Editing a letter

Editing a letter

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This task is about using the correct punctuation to end a sentence.
Jacinta wrote a thank you letter to one of the parents who helped out on her class trip to the zoo. At the end of every sentence, Jacinta used a full stop. Sometimes she should have used a question mark (?). Sometimes she could have used an exclamation mark (!).
 
Read Jacinta's letter and then choose the punctuation that she should have used at the end of each sentence. 

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12 February 2014.!?
Dear Whaea Kisa
 
Thank you for coming to help on our class trip to the zoo .!?  It was great.!? Did you enjoy yourself.!? My favourite animals were the monkeys and the tigers.!? What was your favourite animal.!? 
Thank you for buying us all ice-blocks on the way home.!? You're the best.!?
 
Yours sincerely
Jacinta Rare
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This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online with auto-marking.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
English, Creating meaning, Writing
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
punctuation, full stops, question marks, exclamation mark
Description of task: 
This task assesses students' ability to discriminate between the use of full stops, exclamation marks, and question marks by asking them to read a letter and insert the appropriate punctuation at the end of each sentence.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students’ ability to create texts to meet the writing demands of the New Zealand Curriculum.
 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • use basic punctuation that is mostly correct
as described in the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing at: http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Writing meaningful text: encoding, sets 3-4
Writing meaningful text: text features, sets 3
within the Writing Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y5 (02/2002)

Correctly identifies the three sentences ending in full stops.

3 correct – moderate
2 correct – very easy
1 correct – very easy

Correctly identifies the two sentences ending in question marks.

2 correct – very easy
1 correct – very easy

Correctly identifies the two sentences ending in exclamation marks.

2 correct – moderate
1 correct – very easy
 

12 February 2014

Dear Whaea Kisa

Thank you for coming to help on our class trip to the zoo. It was great! Did you enjoy yourself? My favourite animals were the monkeys and the tigers. What was your favourite animal? Thank you for buying us all ice-blocks on the way home. You're the best!

Yours sincerely

Jacinta Rare