This document provides instructions and assessment criteria for a Chinese language assessment task. Students are asked to write an article of at least 120 Chinese characters on the topic of weather in a city in China based on research they have conducted. The assessment will be judged on a scale from non-achievement to achievement with excellence based on length, development of ideas, vocabulary, language accuracy, and communication.

2. 90872 Task 3 Term 2 Week 5 2012
National Certificate of Educational Achievement
TAUMATA MATAURANGA A-MOTU KUA TAEA
WestlakeGirlsHigh School
Language Department
Level 1 Chinese
2012 Internal Assessment
Achievement Standard 1.5
(Version 1)
90872Write a variety of text types
in Chineseon areas of
most immediate relevance
Credits: five
Achievement Criteria
Achievement Achievement
Achievement
with Merit with Excellence
Write a variety of text Write a variety of text Write a variety of text
types in Chinese on types in convincing types in effective
areas of most immediate Chinese on areas of Chinese on areas of
relevance. most immediate most immediate
relevance. relevance.
Overall Level of Performance

3. Student Instruction Sheet
Achievement Standard 1.5
Assessment Number: 90872 (version 1)
Write a variety of text types in Chinese on areas of most immediate relevance
Credit: 5
Read all instructions carefully before you begin the activity.
Task Three -Topic: Your ResearchaboutWeather on a Place in China
After you having been inquired about the weather in the city which you have collected the
information about how the weather looks like, the temperatures differences, the clothes
suggested, etc. in different seasons, by your partner who are under a scenario of being either
students, tourists or business people going to China, you are asked write an article to drop
your finding on your research.
Task:
Your writing could include the following points
1. Period of time of date for each season
2. Activities available and recommended in different seasons and months
3. House worm level and any cooling or heating system could possibly install according to
different seasons
4. Clothes available and recommended in different seasons and months
5. Things you can buy in different seasons and months
6. Food, fruits available and recommended in different seasons and months
7. Things you can talk about (e.g. July-baseball) in different seasons
8. Food provided normally in the restaurants in different seasons and months
9. Day and night temperatures differences in different seasons
10. Festival occurred in different seasons and months
Conditions:
You are required to write a minimum of 120 words in Chinese
You will have two periods to draft and complete your work. In the first period,
you should start by planning your text and prepare a first draft. Then in the
second period, you should rework your draft and produce the completed
booklet.
You will work independently under the supervision of the teacher who will not
give you any direct assistance.
You will hand in what you have done after the first period and the teacher will
keep this securely and return it to you for the second session. You may use
only those resources indicated by the teacher and may not bring any new
material into the classroom in the second session. What you write must be
your own work.

4. Write a text in Chinese. For Achievement, you should write at least 120 charactersor
100 Chinese characters with 20 pinyin words; Achievement with Merit or Excellence
may require more characters but the quality of your writing is more important than the
length.
You will be rewarded for:
• developing ideas relevant to the task
• using a wide variety of vocabulary and structures, including some from Curriculum Level 6
• using language accurately.
Assessment Schedule
Judgement leading to Judgement leading to Judgement leading to
Achievement Achievement with Merit Achievement with
Excellence
The written text shows that: The written text shows that: The written text shows that:
Student writes text on the Student writes text on the Student writes text on the
topic “Welcome”, of a topic “Welcome”, of a topic “Welcome”, of a
minimum length of 120 minimum length of 120 minimum length of 120
words or 100 characters words or 100 characters words or 100 characters
with 20 pinyin words with 20 pinyin words with 20 pinyin words
Relevant information is Relevant information is Relevant information is
given. developed. substantially developed.
Simple vocabulary and A variety of simple A wide variety of simple
structures are used up to vocabulary and structures vocabulary and structures
and including level 6 of the are used up to and are used up to and
curriculum, or equivalent. including level 6 of the including level 6 of the
curriculum, or equivalent. curriculum, or equivalent.
e.g. 你可以坐公共汽车来学
e.g.吃完晚饭以后，你可以坐 e.g.因为天气预报说那天天
校。
公共汽车来学校。 气会很好，所以吃完了晚饭
以后，你可以坐公共汽车来
学校。
Communication is
achieved overall, despite Language is generally Language is used
errors in language. used appropriately and confidently and any errors
any errors do not do not hinder
significantly hinder communication.
communication.

5. 1.5 Write with resources Assessment Marking Schedule
Write crafted text in Simple Chinese on a familiar topic, with the support of resources
Student: School: WestlakeGirlsHigh School
Achievement Standard: 90872 Credits: Five
Judgement leading to Judgement leading to Judgement leading to Judgement leading to
Non Achievement Achievement Achievement with Merit Achievement with Excellence
The written text shows that: The written text shows that: The written text shows that: The written text shows that:
Student doesn’t write text Student writes text on the Student writes text on the Student writes text on the
on the topic “Welcome”, topic “Welcome”, of a topic “Welcome”, of a topic “Welcome”, of a
of a minimum length of minimum length of 120 minimum length of 120 minimum length of 120
120 words or 100 words or 100 characters with words or 100 characters words or 100 characters with
characters with 20 pinyin 20 pinyin words with 20 pinyin words 20 pinyin words
words
Relevant information is Relevant information is Relevant information is Relevant information is
not given. given. developed. substantially developed.
Simple vocabulary and Simple vocabulary and A variety of simple A wide variety of simple
structures are not used up structures are used up to and vocabulary and structures vocabulary and structures
to and including level 6 of including level 6 of the are used up to and are used up to and including
the curriculum, or curriculum, or equivalent. including level 6 of the level 6 of the curriculum, or
equivalent. curriculum, or equivalent. equivalent.
e.g. 你可以坐公共汽车来学 e.g.吃完晚饭以后，你可以坐 e.g.因为天气预报说那天天气
校。 公共汽车来学校。 会很好，所以吃完了晚饭以后，
你可以坐公共汽车来学校。
Language is used
confidently and any errors
Communication is not Communication is achieved Language is generally
do not hinder
achieved overall, despite overall, despite errors in used appropriately and
communication.
errors in language. language. any errors do not
significantly hinder
communication.
Grade:
Non Achieved Achieved Achieved with Merit Achieved with Excellence
Comment (if required):