Filling in speech bubbles

Filling in speech bubbles

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
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Marking Student Responses
Further Resources
This task is about using speech bubbles.
Read each set of sentences below.
Fill in the empty speech bubbles to show only the words that each person said. The first speech bubble has been filled in as an example for you.
 
a) "I like this music," said Rawiri.
"So do I," said Elizabeth.

 
b) Jasmine said to Ben, "Do you want to come and play at my place?"
"Okay," said Ben, "but I'll have to ask Mum first."
 

 

 
c) Henry asked, "Would you like a bite of my sandwich Josh?"
"No thanks," answered Shane, "but I'd love a sip of your drink."
 

 

 
d) "Hurry up," said Sarah, "or we'll be late."
"I'm going as fast as I can," said Hannah.

 

Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
English, Creating meaning, Writing
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
direct speech, punctuation, speech bubbles, sentence structure
Description of task: 
Students fill in speech bubbles from direct speech in sentences. The purpose of this activity is to assess students' ability to identify the words actually spoken.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • generate content that is relevant to the task
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: 
  

Y4 (11/2000)

a)

 So do I.

easy

b)

 Do you want to come and play at my place?
Okay, but I'll have to ask Mum first.

easy
moderate

c)

 Would you like a bite of my sandwich Josh?
No thanks, but I'd love a sip of your drink.

easy
easy

d)

 Hurry up or we'll be late.
I'm going as fast as I can.

easy
easy
 
NOTE: Award a mark when all the words contained within the speech marks, and no extra words, are written in the speech bubble.
As the purpose of this activity is to assess students' ability to identify the words actually spoken, marks were not been deducted from students who added speech marks inside the speech bubbles or omitted punctuation such as question marks.