Level 3 Sample 2 Speaking and listening

Task Summary

The students worked in pairs to develop an interview of a book character. They chose to interview Augie from Wonder by RJ Palacio. The students were expected to place themselves as their subject, develop questions and then research their responses. They then each took a role as either the interviewer or the interviewee.

Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds

Level 3 Sample 2 transcript

Level 3 English, Speaking and Listening achievement standard (extract only)

This speaking sample provides evidence of student achievement for:

… listen and respond appropriately using interaction skills … understand how language features are used to link and sequence ideas … create a range of texts for familiar and unfamiliar audiences … contribute actively to class and group discussions … make presentations.

For more information, please see: Victorian Curriculum F–10: English – Level 3 – Speaking and Listening

Video with annotations against achievement standard extracts for Speaking and Listening

Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds

Students:

Plan and deliver a spoken presentation using appropriate structure and language.
Ask relevant questions to extend understanding (‘What is it like to have surgery?’).
Include details and elaborations to expand ideas (‘I was so sad that I ran up to my room and cried under my blanket’).
Incorporate learnt content into spoken text (using key events from the story to create and respond to questions).
Use a range of vocabulary to indicate connections (‘except for’, ‘is probably’).
Use complex sentence constructions including relative clauses (‘science – which is my favourite’).

Planning the next stage of student learning

When planning the next stage of the teaching and learning program to progress these students’ learning, focus on the following skills and knowledge:
Level 3

Examine how evaluative language can be varied to be more or less forceful (VCELA272)
Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbs (VCELA273)

Level 4

Understand that social interactions influence the way people engage with ideas and respond to others (VCELA304)
Discuss literary experiences with others, sharing responses and expressing a point of view (VCELT306)
Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations incorporating learned content and taking into account the particular audiences and purposes such as informative, persuasive and imaginative, including multimodal elements (VCELY308)

Remember to attend to the Reading and Viewing learning needs of the students. For example, focus on the following skills and knowledge:
Level 3

Draw connections between personal experiences and the worlds of texts, and share responses with others (VCELT251)