Year 8 Learning Task: Sports Poster Version : 2024

Year 8 - Sports Posters

After completing Sports unit, you now have the opportunity to introduce two of your favourite sports
starts/athletes to your teacher and your classmates using posters.

Task requirements:
1. In your posters, you are to introduce 2 athletes from two different countries performing two different sports.
2. You need to include the athletes’ name, age, nationality, languages they speak and sports they do. You are
encouraged to add additional information to their profile, such as their family members and hobbies etc.
3. You need to attach photos of the athletes and the flag of the country they represent.
4. You are to write in both Pinyin and Chinese characters in the poster except their names.
5. To achieve above standard, you must prove to your teacher in class that you can write the content of one of
your posters from memory.

Rubric

Categories Above Standard At Standard Approaching Standard Below Standard

(5) (3- 4) (2) (1)
Content All required information is 90% or above of required 50-89% or above of Less than 50% of required
(Information) included with additional information is included. required information is information is included.
information. included.

Sentence 90% or above of the sentence
Structure structures are correct. The
whole piece flows well without
disjointed sentences.
Character 90% or above of the characters
Writing are correctly written and the
handwriting are neat and
proportionate.
Attractiveness All the required photos are
attached. The poster is
exceptionally attractive in
terms of design, layout, and
neatness.
Ability to write Able to write the content of
from the one of your posters from
memory PLUS the content,
memory sentence structure and
character writing meet the
above standard requirements.
60%- 89% of the sentence
structures are correct. The
whole piece flows well
without disjointed
sentences.
70% -89% of the characters
are correctly written and
the handwriting are neat
and proportionate.
All the required photos are
attached. The poster is
attractive in terms of
design, layout and
neatness.
40%- 59% of the sentence
structures are correct.
Sentences are disconnected
throughout the piece with
disjointed meaning.
40%- 69% of the characters
are correctly written, and
the handwriting are
recognisable.
There are limited required
photos attached in the
poster. The poster is
acceptably attractive in
terms of design, layout and
neatness.
Less than 40% of the sentence
structures are correct.
Sentences are disconnected
throughout the piece with
disjointed meaning.
Below 40% of the characters
are correctly written, or only
pinyin is presented. The
handwriting is hard to
recognise.
There are no photos attached
in the poster. The poster is
distractingly messy without
any layout.

Useful words

xī bān yá pútáo yá yámǎijiā yì dà lì ruìdiǎn

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