Transcript A Christmas Carol

Term 1 Assessment Guidelines
English Reading Paper
This Assessment will test your
understanding of …
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A) Extreme martial arts, such as underwater
knife throwing.
B) Taking over the world with mutant
hamsters.
C) The inner workings of the American
Justice system, starting with the Declaration
of Independence.
D) ‘Flipped’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’.
What is in the assessment?
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 You will be presented with a passage of text. There
will be questions that will relate to this passage and
others that relate to the novel studies. READ the
questions CAREFULLY.
 The majority of the questions will be based on ‘A
Christmas Carol’ but as it is our Term 1 assessment,
there will also be some short answer questions on
‘Flipped’.
Sections of the paper
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 You will need to demonstrate an understanding of the
plot, the characters and the interactions that Scrooge has
with the other characters in STAVE I and STAVE II. These
include:
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Multiple choice
Identifying True and false statements
Vocabulary section (from Stave I and II, check the NS pack)
Short Answer questions (using full-sentences)
Identifying characters
Grammar: Three activities that relate to Unit 4 from
MyGrammarLab
Questions on ‘Flipped’
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 No, we cannot tell you the questions.
 None of the questions from the Unit Test have been
repeated.
 They are short answer questions.
 The questions focus on the events towards the end of
the book, (the last four chapters) so do not feel the
need to revise the whole book.
Scoring
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 60 marks for the novel study questions
 10 marks for grammatical correct sentences in the short
+ answer section.
 30 marks for the grammar section =
 100 marks
∴ your mark = %
 Short Answer: Each is worth 3 marks (10 questions). One
mark will be awarded for a correct answer, two marks will
be awarded for the correct answer in a sentence and full
marks will be awarded for a sentence with no grammatical
errors.
For example:
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 What is the name of the main character in ‘A Christmas Carol’?
 Scrooge
(1 mark)
(2 marks – no full stop)
 The name of the main character is Scrooge. (3 marks)
 The main character is Scrooge
 Why did Scrooge choose to work in a counting house?
 Loves money
(1 mark)
(2 marks – verb tense)
 Because he loved counting money. (2 marks – incomplete
sentence)
 Scrooge wanting to count money.
 Scrooge worked in a counting house because he loved money.
(3 marks)
Any questions
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