TERM 2 Summative assessment for the unit "Our countryside"
Learning objectives
6.L4 Understand with limited support the main points of extended talk
on a range of general and curricular topics
6.S3 Give an opinion at sentence and discourse level on an increasing
range of general and curricular topics
6.S8 Recount some extended stories and events on a limited range of
general and curricular topics
Assessment criteria
Identify the main ideas in extended talk with some support
Provide a point of view in conversations and discussions
Retell extended stories and episodes on a given topic
Level of thinking
skills
Application
Higher order thinking skills
Duration
20 minutes
Listening
Task 1. Read the story and choose the correct option.
The ant and the grasshopper
In a garden there lived an ant and a grasshopper who were very good friends. It was springtime
and the grasshopper was having a lot of fun playing, singing, and dancing in the sun. But the ant
was hard working. It was collecting food grains and storing them in its house. The grasshopper did
not understand why the ant was doing so and said, "Hey,' Ant! Why don't you come outside and
play with me?" The ant replied, "I cannot. I am storing food for the winter when there won't be
anything to eat!" The grasshopper only laughed at the ant and said, "Why are you worrying now?
There is plenty of food!" and continued to play, while the ant worked hard. When winter came, the
grasshopper did not find a single grain of food to eat. It began to starve and feel very weak. The
grasshopper saw how the hardworking ant had plenty of food to eat and realized its foolishness
Example: The grasshopper and the ant were friendslenemies.
1. What did the Grasshopper do in summer? singing all day/working all day
2. Why was the ant so busy? singing all day/working all day
Who feels better in winter? the grasshopper/the ant
3.
Task 2. complete the sentences.
1. This story is about
2. The ant was
and the grasshopper was
3. The speaker says at the end of the story about the
Let me introduce myself, my name is Olga Petrova. I was born in the 19 th of February, 1994 in Kursk, which is the town of Russia. I am sixteen. I am a pupil. I study in the 11 th form. Our family is big. There are four of us: mother, father, little brother and me.
My brother`s name is Anton. He is 11. Anton is nice and funny.
My parents are young. My mom is a good-looking woman. She is 39. She has two high educations. She works as economist. My mother likes reading books and magazines and she knows a lot of interesting things. She always helps me with my problems.
My father is 41. He is a journalist. He likes his work very much. My father cooks well too. He always makes new dishes and they are very tasty.
In the evening all members of our family like to watch TV. Sometimes we go to the theater or concert. We are a friendly family. We are deeply attached to each other, and we get on very well.
I study well. My favorite school subjects are English, Russian, Literature and others. I want to learn Spanish and French too.
It is important to have friends. My friends name is Oksana. She lives not far from me. It’s not easy to meet a true and faithful friend. I am happy that I have got Oksana. I trust her and I’m sure that I can rely on her in any situation. She is the single person who can ask for help and advice in unhappy moments of my life and whom I can tell all my problems. She never lets people down. I miss Oksana when we don’t see each other for a long time. I think our friendship makes me feel confident; share to over feelings and opinions. Personally, I think that friendship is a great force.
There are many interesting and exciting things to do when you are spending your free time. Each person has his interests and hobbies such as reading books, watching TV, going in for sports. As for me, I have many hobbies: they are – cooking, dancing, singing, and English language. I also fond of reading books. My favorite books are adventures and horror, love stories. When I am reading book I live the character`s life, suffer, and enjoy with them. My favorite hobby is studying English. I think it is necessary to have a hobby. Your free time is not wasted.
Everybody likes music – some people enjoy classical music, others are fond of popular music. Open-minded, I like all kinds of music. I am a meloman. Some music is happy, and some is sad. Some is serious, and some can make people laugh.
My family likes holidays a lot. We usually celebrate each of them with a lot of food and presents and big groups of relatives and friends.
I like New Year very much. My mother and I usually decorate a New Year tree with colorful glass balls and toys. I also cook New Year supper, especially salads. At night we have a real feast.
My other favorite celebration is my birthday which is in February. This day I am in the centre of attention. My parents and friends give me presents, and I usually have birthday party. I invite my friends and we have fun together. I really enjoy holidays and celebrations.
In early childhood it does not take children much time to answer the question «what do you want to be when you grow up?». They mentioned many interesting and exciting professions, the most popular ones are a pilot, a cosmonaut, a businessman. As the years pass, they change their minds.
I know there are many interesting and useful professions but most of all I like the profession of an interpreter. Why? Because I like English language. It is necessary to learn foreign languages. That is why pupils have got such subject as a foreign language at school. Everybody knows his own language but it is useful to know foreign languages too. I want to read in original literature.
I like to travel, but it is difficult to visit countries, when you do not know the language spoken there. If I know the language of the country which I am going to visit it will be easy to travel there. If I want to ask something, I can do it in English. There are international friendship camps in the world. If you can speak foreign languages, it will be easy for you to visit such camps and speak with people there. I think that English will be my future career because I am good at this language.
Hi Ben,
I was happy to receive your letter.
You asked me about sport, so here's the answers:
My friends usually play basketball and football, because we can play them on our PE lessons. Also, on PE lessons in my school we run, jump and play pionerball.
In winter, people in my country often make snomen, play snowballs, ski and skate, because winter in Russia is really cold. What do you usually do in summer? What sports does your family prefer? What do you do on PE lessons?
Write back soon.
Best wishes,
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