Skill/Content: Listening & Speaking Information Gap

Level: Beginning Low Skill/Content: Listening & Speaking Information Gap Assessment “B” Context: Food and Prices at two stores Authored by _____ Larry Viles with Bonnita Solberg______

Oakland ESL Class Level Document Standard to be assessed:  Listening: Learners will understand a range of frequently used words, phrases, expressions and questions in familiar contexts.  Speaking: Learners will communicate survival needs using very simple learned phrases and sentences. They will engage in limited conversations with frequent hesitations and errors.

State Standard Grammar Structure to be assessed:  Simple present form of the verb “to be”  Subject-verb agreement  “It” as subject of a sentence  “They” as the subject of a sentence  Count and non-count nouns . Conditions under which students will take the assessment:  Students will be assessed individually.  The student to be assessed will be separated from the class to ensure noise level is at a minimum; prompting by other students does not occur; students not yet assessed do not hear the questions, i.e., minimize the practice factor.  Approximately 20 minutes or less per student is needed for an assessment.  Teacher can repeat at the request of the student for clarification; however, no other intervention should be necessary.

Equipment/Resource Materials to be used in the assessment: The student to be assessed will be given the Student Information Sheet (grid) with pictures of 10 different foods from two different stores and prices next to the picture. The pictures represent a variety of food as well as a variety of quantities and packaging of food. The teacher will have the Student Record (grid) which is identical to the Student Information sheet except with no prices on it. Both the teacher and the student will have a manila folder in which to place their grid. (See “Classroom Preparation for Assessment”, below). Samples of grids with names of foods, prices, quantities and packaging from Safeway and Lucky’s are attached. Skill/Content: Listening & Speaking Information Gap, Assessment “B” Context: Food and Prices at two stores page 2

Type of response to be given by student: Speaking When asked by the teacher, “How much is the ___(name of food, singular/no-count)___at Lucky’s?” or “How much are the ______(name of food, plural)____at Safeway?”, the student will answer using the Student Information Sheet, giving the price of the food with quantity or packaging and subject-verb agreement. . Building Background Knowledge (Scaffolding, Schema Building): Students will have practiced in a variety of classroom situations to focus on and become proficient speaking in the following areas:  Using information gap as an authentic life situation that requires an exchange of information between listener and speaker and which encourages the student to ask for clarification, if needed.  Naming a variety of foods to be purchased.  Using quantity and packaging adjectives/nouns such as pound, head, bottle, box, gallon, carton, loaf, roll, jar, package, tube, can, six pack, cube, bunch, dozen, each, etc.  Naming stores that sell food such as Safeway, Costco, Lucky’s, Mi Tierra, etc.  Money concepts/prices in dollars and cents.  Asking/answering: “How much is ...... ?” “How much are . . . . .”  Using “it” or “they” as the subject of a sentence.  Count and non-count nouns.  Using embedded grammar when speaking: “it’s” or “it is” as the singular subject-verb agreement or “they are” or “they’re” as the plural subject-verb agreement.

Instructions to be given by the teacher to the student: The teacher will give the Student Information Sheet (grid) to the student and instruct the student:  “On your paper there are pictures of 10 foods at Safeway and 10 foods at Lucky’s. The price of the food is next to the picture. I will ask you about 5 foods at Lucky’s and 5 foods at Safeway.  I will ask, “How much is a pound of pork at Lucky’s?” Look on your paper. Find the picture of the pork at Lucky’s. Look at the price per pound. You will say, “A pound of pork is $2.65 at Lucky’s.” Or, “It’s $2.65 at Lucky’s.”  “You may earn five points for each answer: one point if you correctly say the price of the food. one point if you correctly say the quantity or packaging, such as pound or box. one point if you say the name of the store. two points if you say a sentence with a subject and verb such as “it is” or “they are”. You may also use the name of the food, such as “the pork is” or “the grapes are”.

Scoring Criteria/Rubric:  A student can earn five points for each correct answer. 1. one point if they correctly say the price of the food. Any answer that clearly indicates dollars and cents is acceptable, such as: The price is a dollar fifty a pound. It is (It’s) one dollar ‘n’ fifty cents a pound. 2. one point if they correctly say the quantity or packaging, such as pound or box. 3. one point if they identify the store to which the question refers. 4. two points if they say a complete sentence with subject-verb agreement. 5 examples of 5 point answers to the question, “What is the price of tomatoes at Lucky’s”: The price of tomatoes is $.73 a pound at Lucky’s. The price is $ .73 a pound at Lucky’s. It’s $ .73 a pound at Lucky’s. They’re $ .73 a pound at Lucky’s Tomatoes are $ .73 a pound at Lucky’s.  The student may earn a total of 50 points: Five (5) foods at Lucky’s x 5 points each = 25 Lucky’s points. Five (5) foods at Safeway x 5 points each = 25 Safeway points.

Scoring Tool: The score will be noted on the Student Record (grid) the teacher uses for scoring. 1. The teacher will write the sentence in the box that has the picture of the food just as the student says it. 2. The teacher will score 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 or no points for that picture. See attached “Student Record” grids to be used as scoring tool. 3. A total of 50 points is possible: a. 5 foods at Lucky’s x 5 points each = 25 points. b. 5 foods at Safeway x 5 points each = 25 points.

