Emailing a pen pal

Emailing a pen pal

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Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
This task is about using question marks correctly.
Jasmine has written an email to her new pen pal. She has asked a lot of questions but has forgotten to put in the question marks.
Read Jasmine's email and select whether each sentence ends in a full stop (.) or a question mark (?).

Question 1Change answer

10 February 2021
 
Dear Aileen
 
It is great to have a new pen pal, isn't it ?.  My teacher asked the class if anyone wanted to write to students in your country ?.  I did because I have always wanted to know more about Scotland ?.  I thought you might want to know about New Zealand ?.
 
I have so many things to ask you ?.  I am 10 years old. how about you ?.  I live with my mum and dad and sister on a small farm ?.  Do you live in the country or in a city ?.  I have two pets, a lamb and a dog ?.  What about you ?.
 
Do you have a favourite sport or hobby ?.  I belong to a swimming club and I like collecting shells ?.  Do you like reading or going to the movies ?.
 
My best friend is Naomi ?.  She asks me to stay over at her house sometimes and we have heaps of fun playing in the swimming pool at her place ?.  What sort of things do you do with your friends ?.
 
Will you write back quickly so that I can get to know all about you ?.
 
Your new pen pal
 
Jasmine
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto-marking displayed to students).
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
English, Creating meaning, Writing
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
punctuation, question marks, letter, email
Description of task: 
The main focus of this task is punctuation. Students will read Janine's email to her new pen pal and insert eight question marks in the correct places.
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, including punctuation of dialogue
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: text features, set 4
within the Writing Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
   

Y7 (03/2002)

10 February 2002

Dear Aileen

It is great to have a new pen pal, isn't it? My teacher asked the class if anyone wanted to write to students in your country. I did because I have always wanted to know more about Scotland. I thought you might want to know about New Zealand.

I have so many things to ask you. I am 10 years old. How about you? I live with my mum and dad and sister on a small farm. Do you live in the country or in a city? I have two pets, a lamb and a dog. What about you?

Do you have a favourite sport or hobby? I belong to a swimming club and I like collecting shells. Do you like reading or going to the movies?

My best friend is Naomi. She asks me to stay over at her house sometimes and we have heaps of fun playing in the swimming pool at her place. What sort of things do you do with your friends?

Will you write back quickly so that I can get to know all about you?

Your new pen pal
Jasmine

Use of question marks:

8 correct – very difficult

6-7 correct – easy

3-5 correct – very easy

1-2 correct – very easy