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1
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writes
‘True’.
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1
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VARIANT
2
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1
a
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2
c
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3
d
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4
b
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5
f
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6
e
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Demonstrate the ability to write grammatically correct sentences on familiar topics.
Write a text keeping appropriate format and plan
of a given genre.
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2
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chooses
words that will make the writing
clear and interesting to the
reader;
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uses
strong verbs, sensory words,
and precise nouns in places that help create a
picture;
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provides
grammatically correct sentences;
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1
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writes
with a structure that fits the purpose.
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1
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Total marks
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10
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26