Level: Beginning Low Skill/Content: Listening & Speaking Information Gap Assessment “A” Context: Food and Prices at a Store Authored by _____ Larry Viles with Bonnita Solberg______

 Oakland ESL Class Level Document Standard to be assessed  Listening: Learners will understand a range of frequently used words, phrases, expressions and questions in familiar contexts.  Speaking: Learners will communicate survival needs using very simple phrases and sentences. They will engage in limited conversations with frequent hesitations and errors.

 State Standard Grammar Structure to be assessed: o Simple present form of the verb “to be”. o Subject-verb agreement. o “It” as subject of a sentence. o “They” as the subject of a sentence. o Count and non-count nouns

 Conditions under which students will take the assessment:  Students will be assessed individually.  The student to be assessed will be separated from the class to ensure o noise level is at a minimum; o prompting by other students does not occur; o students not yet assessed do not hear the questions, i.e., minimize the practice factor.  Approximately 20 minutes or less per student is needed for an assessment.  Teacher can repeat at the request of the student for clarification; however, no other intervention should be necessary.

 Equipment/Resource Materials to be used in the assessment: The student to be assessed will be given a Student Information Sheet (grid) that has 20 pictures of foods with prices next to the picture, to be purchased at a given store. The pictures will represent a variety of foods as well as a variety of quantities and packaging of food. The teacher will have a Student Record sheet (grid) that is identical to the Student Information Sheet except there will be no prices on it. Both the teacher and the student will have a manila folder in which the grid is placed. (See “Classroom Preparation for Assessment”, below). Samples grids with foods, quantities, packaging and prices from Safeway and Lucky’s are attached. Level: Beginning Low Skill/Content: Listening & Speaking Information Gap; Assessment “A” Context: Food and Prices at a Store; page 2

 Type of response to be given by student: Speaking  When asked by the teacher, “How much is the ___(name of food, singular/no-count)___at Lucky’s?” or “How much are the ______(name of food, plural)____at Safeway?”, the student will answer using the Student Information Sheet, giving the price of the food with quantity or packaging and subject-verb agreement.

 Building Background Knowledge (Scaffolding, Schema Building): Prior to being assessed, students will practice in a variety of classroom situations to focus on and become proficient speaking in the following areas:  Using information gap as an authentic life situation that requires an exchange of information between listener and speaker and encourages the student to ask for clarification when they don’t understand.  Naming of a variety of foods to be purchased.  Using quantity and packaging adjectives/nouns such as pound, head, bottle, box, gallon, carton, loaf, roll, jar, package, tube, can, six pack, cube, bunch, dozen, each, etc.  Names of stores that sell food such as Safeway, Costco, Lucky’s, Mi Tierra, Farmer’s Market, etc.  Using money concepts/prices in dollars and cents.  Asking/answering: “How much is ...... ?” How much are the . . . .?”  Using “it” as the subject of a sentence.  Using “they” as the subject of a sentence.  Using embedded grammar when speaking: o “it’s” or “it is” as the singular subject- verb agreement or o “they are” or “they’re” as the plural subject-verb agreement.  Using simple present tense of the verb “to be”.  Using count and non-count nouns.

 Instructions to be given by the teacher to the student:  The teacher will give the Student Information Sheet (grid) to the student. o “On your paper there are pictures of 20 different foods. The price of the food is next to the picture. I will ask you, “How much is a pound of pork?” Look on your paper. Find the picture of the pork. Look at the price per pound. You will say, “A pound of pork is $2.83.” Or, “It’s $2.83.” o “You can earn four points for each correct answer: . one point if you correctly say the price of the food. . one point if you correctly say the quantity or packaging, such as pound or box. . . Level: Beginning Low Skill/Content: Listening & Speaking Information Gap; Assessment “A” Context: Food and Prices at a Store; page 3

. two points if you say a sentence with a subject and verb such as “it is” or “they are”. You may also use the name of the food such as “pork is” or “grapes are”. . I will ask you about 10 foods on your paper. You may earn a total of 40 points: 10 foods x 4 points each complete sentence = 40 points  Scoring Criteria/Rubric:  A student can earn four points for each correct answer. 1. one point if they correctly say the price of the food. Any answer that clearly indicates dollars and cents is acceptable, such as: a. The price is a dollar fifty a pound. b. It is one dollar ‘n’ fifty cents a pound. 2. one point if they correctly say the quantity or packaging, such as pound or box. 3. two points if they say a complete sentence with subject-verb agreement. 5 examples of 2 point answers to the question, “What is the price of tomatoes at Lucky’s?” a. The price of tomatoes is $.73 a pound. b. The price is $ .73 a pound. c. It’s $ .73 a pound. d. Tomatoes are $.73 a pound. e. They’re $ .73 a pound.

 Scoring Tool: The score will be noted on the Student Record Sheet (grid). 1. The teacher will write the sentence just as the student says it in the box next to the picture. 2. The teacher will score 4, 3, 2, 1 or no points for that picture. See attached Student Information Sheet (grid) for scoring tools. 3. A total of 40 points is possible: 10 foods x 4 points each = 40 points.

Student Information Sheet – Assessment “A” Beginning Low: Information Gap Listening & Speaking Assessment Food and Prices

Student Information Sheet – Assessment “B” Beginning Low: Information Gap Listening & Speaking Assessment Food and Prices

Student Information Sheet – Assessment “A” Beginning Low: Information Gap Listening & Speaking Assessment Food and Prices