• sports you (and those you know) do

• how you spend your free time

• what you are planning to do next weekend

• what you usually eat and drink and your likes/dislikes

• a recent meal you had out at a restaurant

Year 8 Winter writing assessment

In this writing assessment you will write a little about the following topic areas:

This is what the question paper will look like:

Prepare answers of 3 or 4 sentences for each question that include the following:

Present (reg & irreg)

Future

Preterit

Imperfect

Verb & infinitive

links

opinions

reasons

adjectives

questions

negatives

comp./sup.

spelling errors

Use verb forms other than ‘I’ and choose some ‘radical’ verbs and other irregulars – e.g. ser/tener/jugar/hacer/pensar

Say a little about your plans for next weekend and what the rest of your family will be doing too.

You use this when you like you like doing something – i.e. me gusta bailar.

Links are ways to join sentences or halves of sentences together – e.g. y, también, pero, sin embargo, después, luego

As well as ‘me gusta’ etc.. Why not also include pienso que, creo que, a mi parecer, me parece que, en mi opinión

porque = because!

This is what you have just learnt – how to say what you ‘did’ in the past.

see p.5 vocabulary booke.g. nicer than, funnier than, bigger than..

Level 2: short, simple (one or part phrase) responses to 3 of 5 questions. Spelling is approximate but meaning clear.Level 3: answers of two phrase length in 3 of 5. Spelling is intelligible. Several complete sentences.Level 4: answers of 3 or 4 phrase length – spelling generally accurate, sentences mostly have correct verb forms.Opinions & reasons included with linking words.Level 5: Pupils do as for level 4 but include questions and reference to the future or the past. Evidence of independent learning and adaptation of grammar learnt to new contexts. Level 6: As for level 5 but clear use of 3 time frames (present, past and future) Formation may not be perfect but meaning will always be clear.NB: Half levels are also possible. Enter marks on marksheet as follows: Level 5 = 19, 4.5 = 17, 4 = 15, 3.5 = 13, 3 = 11, 2.5 = 9, 2 = 7