2008 National Assessment Program- Literacy and Numeracy

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Test timetableNational Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy 2008 at Years 3, 5 and 7

Year level Tuesday 13 May Wednesday 14 May Thursday 15 May

Year 3 Language conventions

40 minutes

Writing

40 minutes - 5 mins. to plan, 30 mins to write, 5 mins to edit

Reading

45 minutes

Numeracy

45 minutes

Year 5 Language conventions

40 minutes

Writing

40 minutes

Reading

50 minutes

Numeracy

50 minutes

Year 7 Language conventions

45minutes

Writing

40 minutes

Reading

65 minutes

Numeracy

40 minutes x 2

(80 minutes in total)

Non-calculator test first, then calculator-allowed test

Test timetableNational Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy 2008 at Year 9

Year level Tuesday 13 May Wednesday 14 May Thursday 15 May

Year 9 * Language conventions

45 minutes

Writing

40 minutes - 5 mins. to plan, 30 mins to write, 5 mins to edit

* Language conventions comprises spelling, grammar and punctuation

Reading

65 minutes

** Numeracy

40 minutes x 2

(80 minutes in total)

Non-calculator test first, then calculator-allowed test

** Numeracy comprises Number, Algebra, function and pattern, Space, Measurement, chance and data

Principals Handbook Details of student

exemption form, to be signed by

parent.

Principals must finalise

exemptions by 30 April

Students who are provided

with accommodations must use

these for the tests

Test security

Naplan test samples

Year 3

Language conventions

Practice booklets for

Year 3 children will be

sent to schools

mid March

Year 3 Reading

Naplan test samples

Year 5Language conventions

There will be about 50questions.  Half will be on spelling, and half will be on grammar and punctuation.

Year 5 Reading

Naplan test samples

Year 7Language conventions

There will be between 50to 60 questions.  Half will be on spelling, and half will be on grammar and punctuation.

Year 7 Reading

Naplan test samples

Year 9Language conventions

There will be between 50to 60 questions.  Half will be on spelling, and half will be on grammar and punctuation.

Year 9 Reading

Discussion

Identify some of the test genre strategies that students will need, in order to demonstrate what they know and can do.

How could you incorporate some of these strategies into your everyday classroom practice?

Writing stimulus

The teacher reads the directions on the writing prompt aloud to all students.

The prompt includes images which can support students in crafting their response.

Students cannot discuss the topic.

Writing task - narrative

Definition: A narrative is a time –ordered text that is

used to narrate events and to create, entertain and emotionally move an audience. Other social purposes of narrative may be to inform, to persuade and to socialise. The main structural components of a narrative are the orientation, the complication and the resolution.

10 Criteria Audience Text structure Ideas Character and setting Vocabulary Cohesion Paragraphing Sentence structure Punctuation Spelling