Writing a letter

Writing a letter

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This task is about using capital letters.

Jamie has written an email to his friend Hoani. Read the email carefully as Jamie has forgotten to use capital letters for the proper nouns. Put capital letters where Jamie should have put them.

12 january 2022

Kia ora Hoani

I have really enjoyed living in wellington since june. I have made some friends at my new school, which is rata school on paremata street. My teacher is mrs rapana. She is all right. In our classroom we have a pet mouse called mr snow. It is my job to clean the mouse house on tuesdays.

We have visited lots of interesting places like the museum, te papa. I went to see the rugby at the sky stadium in september. It was awesome to see damian charge down the field.

I am still playing rugby. I play for the norths rugby club now. We train on wednesdays. My new friend callum is in my team too.

Would you like to come and stay with us in the next holidays? I hope you will. Say hi to all my old friends, especially to everyone at whenuapai rugby club.

Your friend
Jamie
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper.
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
English, Creating meaning, Writing
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
punctuation, capital letters
Description of task: 
Students identify and insert the missing capital letters for proper nouns in a letter.
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: 

Scoring:

    

Y6 (03/2002)

  

For the correct script see below. Answers are shown in bold.

  

6 marks
(12 correct)
or
5 marks
(9-11 correct)
or
4 marks
(7-8 correct)
or
3 marks
(5-6 correct)
or
2 marks
(3-4 correct)
or
1 mark
(1-2 correct)
  • Both parts of the street name (Paremata Street) begin with capitals.
  • The locality (Wellington) begins with a capital.
  • All months (January, June, September) begin with capitals.
  • Both parts of the school name (Rata School) begin with capitals.
  • Both titles (Mr, Mrs) have capitals.
  • Both surnames (Rapana, Snow) have capitals.
  • Both days of the week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays) begin with capitals.
  • Both parts of Te Papa begin with capitals.
  • Both parts of Sky Stadium begin with capitals.
  • Both christian names (Damian, Callum) begin with a capital.
  • All parts of the rugby clubs (Norths Rugby Club, Whenuapai Rugby Club) have capitals.

6 marks –very difficult

5 marks – very difficult

4 marks – difficult

3 marks – moderate

2 marks – easy

1 mark – very easy
Diagnostic and formative information: 

Common errors

Easy

66% of students capitalised both titles (Mr, Mrs), 79% both surnames, 67% both days of the week, and 77% both christian names.

Moderate

50% of students capitalised the first part of the street name, 45% the locality, 44% all months, and 49% both parts of Te Papa.

Difficult or very difficult

22% of students capitalised the second part of the street name, 24% both parts of the school name, 32% both parts of Sky Stadium, and 19% all parts of the rugby clubs.