Can you help? Writing it right
Your name: ___________________
Today’s date: ___/___/___
What to do?
Rosie is filling in a form, to express interest in a Child Care Course. She
has made six mistakes. Can you help Rosie?
1. Find the six mistakes – tick them below, when you’ve found each one.
2. Make the changes on her form.
3. Fill in the form with your details, for practice.
Spelling –
the name of
the course
Capital
letters –
for her
name
Grammar
error –
writing
about last
year
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Using the
wrong word
– in her
sentences
Spelling – in
her
sentences
Writing – her
address in
the usual
order
Small Steps Training Organisation
Expression of Interest in Child-care Courses
Please use capital letters.
Cert 2 in Chilrens Services
Which course do you want to study?
When do you want to study?
This year/ Next year
Cross out the wrong year:
Rosie MCDONALD
NEW FIELDS
17 Farmers RD
3999
What’s your name & address?
Please use capital letters.
This year I complete Preparation for Child Care
Have you studied with Small Steps
before? Please write details:
Because I love children and babies. Also in my suburb
they are four child care centres so I can find a job wen I
finish.
Why do you want to be a child-care
worker?
Write one or two sentences:
Leave this form at Reception. Thanks
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Your details
Imagine you want to study a Certificate III in Children’s Services, this
year. You have never studied at Small Steps before but you’ve always
loved babies.
Small Steps Training Organisation
Expression of Interest in Child-care Courses
Please use capital letters.
Which course do you want to study?
When do you want to study?
This year/ Next year
Cross out the wrong year:
What’s your name & address?
Please use capital letters.
Have you studied with Small Steps
before? Please write details:
Why do you want to be a child-care
worker?
Write one or two sentences:
After you’ve finished this writing task, discuss with your class why it’s
better to get it right when you fill in an application for work or study.
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Write about your discussion here:
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ACSF: Skill level, focus area/performance features
Writing
1.06
Displays limited vocabulary,
grammatical accuracy and
understandings of conventions
of written text
Vocabulary
Grammar
Punctuation
Spelling
Legibility
Learning
– partial
2.02
Using prior knowledge and
scaffolding
Uses simple strategies
to clarify and remember
main points or reinforce
elements of a skill
This activity is simple and rather obvious, with direct links to the Focus
Areas of the second indicator of Writing in the ACSF. If you’re working in
SEE, it will show the Independent Verifiers that you’ve given your
learners an opportunity to understand the ‘conventions of written text’.
 NB: in the ‘support’ box on p. 77 of the ACSF, ‘prompting and advice’
is stated for this level, so any discussion, corrections and learning
while demonstrating the skill level is appropriate.
 NB: this is an over-working at Level 1; the ‘task complexity’ refers to
one or two steps and there are many more than that, here. But, at this
level, teaching and assessing and learning and demonstrating skills
can be combined, so you’re raising awareness at the same time as
getting learners to demonstrate that awareness.
Answer key
Spelling –
the name
of the
course
Capital
letters
‘children’ is No caps for
misspelled first name
and street
Grammar
error –
writing
about last
year
Using the
wrong word
– in her
sentences
Spelling –
in her
sentences
Writing - her
address in the
usual order
‘complete’
is written in
simple
present
‘they’ is
written for
‘there’
‘when’ is
misspelled
The suburb is
written before
the street.
Materials produced by Lindee Conway for ALA, 2014.
Materials produced by Lindee Conway for ALA, 2014.
ACSF
links:
ACSF
links:
ACSF link:
Limited
Spelling;
Punctuation; verb tenses
Vocabulary Legibility –
–
printed text
memorised
words
ACSF
links:
ACSF
links:
Spelling:
Vocabulary
Spelling:
Vocabulary
ACSF links:
Grammarbasic
structures
Legibility –
consistency
Sample answers to discussion questions
The teachers in the course might not want to give Rosie a place if they
think she can’t spell ‘children’ properly.
You look smarter if you’ve checked your form before you put it in.
It’s easier for them to send you the paperwork if your address is easy to
read.
Materials produced by Lindee Conway for ALA, 2014.