TERM 2 Summative assessment for the unit "Our countryside"
Learning objectives
6.L4 Understand with limited support the main points of extended talk
on a range of general and curricular topics
6.S3 Give an opinion at sentence and discourse level on an increasing
range of general and curricular topics
6.S8 Recount some extended stories and events on a limited range of
general and curricular topics
Assessment criteria
Identify the main ideas in extended talk with some support
Provide a point of view in conversations and discussions
Retell extended stories and episodes on a given topic
Level of thinking
skills
Application
Higher order thinking skills
Duration
20 minutes
Listening
Task 1. Read the story and choose the correct option.
The ant and the grasshopper
In a garden there lived an ant and a grasshopper who were very good friends. It was springtime
and the grasshopper was having a lot of fun playing, singing, and dancing in the sun. But the ant
was hard working. It was collecting food grains and storing them in its house. The grasshopper did
not understand why the ant was doing so and said, "Hey,' Ant! Why don't you come outside and
play with me?" The ant replied, "I cannot. I am storing food for the winter when there won't be
anything to eat!" The grasshopper only laughed at the ant and said, "Why are you worrying now?
There is plenty of food!" and continued to play, while the ant worked hard. When winter came, the
grasshopper did not find a single grain of food to eat. It began to starve and feel very weak. The
grasshopper saw how the hardworking ant had plenty of food to eat and realized its foolishness
Example: The grasshopper and the ant were friendslenemies.
1. What did the Grasshopper do in summer? singing all day/working all day
2. Why was the ant so busy? singing all day/working all day
Who feels better in winter? the grasshopper/the ant
3.
Task 2. complete the sentences.
1. This story is about
2. The ant was
and the grasshopper was
3. The speaker says at the end of the story about the​