Grade 7: Informational Communication

Prescribed Learning Outcomes

It is expected that students will:

• extract information from various sources to complete authentic tasks in simple oral and written form

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Suggested Instructional Strategies

Students have by now gained familiarity with finding information in age-appropriate resources. They are able to use strategies such as guessing the meaning or substituting language to deal with unfamiliar words.

• Have students choose items from a restaurant menu to prepare a celebration with family or friends. They should select items to fit within a specific monetary amount.
• Extend the previous activity by having students role-play a situation in a restaurant.

Suggested Assessment Strategies

At this stage, students' representations should use language frequently, though the language may be combined or supplemented with dance, music, or visual representations. Because the authentic nature of the tasks is a key factor in assessing student development for this organizer, students should frequently be involved in designing and making choices about their tasks and assignments.

• Circulate, asking questions and providing feedback as students talk and work together. Look for evidence that students are able to:
  • understand and respond to questions
  • make short, simple statements about the activity
  • ask for help when they need it
  • use understandable language to talk about time
• Look at students' written work for evidence that they are able to:
  • combine words and pictures to convey simple meaning
  • organize their work to make it easy to follow
  • make their work interesting and appealing by including details or using a variety of language structures
• Assign partners and ask students to role-play a situation that shows at least one effective listening strategy for acquiring information. The class may make a class chart listing the variety of strategies portrayed.

Recommended Learning Resources

Print Material

• G. C. S. E. Panjabi
• Oxford Picture Dictionary English-Punjabi
• Panjabi Book 1, 2, 3
• Panjabi Made Easy
• A Pictorial Panjabi-English Dictionary
• Punjabi Posters
• Punjabi Rachna
• Star Children's Picture Dictionary
• Tamak Toon

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