SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT FOR THE TERM
Subject: English
Grade: 9
Term/Unit: Earth and our place in it
Learning Objectives:
9.2.5.1 Recognise the opinion of the speaker(s) in unsupported extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics
9.2.7.1 Recognise typical features at word, sentence and text level of a range of spoken genres
9.3.8.1 Recount extended stories and events on a range of general and curricular topics
Total marks: 15
VARIANT 1
TASK 1. Listen to the audio recording. You will hear an extended talk about plastic pollution in the ocean. Decide if the statements (1-5) are TRUE, FALSE, or NOT STATED according to the speaker.
[Audio script would be provided by the teacher. Sample content for script: A marine biologist discusses the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, its causes, and her personal opinion on corporate responsibility versus individual action.]
Marks: 5
- The speaker believes that cleaning up existing plastic is more important than stopping its production.
- The speaker uses the term "plastic smog" to describe microplastics in the water column.
- According to the speaker, governments have been very effective in creating policies against single-use plastics.
- The speaker feels hopeful about recent innovations in biodegradable packaging.
- The speaker mentions a specific non-governmental organization that successfully cleaned a whole bay.