Year 9 Assessment Task 1 Our Restless Planet Name

My last grade Grade I am aiming for this time Name………...... …….....…...... …

(In Y8)

Year 9 Assessment 1 ‘Our Restless Planet’

Task

You will make anewspaper report on anEARTHQUAKE or a TSUNAMI. It will be on a piece of A3 paper

This report will be from a few days AFTER the EARTHQUAKE.

Your work is to be hand – written unless your teacher takes you to H7

You need maps or photos so bring these to your lesson along with your research.

If H7 is available you can print maps or photos – come during lunch-times – otherwise you can draw them

You will need to research information on anearthquake or tsunami but yours can be an imaginary one

You can change the layoutbut to score highly all the bits in the layout below must be in your pages.

Tips

1. Turn over NOW and read the level descriptors – (how to get a good grade)
2. The levels will show you how to score higher than your target grade
3. You should try to make sure your newspaper is interesting and full of information.
4. Put in plenty of the geographical ideas you have discussed with your teacher.

Year 9 Assessment 1: Levels – underline the one you are aiming for.

Level 3 (E)You have described the main events of an earthquake

You have used a diagram and/or a map to show where the earthquake was

Level 4 (D)You have given some detail on the location on the location of the earthquake

You explain some causes of the earthquake or you describe some of the effects of the earthquake

You have attempted to present your work in the style of a newspaper report.

Level 5 (C)(All of L4 plus ...... )

You have explained clearly the cause of the earthquake using information on plate tectonics

You have described the effects of the earthquake on people and the environment

You have shown that you know the difference between primary and secondary effects

Level 6 (B)(All of L5 plus ...... )

You have given the report a basic ‘sense of place’.

You have mentioned how at 3 different groups of people responded such as locals, fire/rescue…..

You put the earthquake‘in context’ by examining past earthquakes

Level 7 (A)(All of L6 plus ...... ) [In yourEditorial section]

You have compared what has happened here with recent earthquakes in other parts of the world

You have expressed a valid opinion on what the future may hold for the area

You have given a valid opinion on what the people who are living there should do next

Level 8 (A*)You have explained the following statement in your editorial section.

‘The suffering and loss caused by an earthquake are not connected to its magnitude’