School Assessment: Preparing for Internal Tasks
How internal assessment works
School assessment in Stage 2 Punjabi is built from a set of assessed tasks across the year, typically covering interaction (oral), text production (writing) and text analysis (reading/viewing). Your teacher designs the tasks within the school's approved plan, so the exact weighting varies, but the skills assessed do not. Treat every task as a performance of the same three abilities: understanding a Punjabi text, responding appropriately, and reflecting on your own language use.
Concepts to prepare
- Text types: notice, letter, email, diary entry, article, speech, conversation, interview. Know the layout conventions of each: salutation and closing in letters, headings in articles, informal openings in emails.
- Purpose and audience: who is reading, and what tone is expected? A letter to a gurdwara committee is not a text to a friend.
- Cohesion: use connectives such as ਇਸ ਲਈ, ਪਰ, ਜਦੋਂ ਕਿ, ਉੱਤੇ ਹੀ to link ideas.
- Reflection: many tasks ask you to explain why you chose a word or structure. Keep a log of corrections from each task.
Traps in internal tasks
- Ignoring the text type – writing a list when an article is required.
- Underusing Punjabi – slipping into English for connectives or technical words.
- Neglecting the planning step – a five-minute plan prevents repetition and off-topic content.
- Forgetting the reflection – marks are often allocated for commenting on your own choices.
- Not editing – gender agreement and spelling errors are the most common lost marks.
Worked approach
Suppose the task is: Write an email to a cousin inviting them to a family function. Plan in three lines: greeting (ਸਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ), purpose (ਸਾਡੇ ਘਰ ਇਕ ਸਮਾਗਮ ਹੈ), invitation plus one detail (ਤਾਰੀਖ, ਸਮਾਂ, ਕੰਮ). Draft, then check every verb against its subject's gender and number. Finish with a closing line and your name. Before submitting, read once only for grammar, once only for content.
Rule of thumb
Spend one quarter of the time planning and one quarter editing; the middle half is drafting.