Level 2 Sample 1 Speaking and listening

Task Summary

The student was asked to create a short story loosely based on a familiar story. The student chose to write The Three Little Rabbits, and the student then performed their story to the class. Before this, the student had discussed the difference between telling a story and reading a story. The students had also read and orally retold a text.

Duration: 2 minutes 6 seconds

Level 2 Sample 1 transcript (docx - 48.03kb)

Level 2 English, Speaking and Listening achievement standard (extract only)

This speaking sample provides evidence of student achievement for:

... listen for and manipulate sound combinations and rhythmic sound patterns. When discussing their ideas and experiences, students use everyday language features and topic-specific vocabulary ... Students create texts, drawing on their own experiences, their imagination and information they have learned. Students use a variety of strategies to … make presentations.

For more information, please see: Victorian Curriculum F–10: English – Level 2 – Speaking and Listening

Video with annotations against achievement standard extracts for Speaking and Listening

Duration: 2 minutes 6 seconds

The student:

Plans and delivers spoken presentations using appropriate structure and language.

Speaks audibly and clearly to a familiar audience.

Uses some precise vocabulary from learning areas ('Once upon a time').

Uses mainly correct grammatical constructions ('they were', 'they went', 'the other one built').

Provides some supporting details ('pile of grass', 'blowed all the grass away').

Sequences ideas and events appropriately, using connectives ('and then').

Elaborates on ideas using a short sequence of sentences.

Planning the next stage of student learning

When planning the next stage of the teaching and learning program to progress this student's learning, focus on the following skills and knowledge:

Level 2

Identify, reproduce and experiment with rhythmic, sound and word patterns in poems, chants, rhymes and songs (VCELT243)
Rehearse and deliver short presentations on familiar and new topics, speaking clearly and varying tone, volume and pace appropriately, and using supportive props (VCELY245)
Understand that spoken, visual and written forms of language are different modes of communication with different features and their use varies according to the audience, purpose, context and cultural background (VCELA234)
Understand the use of vocabulary about familiar and new topics and experiment with and begin to make conscious choices of vocabulary to suit audience and purpose (VCELA237)

Level 3

Plan and deliver short presentations, providing some key details in logical sequence, using appropriate tone, pace, pitch and volume (VCELY276)

Remember to attend to the Writing learning needs of the student. For example, focus on the following skills and knowledge: