22234VIC Course in Initial General Education for Adults
VU21283 Engage with short simple texts for personal purposes
VU21284 Engage with short simple texts for learning purposes
VU21286 Engage with short simple texts to participate in the community
Student ID: Name: Signature:
Assessor: Date: Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory

Digitally based engage assessment 1 of 2: A Timetable

Hume Mobile Library
http://www.humelibraries.vic.gov.au/Locations_Hours/Libraries/Hume_Mobile_Library (05.06.13)
ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED CORRECTLY IN CLASS TIME
LOCATE INFORMATION
1.1  A. Identify a limited range of short, simple texts in the learning environment, personally relevant and community related □
B. This text is: (Circle 1)
a. an invitation
b. a road sign
c. a timetable
d. a student card
1.2 This text:(Circle 1 or more)
a. has numbers
b. has symbols
c. has pictures
d. has names of places
1.3 A. What is the telephone number for the Hume Mobile Library?
B. Which day is the Hume Mobile Library near your area?
C. What is a good time for you to use the mobile library in your area?
READ
2.1 A. When I read the text, I:(Circle 1 or more)
a. found some words that I could read
b. sounded out some words
c. used the columns and rows to help me understand it
B. This text is from:(Circle 1)
a. a friend
b. the council
c. a school
2.2 This text is about: (Circle )
a. the cost of using the Hume Mobile Library
b. the time and places where the Hume Mobile Library goes
c. joining the Hume Mobile Library
2.3 Why was this text written? To:(Circle 1)
a. provide information
b. make you laugh
c. give directions

(For teacher – digitally based text in hard copy)

Hume Mobile Library
Tel: 03 9356 6980
The Hume Mobile Library operates on a weekly timetable across Campbellfield, Coolaroo, Dallas, Greenvale, Meadow Heights and Roxburgh Park.
Day
/ Time
/ Location
/
Monday: / 1 - 7pm / Roxburgh Park Homestead Shopping Centre
Corner Roxburgh Park Drive and Ravenhill Boulevard, Roxburgh Park
Tuesday: / 1 - 7pm / Visy Cares Learning Centre
13 - 17 Hudson Circuit, Meadow Heights
Wednesday: / 3 - 7.30pm / Greenvale Shopping Centre
Greenvale Drive, Greenvale
Thursday: / 3 - 4pm / Outside Coolaroo South Primary School
Bushfield Crescent, Coolaroo
5 - 7.30pm / Campbellfield Plaza
Corner Sydney Road and Mahoneys Road, Campbellfield
Friday: / 9am - 12noon / Somerset Road,Campbellfield
1 - 5pm / Dallas Shopping Centre
Dargie Court, Dallas
Saturday: / 9am - 12noon / Greenvale Shopping Centre
Greenvale Drive, Greenvale
Sunday: / Closed
Closed on public holidays.
Updated : 2:53 PM, 12 March 2013
ACSF Reading Level 1 Performance Descriptors
Exiting ACSF Level / Reading ability – to exit a level, students should be proficient in most elements
Exiting CGEA Course in Initial
1 / Text navigation – locates 1 or 2 pieces of specific information, e.g. place / time on appointment calendar
Comprehension strategies – uses simple processes to make links between 2 or more pieces of information
Decoding and fluency – reads word by word; decodes by sounding out or uses syllables
Syntax and language patterns – starts to use surrounding words to identify unknown word; can predict the next word of familiar phrases; recognises and understand the use of basic punctuation (e.g. full stops)
Vocabulary – recognises high frequency words, signs and symbols; uses pictures and word lists to assist word identification
Complexity – understands short, highly explicit and culturally accessible texts; understands simple sentences
ACSF Reading and Writing Level 1 Performance Variables
Support / Context / Text Complexity / Task Complexity
Works alongside teacher
Teacher prompting
Teacher giving advice / Highly familiar
Concrete
Very restricted range / Short and simple
Highly explicit
Limited, highly familiar vocabulary / Concrete tasks 1-2 steps
Locating
Recognising

Kangan Institute V1 2013

22234VIC Course in Initial General Education for Adults
VU21283 Engage with short simple texts for personal purposes
VU21284 Engage with short simple texts for learning purposes
VU21286 Engage with short simple texts to participate in the community
Student ID: Name: Signature:
Assessor: Date: Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory

Kangan Institute V1 2013