Year of One Geography “Features Places” Criteria Sheet Name: __________ Task Very High High Sound Developing Support Required Comprehensive and Logical and detailed Satisfactory and Narrow application of Student may require ASSESSMENT TASK 1: What are the features insightful application of application of relevant application of knowledge to describe direction to describe of the local park? knowledge to describe knowledge to describe knowledge to describe the natural, managed the natural, managed Students are provided with the natural, managed the natural, managed the natural, managed and constructed and constructed three photographs to and constructed and constructed and constructed features. features of places and identify as natural, features of places. features. features. share some managed or constructed observations of and write a sentence to explain. personal significance. Proficient Effective Appropriate Variable Minimal or directed ASSESSMENT TASK 2: What changes can I communication of a communication of a communication of communication of communication of observe? variety of changes range of changes evident changes most obvious changes obvious changes Students are provided with showing astute and showing clear and showing satisfactory showing rudimentary showing simple an historical and current perceptive detailed observations. observations. observations. photograph of a familiar observations. observations. place. They are asked to consider changes “What can I and observe?” annotate the photographs to record these observations. ASSESSMENT TASK 3: Response is elaborate Response is detailed Response is sound, Response is simple, Response is basic or How we can care for and detailed, clearly and sensitive, suggesting a small suggesting obvious directed, suggesting a an important place? articulating a variety of articulating a range of range of ways that and familiar ways that relevant way that Students annotate a ways that places can be ways that places can places can be cared places can be cared places can be cared photograph of the local cared for. be cared for. for. environment to show how for. for. and why places can be cared for.
Year One Geography “Features of Places” Criteria Sheet Name: __________ Task Very High High Sound Developing Support Required ASSESSMENT TASK 1: What are the features of the local park? Students are provided with three photographs to identify as natural, managed or constructed and write a sentence to explain. Comprehensive and insightful application of knowledge to describe the natural, managed and constructed features of places. Logical and detailed application of knowledge to describe the natural, managed and constructed features. Satisfactory and relevant application of knowledge to describe the natural, managed and constructed features. Narrow application of knowledge to describe the natural, managed and constructed features. Student may require direction to describe the natural, managed and constructed features of places and share some observations of personal significance. ASSESSMENT TASK 2: What changes can I observe? Students are provided with an historical and current photograph of a familiar place. They are asked to consider “What changes can I observe?” and annotate the photographs to record these observations. Proficient communication of a variety of changes showing astute and perceptive observations. Effective communication of a range of changes showing clear and detailed observations. Appropriate communication of evident changes showing satisfactory observations. Variable communication of obvious changes showing simple observations. Minimal or directed communication of most obvious changes showing rudimentary observations. ASSESSMENT TASK 3: How we can care for an important place? Students annotate a photograph of the local environment to show how and why places can be cared for. Response is elaborate and detailed, clearly articulating a variety of ways that places can be cared for. Response is detailed and sensitive, articulating a range of ways that places can be cared for. Response is sound, suggesting a small range of ways that places can be cared for. Response is simple, suggesting obvious and familiar ways that places can be cared for. Response is basic or directed, suggesting a relevant way that places can be cared for.
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