Assessment & Reporting


Marking Key:  D - Developing,   A - Achieving,   E - Exceeding

Student Record for English - Levels 2 & 3
Outcomes English Level 2
               
Outcomes English Level 3
Reading
Uses basic strategies to locate , select and read a range of simple texts; recalls and discusses significant ideas from texts; and understands that people write about real and imagined experiences.
                Reading
Integrates a range of strategies to interpret and discuss relationships between ideas, information and events in written texts; identifies and uses language structures; and recognises and discusses the use of symbols and stereotypes to make meaning.
Speaking & Listening
Listens and talks confidently with peers, teachers and other adults in school activities; is aware of the need to change speaking and listening to suit different situations; and experiments with ways to improve communication with others.
                Speaking & Listening
Uses an increasing range of spoken texts to communicate ideas and obtain information; and when communicating about familiar concepts, usually uses the structures and features of spoken language appropriately, adopting speaking and listening to suit different purposes.
Viewing
Discusses and categorises familiar visual texts; understands that these texts are created by people to represent real or imaginary experiences; identifies some distinguishing features of, and interprets some symbolic meanings in commonly viewed texts; and used knowledge of familiar texts to construct meaning from new texts.
                Viewing
Examines and discusses ways in which the content and purpose of visual texts dictate their form; identifies and interprets simple symbolic representations and stereotypes ; recognises ways in which particular codes or conventions work to shape viewers' understandings; and integrates a variety of strategies for interpreting familiar texts.
Writing
Produces brief written texts to communicate experiences, information and feelings; discusses some of the purposes for writing; knows that writing can be planned, reviewed and changed; and produces texts that follow some of the conventions of writing and can be read by others.
                Writing
Combines several ideas in logical sequence to write a small range of text types; recognises the needs of particular audiences and purposes in writing; demonstrates control over many of the conventions of language; experiments with others; and uses strategies for planning, reviewing and proof reading.
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