What to do
Note to teacher: This Internal Assessment Activity may be used unchanged, or can be adapted by the teacher, ensuring that all requirements of the Achievement Standard are still met. This textbox should be removed prior to sharing the activity with your students.
Note to teacher: This Internal Assessment Activity may be used unchanged, or can be adapted by the teacher, ensuring that all requirements of the Achievement Standard are still met. This textbox should be removed prior to sharing the activity with your students.
You will create one video resource of approximately 1.5 minutes, using New Zealand Sign Language, to communicate information on learning outside the classroom or to promote New Zealand Sign Language learning at your school.
This Assessment Activity draws on the Pacific concept of vaka. In this context, vaka is the exploration of navigation and our shared learning journeys.
Choose one of the two opportunities below for your video resource. You will explore the concept of vaka in your chosen opportunity. In this piece of work, you must refer to events or experiences in the present, as well as the past or future.
In this Assessment Activity, you will show how well you can:
- communicate information, ideas, and opinions to others
- use a relevant language to express information, ideas, and opinions about the concept of vaka
- refer to events or experiences in the present, as well as the past or future
- connect information, ideas, and opinions cohesively
- achieve communication that is not hindered by inconsistencies.
Opportunity 1: Learning outside the classroom
Your teacher has introduced the Pacific concept of vaka to your class. You have been exploring how you can learn New Zealand Sign Language outside the classroom.
Your teacher has asked you to create a video resource to communicate information on learning about New Zealand Sign Language outside the classroom.
The resource may include information on:
- activities you can do to improve your New Zealand Sign Language, such as:
- Deaf-friendly apps and how they are used
- online resources
- involvement in New Zealand Sign Language Week activities
- activities that have been included in past New Zealand Sign Language Weeks which you have enjoyed
- activities you think should be included in New Zealand Sign Language Weeks in the future
- places you can go to practise your New Zealand Sign Language, such as:
- Deaf clubs
- New Zealand Sign Language camps
- New Zealand Sign Language community classes
- online or face-to-face learning platforms.
Opportunity 2: Let’s learn New Zealand Sign Language
Your teacher has introduced the Pacific concept of vaka to your class. You have been exploring ways to promote New Zealand Sign Language learning at your school.
Your teacher has asked you to create a video resource to promote New Zealand Sign Language learning at your school.
The resource may include information on:
- your sign name and the meaning behind it
- New Zealand Sign Language, such as:
- when it became an official language
- fun facts about New Zealand Sign Language
- a New Zealand Sign Language activity that you enjoy
- your reasons for learning New Zealand Sign Language, if it is not your first language
- your favourite sign and the reason why it’s your favourite
- a special New Zealand Sign Language learning experience or event
- what you might use your knowledge of New Zealand Sign Language for in the future.
You will create one video resource of approximately 1.5 minutes, using New Zealand Sign Language, to communicate information on learning outside the classroom or to promote New Zealand Sign Language learning at your school.
This Assessment Activity draws on the Pacific concept of vaka. In this context, vaka is the exploration of navigation and our shared learning journeys.
Choose one of the two opportunities below for your video resource. You will explore the concept of vaka in your chosen opportunity. In this piece of work, you must refer to events or experiences in the present, as well as the past or future.
In this Assessment Activity, you will show how well you can:
- communicate information, ideas, and opinions to others
- use a relevant language to express information, ideas, and opinions about the concept of vaka
- refer to events or experiences in the present, as well as the past or future
- connect information, ideas, and opinions cohesively
- achieve communication that is not hindered by inconsistencies.
Opportunity 1: Learning outside the classroom
Your teacher has introduced the Pacific concept of vaka to your class. You have been exploring how you can learn New Zealand Sign Language outside the classroom.
Your teacher has asked you to create a video resource to communicate information on learning about New Zealand Sign Language outside the classroom.
The resource may include information on:
- activities you can do to improve your New Zealand Sign Language, such as:
- Deaf-friendly apps and how they are used
- online resources
- involvement in New Zealand Sign Language Week activities
- activities that have been included in past New Zealand Sign Language Weeks which you have enjoyed
- activities you think should be included in New Zealand Sign Language Weeks in the future
- places you can go to practise your New Zealand Sign Language, such as:
- Deaf clubs
- New Zealand Sign Language camps
- New Zealand Sign Language community classes
- online or face-to-face learning platforms.
Opportunity 2: Let’s learn New Zealand Sign Language
Your teacher has introduced the Pacific concept of vaka to your class. You have been exploring ways to promote New Zealand Sign Language learning at your school.
Your teacher has asked you to create a video resource to promote New Zealand Sign Language learning at your school.
The resource may include information on:
- your sign name and the meaning behind it
- New Zealand Sign Language, such as:
- when it became an official language
- fun facts about New Zealand Sign Language
- a New Zealand Sign Language activity that you enjoy
- your reasons for learning New Zealand Sign Language, if it is not your first language
- your favourite sign and the reason why it’s your favourite
- a special New Zealand Sign Language learning experience or event
- what you might use your knowledge of New Zealand Sign Language for in the future.
