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APPENDIX
1: Samples of Writing
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4 ABILITY LEVEL EXAMPLES (Original Code by Teacher Markers) |
Low |
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My bedroom
is specal to me because I can play with my toys and sleep in my
bed.
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My home is
specle special to me because I Live there here.
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My Nan house
it’s cool their because there are hese of pepele to play with and
wegoto bed late.
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When we went
to our cosins (we) hosue I was exskted e exksted excited and I
ran into the hosu hosue house and sat donw in the liveing living
room becau because of the play staion. Station. |
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My favourite place is home because I have my Mum, and my Dad and my 2 two
sisters.
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My Place
is up on a hill and you cat see My Place becose it is beind trees.
it is likie a casol becose ther is a refer a rand it.
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The speical
place at my house is the backyard because I can play war with my
next door nabor neighbour. and I can put up a tent and sleep in
it, and play games out the back and play on my rollerblades. and
I can play cricket and, soccer and Basketball.
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We whent
to jaered plas and we did the laming I lick laming I get to jump
on the lamss and I get to riod the ship it is reley fun becous
they tack you a rand the paddick I hait whin I fall of. I tal you
soume theing ous. I lik the smal of frest ear and you get to rin
around the padick and I lick to pat the dog’s. |
| High |
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I think my house is special because I live there because I fell safe there,
because I sleep and eat there, because my family are there and I think its great. |
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I love the
pack. Did you know that it is my best Place. I like it because
you can do fun things there like swings, slids and other things
like that.
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I like the
contry because when I go to bed the trafic isn’t loud and the next
door neighbour is playing loud music. I also like the contry because
you get to go to school on a bus and you don’t have to walk. |
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8 ABILITY LEVEL EXAMPLES (Original Code by Teacher Markers) |
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My place
my place would be a spoting sporting ground because I love sport.
It would be my place where I could play rugby cricket and basketball.
My house, my
house would be a place where I could ride the motor bike and
feed the lambs.
Austraila, Austraila would be a place because
it is warm and fun and you can go to all the fun parks.
Granparents
house, because my Grandma and Grandad spoil me when I go to vistit
them.
Friends house, because we would play on the playstation
and have heaps of fun. and I would stay the night as well.
Shops
because you can have a brouse or you can buy stuff, like food,
clothes, sport equpment all sorts of stuff.
School, because all
my friend a there I can learn have fun go swimming play sport
take tests make things go on feild trips and camps.
Over seas,
because I would meet new people visit new sights get new thing
have new experiencses and have fun. (A good example of a combination
of themes) |
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My room is
very special to me because nearly everything I own in in there….I
feel kind of special when I’m in my room because it’s a sort of
a hideaway for me. I love it, when I feel like reading a book,
I can go up to my room & know I won’t be bothered by my sister
or brother. |
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My favorite
place is in the Eire river bed where me and my friends ride motorbikes. |
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My special
place is Whitianga because I used to live their and I have got
lots of friends their |
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My House
is my spechl place because I can wach T>V> and eat food all day. |
| Medium |
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My place is a place were I go quite often it’s a place were I have fun, and
get a bit of exercise as well, it is at the bishopdale skate park.
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My place
that is special to me is our house in Galatea. Because I have never
lived anywhere else before, it has become very special to me. I
remember all the times on the farm when we have done heaps of really
fun things.
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My place?
I think my place would have to on the Beach in Australla Australia
on the Gold Coast. Soaking up all the sun surfing all day and crising
the roads all day. |
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My room is
my favourite place because it is so peaceful and comfortable. I
can sit in there and listen to music and feel relaxed. |
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Kia ora I
am B2. As you know I am writing about my place and let me tell
you my place is AWESOME. My place is my marae.
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My secial
place is the forsent, otherwise known as the redwoods. I like to
run, jump and bike through the most amazing forrest in New Zealand.
I like the way the trees sway in the soft brezze. I like the many
types of birds you may find in the redwoods. I like to just rest
and listen to the slience, broken only by the acasonil runner,
walker or biker, and the songs of the birds. |
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My room is
the place where I go when I am happy; sad, tiered or full of life,
when I am hungry or eaten. Sometimes when I am bored or busy but
always sometime in the day. This place is special, my special place.
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My Special
place is at my Nanas and Popa’s when ever I go there they treat
me like a priness princess.
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The navy
blue water sparkling in the dying mango coloured sunlight, the
smooth crashing sound of the shore breaking waves. The scenery
is magnificent, something you would only find at my favourite place
which if you haven’t already figured out is the beach… |
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My Special
place is by my pool, surrounded by overhanging trees. Leaves fall
gently to the pool’s surface. If your in or beside the pool, you
enjoy it.
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My place
may sound weird when I tell you, but that’s my place. My place
is riding my horse… |
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Faraway in
the Coromandel Peninsula hidden amongst the trees, hides my special
place. Just 2 minutes from the beach and 1 minute to the forestry,
Is why its my special place. |
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APPENDIX
2: Research Tool 'My Place'
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The
task involved three phases of writing spread over three days. Within
the constraints of the assessment programme, it was intended to
follow recommended teaching practices.
The
first day (Day One – 5 minutes) involved
thinking and planning. A black and white video, which lasted for
1 minute and forty seconds, set the focus for the concept of ‘special
places’. Its intention was to encourage the students to think about
places that were special to them.
A resume of
video follows:
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Double
story semi-detached houses with children playing outside and another
group further down the road.
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Old villa/student
flat with four young men sitting outside.
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Timber house
with a large extended family grouped outside. |
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Marae with
three women, a child, a bicycle and a dog.
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Holiday cottage/caravan
with three women sunbathing and another working in the garden.
• Old derelict house, seemingly after a disaster.
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New suburban
house with a furniture removal van unloading boxes.
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Timber bungalow
with builders doing repair work on the house and children playing
on the lawn in front. |
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Multi-story ‘little
box’ type apartment block resembling student accommodation. |
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An aerial
view of older style suburban houses. |
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Modern farmhouse
surrounded in trees and bush with children and animals in the foreground.
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After
viewing the video, the students were asked to plan their ideas,
noting down their thoughts but not to start writing.
On
the second day (Day Two – 20 minutes) the students were asked to write for twenty
minutes about their special place, using the planning from Day
One. The instructions clearly stated that the writing was to be
true, not ‘make-believe’. Hence, it was implied that they were
to use their own first-hand experiences and knowledge of a special
location for their writing.
The
third day (Day 3 – 10 minutes)
was for the students to take time to check their work and make
changes or improvements. A dictionary was supplied. |
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