Santa

Santa

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Further Resources
This task is about writing a thought bubble caption for an image.

 

Santa is thinking something very funny.
In the bubble, write what he could be thinking.

Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper.
Levels:
2, 4
Curriculum info: 
English, Creating meaning, Writing
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
nemp, speech bubbles, caption, humour
Description of task: 
For this NEMP task students look at an humorous image of Santa and complete a thought bubble.
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
Creating texts to influence others, set 2
Creating texts to influence others, sets 3-4
within the Writing Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 

Scoring:

    

Y4 (10/1998)

Y8 (09/1998)

 
2 marks
1 mark
0 mark
 
2 marks
1 mark
0 mark
 
2 marks
1 mark
0 mark

Relevance to pictures: (including buckets)
high
moderate
none
Humour:
very humorous
mildly humorous
not humorous
Follows conventions of personalised thought:
yes
partially
no
Overall score:
5-6
3-4
0-2

 
36%
36%
28%
 
10%
31%
59%
 
48%
9%
43%
 
20%
30%
50%

 
53%
31%
15%
 
17%
43%
40%
 
77%
6%
17%
 
42%
36%
24%

Commentary: Only about half of the year 4 students succeeded in following the speech bubble format. Overall, 22% more year 8 than year 4 students produced a strong response to this task.

 

Examples

High range – Year 8

Why did I take my shoes off at that house and forget them?

Those dam boots give me blisters the fake beard gives me a rash I only do it because it is the only time Mrs Claus lets me out the house.

I'm sick of running for those lazy reindeer. My feet keep getting chill-blanes.

Gee, falling off the roof into a frozen pool, slipping on the snow, with a cold and a headache is great man!
 
 

Mid range – Year 8

Oh man I wish I didn't even get divorced with my wife cause I can't even walk and I'm really really hungry and theres no-one to do my work for me and thats to deliver the presents

I knew I should have stayed in that cosy aparment building insted of moving out here.

Gee I wonder what I will get for christmas

Oh what am i going to buy turara this X-mus. Some sock or Toilet paper.

I mite not give those peskey kids a present this time Becasue they don't putt out any thing for me, I'll see the Looks on there faces in the morning.

thank god rest after a hard days work!!

I am afrad the kid will get know gift this year

 

High range – Year 4

Why am I sitting here on christams day …….on the bed. My feet are soggy and I need to go to the toilet. I'm too old! I'm 1065 you know!

Why did I have to land in the fire

Gee this is nice I'll stay in hear till Christmas and let all the elves do the work.

What if I couldn't get my feet out of these buckets.

 

Mid range – Year 4

I wonder what would happen if by mistake I mixed the present giving stuff & I gave all the good people coal & all of the bad people presents.

what day is it. Pasint [present] time. heir I come anodes [adults].

I want a piece of cake.