There or their

There or their

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This task is about using 'there' and 'their' correctly.
 
Josie has written a story but she needs help with using the words 'there' and 'their'.
 
Read Josie's story and choose 'there' or 'their' in the spaces Josie has left blank.

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wizard
​Four Warty Wizards
 
Once upon a timetheirthere were four warty wizards, and for some weird reason, all of them had warts ontheretheir noses. They even had warts ontheretheir warts. Anyway, in the villagetheretheir was a mischievous witch. One day she said, "Hey you wizards, how many warts do you have altogether?"
Well, the wizards went into a tizz. So for the next week the wizards sattheirthere and rubbedtheretheir heads and tried to think of an easy way to count how many wartstheirthere were altogether. 
At the end of the week they were still sitting attheirthere table trying to find an answer. I think they are probably still sittingtheretheir!
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online with auto-marking.
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
English, Creating meaning, Writing
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
homophones, proofreading, spelling
Description of task: 
Students identify whether to use 'there' or 'their' in a piece of student writing.
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:
  • spell common words correctly
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: vocabulary knowledge, set 4
within the Writing Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 

Scoring:

  

Y4 (06/2002)

9 marks
(1 mark for each correct use)

 NOTE:

  • Marks are given for identifying the correct use of "there" and "their".

(See below for answers)

1 - easy
2 - easy
3 - moderate
4 - easy
5 - easy
6 - moderate
7 - easy
8 - easy
9 - easy

 

Diagnostic and formative information: 

Recognition of incorrect spelling:
17% of students correctly recognised all incorrect uses.

Recognition of correct spelling:
31% of students correctly recognised all correct uses of their and there.