/ Learner Resource /
School Name / Merrimac State School
Subject / English / Topic / Creating a memoir / Year / 7
Description / Sample Pre-assessment task Unit 4
Instructions / This task will assess students’ ability to analyse a story of courage.
Students are required to analyse a report about a courageous person and
Answer questions relating to the report.
Task designed by / Sandra Messinbird / Contact / Janelle Dickman 0467 777 965
Student Name / Class / Date
Read this text about Anne Brunell and answer the following questions.

Anne Brunell is a skateboarder with a difference.
When pregnancy made it impossible for this paralympian and mother of two to wear her artificial legs, she relied on her trusty skateboard to get around. Despite being born without lower legs, Ms. Brunell has made the most of every opportunity with vigour, passion and courage. (1)
She was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women by Women's Affairs Minister Jacinta Allan to commemorate International Women's Day. (2)
Ms. Brunell was a ward of the state until she was four after being given up for adoption by her birth parents. Overcoming such challenges, she was the youngest competitor at the 1984 International Disabled Games in New York, where she won a bronze medal. She went on to win silver at the Seoul Paralympic Games and threegold and one bronze at the 1992 Barcelona Games. (3)
Her other credits include public speaking, volunteering and being a mother to Declan and Flynn.
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“I've worn artificial legs strapped to my waist since I was two years old - I've never known any different," Ms. Brunell said. "So it was pretty interesting when I was pregnant and had to get around using my skateboard. Being told I couldn't succeed just spurred me on - life is there to grasp and do something with." (5)
  1. Find a complex sentence in paragraph 1. ______
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  1. Find 2 abstract nouns in paragraph 1. ______
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  1. Find 2 noun groups in paragraph 1. ______
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  1. What type of person is Anne Brunell?______
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Find 2 examples of evaluative language from the text to justify your opinion of her.
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  1. In paragraph 3, the author uses flashback and contrast to tell us about Anne. Explain this, using words from the text to support your explanation.
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  1. Which paragraph of the text had the most impact on you? Explain how the language features used added to its power. ______
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South East Region Learner Resource template V1 – Aug 2013