Year 8 Italian 2026 Assessment Task 1 Reading / Writing Task
Due Dates Term 1 Week 9
MONDAY 23rd March
8HK (Period 1) 8GV (Period 1)
8AC (Period 2) 8WT (Period 2)
8ML (Period 3) 8EC (Period 4)
8 BK (Period 6)
Method of Submission In class task It will be completed during your Italian lesson
Time of Submission
Format of Submission
Allocated Italian lesson. Dates above.
● Reading section responses to be answered in ENGLISH
● Writing section to be answered in ITALIAN
● 2 minutes reading time
● 40 minutes examination
Drafts N/A
Weighting
Outcomes for Assessment and Reporting
● ML4-UND-01 - interprets and responds to information, opinions and ideas in texts to demonstrate understanding
● ML4-CRT-01 - creates a range of texts for familiar communicative purposes by using culturally appropriate language
● ML4-INT-01- exchanges information and opinions in a range of familiar contexts by using culturally appropriate language
Context for the Task
Reading and Writing Task for the Topic: THIS IS ME!
Students will demonstrate their understanding of common Italian greetings and how to introduce yourself. Calendar days months and numbers will also be identified in their learning.
Task
Students will complete a Reading and Writing Examination based on the grammar and vocabulary related to the Term 1 Topic: This is me! Eccomi!
● SECTION 1 : READING TASK
● SECTION 2: WRITING TASK
SECTION 1 : READING
Students will be required to read passages in ITALIAN and respond in ENGLISH
● multiple choice questions
● true/false questions
● short answer questions
● match questions to responses
SECTION 2 : WRITING Students will complete 2 Writing tasks
They will be required to write in ITALIAN.
Students will be required to:
● Complete a dialogue by choosing an appropriate word from the box.
● Write a short dialogue between two (2) people
IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THESE TASKS:
Students should revise the vocabulary and grammar listed below:
● Italian Alphabet
● Numbers 1-100
● Greetings
● What is your name?
● How are you?
● Your age and other people’s ages
● Days of the week
● Months of the year
● Dates
● Birthdays and Name Days
Submit for Assessment and Reporting
To be submitted at the conclusion of the examination
Any work which is copied or plagiarised, will receive a ZERO mark. If it is not possible to submit a completed assessment task online on the set date because of Illness/Misadventure, the class teacher and appropriate KLA Coordinator must be notified by email as soon as possible leading up to and on the due date, together with completing an Assessment Variation Form Evidence will need to be submitted (must be signed by a parent) to support the application e.g. parent letter (Year 7-9 only), doctor's certificate, documentation from hospital, COVID test certificate If you can provide other documentation to support your application, please submit with your Assessment Variation application. If the Assessment Variation application is considered an acceptable reason for not submitting a task by the due date and time, the classroom teacher will locate your draft in your Google Drive Subject folder and use this for submission taking into consideration the impact of your Illness/Misadventure has had on completing this task
2026 Year 8 ITALIAN
Reading / Writing Task
Name: Class: AC / BK / EC / GV / HK / WT /ML
Declaration of Originality - In accordance with the College Assessment Policy, when submitting this task you acknowledge that it is your own work and that to the best of your knowledge, itcontainsnomaterialpreviously publishedorwrittenbyanotherpersonexceptwhereacknowledgementhasbeenmade
Marking Criteria
❏ Demonstratesextensivedepthofthedevelopmentofrelevantinformation,ideasand/or opinionsonthetopic
❏ Demonstratesextensiveknowledgeandunderstandingofvocabularyandsentencestructures
❏ Demonstratestheabilitytosequenceandstructureideasandinformationcoherentlyand effectively
❏ Demonstratesthoroughdepthof thedevelopmentofsomerelevantinformation,ideasand/or opinionsonthetopic
❏ Demonstratesathoroughknowledgeandunderstandingofvocabularyandsentencestructures
❏ Demonstratestheabilitytosequenceandstructureideasandinformationeffectively
❏ Presentssoundinformationandarangeofideasand/oropinionsrelevanttothetask
❏ Demonstratesasoundknowledgeandunderstandingofvocabularyandsentencestructures
❏ Organisesinformationandideastomeettherequirementsofthetask
❏ Presentsbasic informationandarangeofideasand/oropinionsrelevanttothetask
❏ Demonstratesabasicknowledgeandunderstandingofvocabularyandsentencestructures
❏ Demonstratesbasic evidenceoftheabilitytoorganiseinformationandideas
❏ Demonstratesanelementaryknowledgeandunderstandingofvocabularyandsentence structures
❏ Usessinglewordsand setformulaetoexpressresponses
❏ Assessmentwasnotsubmittedorincomplete
❏ Workwasnotatastandardthatoutcomescouldbeassessed(non-seriousattempt)
❏ Themajorityofthetaskwasplagiarisedandnotthestudent’sownwork.
Marking Criteria
Marking Criteria
WRITING- Section 2
● Demonstratesextensivebreadthinwritingskillsthroughthepresentationofrelevantinformation, ideasand/oropinionsonthetopic
● Writingdemonstratesextensiveknowledgeandunderstandingofvocabularyandsentence structures
● Writtenresponsesconfidentlymanipulatelanguageauthenticallyandcreativelytomeetthe requirementsofthetask
● Demonstratestheabilitytosequenceandstructurewritteninformationcoherentlyandeffectively
● Demonstratessomerelevantinformation,ideasand/oropinionsonthetopic
● Demonstratesathoroughknowledgeandunderstandingofvocabularyandsentencestructures.
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● Demonstrateawelldeveloped abilitytomanipulatelanguagewithanauthentically andcreatively tomeettherequirementsofthetask
● Demonstratestheabilitytosequenceandstructureideasandinformationeffectively
● Presentsinformationandarangeofideasand/oropinionsrelevanttothetask
● Demonstratesasound knowledgeandunderstandingofvocabularyandsentencestructures
● Demonstratesasound abilitytomanipulatelanguagewithsomedegreeofauthenticityand creativitytomeettherequirementsofthetask
● Demonstratesasoundabilitytosequenceandstructureideasandinformation
● Presentssomeinformationandarangeofideasand/oropinionsrelevanttothetask
● Demonstratesabasicknowledgeandunderstandingofvocabularyandsentencestructures
● Demonstrateslimitedevidenceoftheabilitytoorganiseinformationandideas
● Demonstratesabasicabilitytosequenceandstructureideasandinformation
● Demonstratesaverylimitedunderstandingof therequirementsofthetask
● Demonstratesanelementaryknowledgeandunderstandingofvocabularyandsentencestructures withevidenceoftheinfluenceofEnglishsyntax
● Demonstratesanelementary abilitytomanipulatelanguagewithauthenticityandcreativityto meettherequirementsofthetask
● Usessinglewords,setformulaeandanglicismstoexpressinformation
● Noseriousattemptwasmade.
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