Completing a Volunteer Application Form
Completing a Volunteer Application Form
In this task set, a learner is asked to complete a Volunteer Application Form in order to volunteer with a local agency.
- Question or Task Sheet
- Volunteer Application Form (attached)
A1. Read continuous text
Competency A: Find and use Information
Task group A1: Read continuous text
Level: 1
At this level, learners: Read brief texts to locate specific details
Performance Descriptors
(Please note that not all might apply)
The learner:
• Decodes words and makes meaning of sentences in a single text
• Reads short texts to locate a single piece of information
• Follows the sequence of events in straightforward chronological texts
• Follows simple, straightforward instructional texts
• Identifies the main idea in brief texts
• Requires support to identify sources and to evaluate and integrate information
Task Descriptors
(Please note that not all might apply)
• Scope of task is limited
• Involves one text
• Is up to one paragraph in length
• Contains common, familiar vocabulary
• Has a familiar context
• Addresses concrete, day-to-day topics
• Has a highly explicit purpose
Text Types:
Instructional, descriptive, narrative, and brief informational texts
Examples:
• Notes
• Simple directions
• Instructions
• Brief emails
• Simple narratives
ESKARGO:
Embedded Skills, Knowledge and Attitudes Reference Guide for Ontario - A1.1
A2. Interpret documents
Competency A: Find and Use Information
Task Group A2: Interpret documents
Level: 2
At this level, learners: Interpret simple documents to locate and connect information
Performance Descriptors
The learner:
- Performs limited searches using one or two search criteria
- Extracts information from tables and forms
- Locates information in simple graphs and maps
- Uses layout to locate information
- Makes connections between parts of documents
- Makes low-level inferences
- Begins to identify sources and evaluate information
Task Descriptors
- Scope of task is clearly defined
- Involves one document
- Uses a simple format
- Displays a limited amount of information
- Is typically up to one page in length
- May include unfamiliar elements (e.g. vocabulary, context, topic)
- Documents at this level may contain a paragraph or more of text
Examples:
- Forms
- Tables
- Simple graphs
- Street maps
- Simple flow charts
- Floor plans
ESKARGO:
Embedded Skills, Knowledge and Attitudes Reference Guide for Ontario – A2.2
B2. Write continuous text
Competency B: Communicate Ideas and Information
Task Group B2: Write continuous text
Level: 1
At this level, learners: Write brief texts to convey simple ideas and factual information
Performance Descriptors
The learner:
- Writes simple texts to request, remind, or inform
- Conveys simple ideas and factual information
- Demonstrates a limited understanding of sequence
- Uses sentence structure, upper and lower case, and basic punctuation
- Uses highly familiar vocabulary
Task Descriptors
- Scope of task is limited
- Addresses concrete, day-to-day topics
- Addresses a small, familiar audience
- Is informal
- Is up to a paragraph in length
- Has a familiar context
- Has a highly explicit purpose
Text types:
instructional, descriptive, narrative, and brief informational texts
Examples:
- Notes
- Brief emails
- Directions
- Instructions
- Text messages
ESKARGO:
Embedded Skills, Knowledge and Attitudes Reference Guide for Ontario – B2.1
B3. Complete and create documents
Competency B: Communicate Ideas and Information
Task Group B3: Complete and create documents
Level: 1
At this level, learners: Create very simple documents to display and organize a limited amount of information
Performance Descriptors
To complete documents, the learner:
- Makes a direct match between what is requested and what is entered
- Makes entries using familiar vocabulary
To create documents, the learner:
- Follows conventions to display information in lists, labels, simple forms, signs (e.g. images support the message, text is legible)
- Organizes lists to suit purpose (e.g. chronologically, alphabetically, numerically, sequentially)
- Includes titles where required
- Uses labels and headings to organize content
- Presents text and numbers below one or more headings in lists
Task Descriptors
- Scope of task is limited
- Involves one document up to a page in length
- Has a very simple format
- Requires few entries
- Contains clearly labeled entry fields
- Entries require common, familiar vocabulary
- Has a familiar context
- Addresses concrete, day-to-day topics
- Has a highly explicit purpose
- Documents at this level may require entering up to one paragraph of text
Examples:
- Lists
- Labels
- Simple forms
- Cheques
- Signs
ESKARGO:
Embedded Skills, Knowledge and Attitudes Reference Guide for Ontario – B3.1