How to present your learning
You will communicate in New Zealand Sign Language to complete this Assessment Activity.
You should produce approximately 1.5 minutes of signed evidence in your video resource. Evidence of your signed language must be clearly visible, and you must be easily identifiable.
You can show your work in a wide range of possible formats, including:
- a digital scrapbook
- a vlog
- a video to share with friends.
You will not be assessed on the technical quality of the format in which you communicate. Only the quality of your language will be assessed.
The language that you produce as evidence of your learning must be your own work.
To support your work, you may draw on:
- classroom and community experiences
- reference materials such as class notes
- video text resources
- textbooks
- dictionaries.
You may not:
- copy whole sections from any source without significant modification
- use any digital language tools (for example, translators) other than dictionaries
- have anyone else point out errors, edit, or correct your work prior to submitting it for assessment.
You will communicate in New Zealand Sign Language to complete this Assessment Activity.
You should produce approximately 1.5 minutes of signed evidence in your video resource. Evidence of your signed language must be clearly visible, and you must be easily identifiable.
You can show your work in a wide range of possible formats, including:
- a digital scrapbook
- a vlog
- a video to share with friends.
You will not be assessed on the technical quality of the format in which you communicate. Only the quality of your language will be assessed.
The language that you produce as evidence of your learning must be your own work.
To support your work, you may draw on:
- classroom and community experiences
- reference materials such as class notes
- video text resources
- textbooks
- dictionaries.
You may not:
- copy whole sections from any source without significant modification
- use any digital language tools (for example, translators) other than dictionaries
- have anyone else point out errors, edit, or correct your work prior to submitting it for assessment.
Timeframe
You will have 2-3 weeks to prepare and produce your work for this assessment. Your teacher will provide details of the final submission date.
You will have 2-3 weeks to prepare and produce your work for this assessment. Your teacher will provide details of the final submission date.
Getting started
Before attempting to record your video, think about the range of language you will need to complete the Assessment Activity successfully.
Revise relevant vocabulary, expressions, and grammar you have covered in your classes. Make sure you know how to produce language which refers to events or experiences in the present, as well as the past or future.
Before attempting to record your video, think about the range of language you will need to complete the Assessment Activity successfully.
Revise relevant vocabulary, expressions, and grammar you have covered in your classes. Make sure you know how to produce language which refers to events or experiences in the present, as well as the past or future.
What to do
Note to teacher: This Internal Assessment Activity may be used unchanged, or can be adapted by the teacher, ensuring that all requirements of the Achievement Standard are still met. This textbox should be removed prior to sharing the activity with your students.
Note to teacher: This Internal Assessment Activity may be used unchanged, or can be adapted by the teacher, ensuring that all requirements of the Achievement Standard are still met. This textbox should be removed prior to sharing the activity with your students.
You will create one video resource of approximately 1.5 minutes, using New Zealand Sign Language, to communicate information on learning outside the classroom or to promote New Zealand Sign Language learning at your school.
This Assessment Activity draws on the Pacific concept of vaka. In this context, vaka is the exploration of navigation and our shared learning journeys.
Choose one of the two opportunities below for your video resource. You will explore the concept of vaka in your chosen opportunity. In this piece of work, you must refer to events or experiences in the present, as well as the past or future.
In this Assessment Activity, you will show how well you can:
- communicate information, ideas, and opinions to others
- use a relevant language to express information, ideas, and opinions about the concept of vaka
- refer to events or experiences in the present, as well as the past or future
- connect information, ideas, and opinions cohesively
- achieve communication that is not hindered by inconsistencies.
Opportunity 1: Learning outside the classroom
Your teacher has introduced the Pacific concept of vaka to your class. You have been exploring how you can learn New Zealand Sign Language outside the classroom.
Your teacher has asked you to create a video resource to communicate information on learning about New Zealand Sign Language outside the classroom.
The resource may include information on:
- activities you can do to improve your New Zealand Sign Language, such as:
- Deaf-friendly apps and how they are used
- online resources
- involvement in New Zealand Sign Language Week activities
- activities that have been included in past New Zealand Sign Language Weeks which you have enjoyed
- activities you think should be included in New Zealand Sign Language Weeks in the future
- places you can go to practise your New Zealand Sign Language, such as:
- Deaf clubs
- New Zealand Sign Language camps
- New Zealand Sign Language community classes
- online or face-to-face learning platforms.
Opportunity 2: Let’s learn New Zealand Sign Language
Your teacher has introduced the Pacific concept of vaka to your class. You have been exploring ways to promote New Zealand Sign Language learning at your school.
Your teacher has asked you to create a video resource to promote New Zealand Sign Language learning at your school.
