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People, places and communities: sample writing activities

Sample activity 3

This is a Part B type question. (10 marks)

In the Chinese New Year, your local community has organised a carnival celebrating the festival. Write a diary entry about this event in about 150 characters in Chinese.

在春节的时候，你家的社区有新年的活动。写一篇日记说说这次的活动。（150字）

The following is taken from the NSW Board of Studies Chinese Beginners 2008 HSC Specimen Examination Package.

You will be marked according to your ability to:

demonstrate relevance of ideas, information or opinion
write text appropriate to context, purpose and audience
sequence and structure information and ideas
demonstrate control of a range of vocabulary and language structures

Marking guidelines

Criteria	Mark
Presents and develops original ideas, information, and/or opinions relevant to context, purpose and audience Organises information and ideas coherently Demonstrates knowledge of a variety of vocabulary, language structures and features	9-10
Presents and develops original ideas, information, and/or opinions mostly relevant to context, purpose and audience Organises information and ideas Demonstrates some knowledge of a variety of vocabulary, language structures and features	7-8
Presents and develops some ideas, information, and/or opinions relevant to context, purpose and audience Organises information and ideas with some coherence Demonstrates some knowledge of vocabulary, language structures and features	4-5
Presents some information relevant to the task Demonstrates elementary knowledge of vocabulary, language structures and features	3-4
Produces some comprehensible language related to the task	1-2

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