Assessment for Learning Resource Bank Web-based Learning and Teaching Support

Learning and Teaching Activity – A Study Tour to New Zealand

Text Types	Forms
Vocabulary	Documents for a study tour: confirmation slip, self-addressed envelope, cheque, passport, etc. Personal information: allergic, Buddhism, religious reasons, independent, etc. Travelling: departure, arrival, Hong Kong International Airport, etc.
Language Skills	Reading Locate Information and Ideas scan a text to locate specific information by using strategies such as looking at headings and repeated words skim a text to obtain a general impression and the main ideas identify details that support a main idea Reading (Key Stage 3) Understand, Interpret and Analyze Different Written Texts make use of knowledge of the world to make sense of the written text acquire, extract and organize information relevant to specific tasks identify implied meanings through inferencing
Generic Skills	Problem solving skills

L6-R-1-S3BC Using an increasing range of reading strategies to understand the meaning of texts with some degree of complexity (IS KS)

L6-R-2-S3BC Extracting and organizing information and ideas from texts with some degree of complexity (KS)

Activity	Description	Suggested duration (minutes)	Available for self - learning?
Part 1 Preview Download	This task consists of 5 parts. The following texts are included in the Data File: (in Word Format) 1. A letter of acceptance with a confirmation slip attached to it 2. An extract from an application form 3. Two pages extracted from a passport 4. Pre-tour briefing notes Task Description: You are Crystal, a Secondary 3 student who has been accepted to join a study tour to New Zealand in July 2005. You are going to do 5 tasks to prepare for the tour based on the information in the Data File. (in Word Format - student version, teacher version. Part 1: Complete the confirmation slip attached to the letter of acceptance issued by AF Exchange Tour. Part 2: Complete the cheque which you will send to AF Exchange Tour as deposit . Part 3: Complete the self-addressed envelope for future correspondence. Part 4: Check your passport and decide whether you should renew it. Part 5: Read the pre-tour briefing notes and decide what you should bring for the tour.	40	The Data File and the tasks are available for printing.

To develop an ever-improving capability to use English:

KSa-	To provide or find out, select, organize and present information on familiar and less familiar topics
KSb-	To interpret and use more extensive information through processes or activities
KSd-	To identify and define problems from given information, consider related factors, solve the problems and explain the solutions