The resource may include information on:
- your sign name and the meaning behind it
- New Zealand Sign Language, such as:
- when it became an official language
- fun facts about New Zealand Sign Language
- a New Zealand Sign Language activity that you enjoy
- your reasons for learning New Zealand Sign Language, if it is not your first language
- your favourite sign and the reason why it’s your favourite
- a special New Zealand Sign Language learning experience or event
- what you might use your knowledge of New Zealand Sign Language for in the future.
You will create one video resource of approximately 1.5 minutes, using New Zealand Sign Language, to communicate information on learning outside the classroom or to promote New Zealand Sign Language learning at your school.
This Assessment Activity draws on the Pacific concept of vaka. In this context, vaka is the exploration of navigation and our shared learning journeys.
Choose one of the two opportunities below for your video resource. You will explore the concept of vaka in your chosen opportunity. In this piece of work, you must refer to events or experiences in the present, as well as the past or future.
In this Assessment Activity, you will show how well you can:
- communicate information, ideas, and opinions to others
- use a relevant language to express information, ideas, and opinions about the concept of vaka
- refer to events or experiences in the present, as well as the past or future
- connect information, ideas, and opinions cohesively
- achieve communication that is not hindered by inconsistencies.
Opportunity 1: Learning outside the classroom
Your teacher has introduced the Pacific concept of vaka to your class. You have been exploring how you can learn New Zealand Sign Language outside the classroom.
Your teacher has asked you to create a video resource to communicate information on learning about New Zealand Sign Language outside the classroom.
The resource may include information on:
- activities you can do to improve your New Zealand Sign Language, such as:
- Deaf-friendly apps and how they are used
- online resources
- involvement in New Zealand Sign Language Week activities
- activities that have been included in past New Zealand Sign Language Weeks which you have enjoyed
- activities you think should be included in New Zealand Sign Language Weeks in the future
- places you can go to practise your New Zealand Sign Language, such as:
- Deaf clubs
- New Zealand Sign Language camps
- New Zealand Sign Language community classes
- online or face-to-face learning platforms.
Opportunity 2: Let’s learn New Zealand Sign Language
Your teacher has introduced the Pacific concept of vaka to your class. You have been exploring ways to promote New Zealand Sign Language learning at your school.
Your teacher has asked you to create a video resource to promote New Zealand Sign Language learning at your school.
The resource may include information on:
- your sign name and the meaning behind it
- New Zealand Sign Language, such as:
- when it became an official language
- fun facts about New Zealand Sign Language
- a New Zealand Sign Language activity that you enjoy
- your reasons for learning New Zealand Sign Language, if it is not your first language
- your favourite sign and the reason why it’s your favourite
- a special New Zealand Sign Language learning experience or event
- what you might use your knowledge of New Zealand Sign Language for in the future.
How to present your learning
You will communicate in New Zealand Sign Language to complete this Assessment Activity.
You should produce approximately 1.5 minutes of signed evidence in your video resource. Evidence of your signed language must be clearly visible, and you must be easily identifiable.
You can show your work in a wide range of possible formats, including:
- a digital scrapbook
- a vlog
- a video to share with friends.
You will not be assessed on the technical quality of the format in which you communicate. Only the quality of your language will be assessed.
The language that you produce as evidence of your learning must be your own work.
To support your work, you may draw on:
- classroom and community experiences
- reference materials such as class notes
- video text resources
- textbooks
- dictionaries.
You may not:
- copy whole sections from any source without significant modification
- use any digital language tools (for example, translators) other than dictionaries
- have anyone else point out errors, edit, or correct your work prior to submitting it for assessment.
You will communicate in New Zealand Sign Language to complete this Assessment Activity.
You should produce approximately 1.5 minutes of signed evidence in your video resource. Evidence of your signed language must be clearly visible, and you must be easily identifiable.
You can show your work in a wide range of possible formats, including:
- a digital scrapbook
- a vlog
- a video to share with friends.
You will not be assessed on the technical quality of the format in which you communicate. Only the quality of your language will be assessed.
The language that you produce as evidence of your learning must be your own work.
To support your work, you may draw on:
- classroom and community experiences
- reference materials such as class notes
- video text resources
- textbooks
- dictionaries.
You may not:
- copy whole sections from any source without significant modification
- use any digital language tools (for example, translators) other than dictionaries
- have anyone else point out errors, edit, or correct your work prior to submitting it for assessment.
Timeframe
You will have 2-3 weeks to prepare and produce your work for this assessment. Your teacher will provide details of the final submission date.
You will have 2-3 weeks to prepare and produce your work for this assessment. Your teacher will provide details of the final submission date.
Getting started
Before attempting to record your video, think about the range of language you will need to complete the Assessment Activity successfully.
Revise relevant vocabulary, expressions, and grammar you have covered in your classes. Make sure you know how to produce language which refers to events or experiences in the present, as well as the past or future.
Before attempting to record your video, think about the range of language you will need to complete the Assessment Activity successfully.
Revise relevant vocabulary, expressions, and grammar you have covered in your classes. Make sure you know how to produce language which refers to events or experiences in the present, as well as the past or future.