Name ________________________________________ Date ________________

Summative assessment for the unit “Natural Disasters”

Learning objective 7.R2 Understand specific information and details in texts on a

range of familiar general and curricular topics
7.R5 Deduce meaning from context in short texts on a growing
range of familiar general and curricular topics
7.R7 Recognise typical features at word, sentence and text level in a
range of written genres
7.W1 Plan, write, edit and proofread work at text level
with some support on a growing range of general and
curricular topics
7.W6 Link with little or no support, sentences into
coherent paragraphs using a variety of basic connectors
on a range of familiar general topics and some curricular
topics

Assessment criteria  Identify particular facts and parts in reading passage

 Make a clear plan of writing; Write paragraphs;

 Connect sentences into paragraphs with basic

connectors and linking words w

Level of thinking skills Knowledge and comprehension

Higher order thinking skills
Duration 20 minutes
Reading
Task 1. Read the text and do the task.
Tsunamis are a series of waves in the ocean that create surges of water. These walls of
water can reach up to 100 feet high and cause widespread destruction when they reach shore.
Earthquakes on the sea floor are the usual cause of tsunamis. When the ocean floor at a plate
boundary raises or falls, it displaces water and sends rolling waves that become a tsunami. Around
80 percent of tsunamis happen in the so-called "Ring of Fire" in the Pacific Ocean. This is a
volcanically active area were tectonic plate shifts and earthquakes are common. Underwater
landslides and volcanic eruptions can also start tsunamis. In Earth’s ancient past, tsunamis were
caused by a meteorite crashing into the ocean. People’s best defense against tsunamis is early
warnings that allow people to evacuate areas near the ocean.

Choose the correct answer.

1. What is the author’s purpose in the reading passage?
A. To warn;
B. To give advice;
C. To describe;
Answer the questions using appropriate words.
2. What do these numbers 80 mean in the text? _____________________________________
3.What do these numbers 100 mean in the text? ____________________________________
4.Where most causes tsunamis?_____________________________________________
5. What are two other ways tsunamis can be caused?_________________________________
6. What is the best defense against tsunamis?_______________________________________
 Writing
Task 2 Write Email to describe an accident.
Card 1. Natural disaster. Card 2. Accident.

Descriptor
Assessment criteria Task Descriptor Mark
Assessment criteria Task A learner Mark
Identify particular facts and 1 A learner
writes 1
Identify particular
parts in reading facts and
passage 1 writes:
writes C 11
writes:
writes persent of tsumamis happen in Pasific 1
parts in reading passage Ocean
writes 11
writes:
writes high of the walls of water 11
writes:
writes in volcanically active area 11
Make a clear plan of writing; 2 writes: underwater
uses at least 5 wordslandslides andDisasters’
on ‘Natural volcanic 1
eruptions
topic 1
writes:paragraphs
writes early warnings
in an organized way; 1
Make a clear plan of writing; 2 uses at least 5 words on ‘Natural Disasters’ 11
Connect sentences into topic
gives paragraphs
writes a full answer
into
anthe questionway;
organized from the 1
paragraph.
card; 1
Connect sentences
wordsinto Use
Uses linking for good givesinformal phrases
a full answer to the question from the 11
sentence connection
paragraph. Uses because and so 1
card;
Uses Present Perfect and Past tenses 1
Uses linking Use informal phrases 1
Total markswords for good 12
sentence connection Uses because and so 1
Uses Present Perfect and Past tenses 1
Total marks 12