Example of Indicative Progress toward Level 2 Achievement Level 1 Achievement Standard– Reading and Level 2 Achievement Standard – Reading and viewing - English viewing - English Standard By the end of Level 1: In English, indicative progression towards the Level 2 By the end of Level 2: achievement standard may be when students: Students understand how similar texts share Students understand the different purposes characteristics by identifying text structures and of texts. language features used to describe characters, Describe how a picture helps tell a story or a diagram helps They make connections to personal settings and events or communicate factual to explain facts. experience when explaining characters and information. Identify a range of text organisation features (e.g. author, main events in short texts. They recognise all Standard Australian English subheadings, hyperlinks, diagrams, flowcharts, They identify that texts serve different index/glossary). phonemes, and most letter–sound matches. purposes and that this affects how they are Identify the typical structure and common language features They read texts that contain varied sentence organised. of multi-modal and visual texts. structures, some unfamiliar vocabulary, a They are able to read aloud, with developing Read short multi-modal texts and use the supporting images significant number of high-frequency sight words to predict the meaning of unfamiliar words. fluency, short texts with some unfamiliar and images that provide additional information. They monitor meaning and self-correct using vocabulary, simple and compound sentences context, prior knowledge, punctuation, language and supportive images. and phonic knowledge. When reading, they use knowledge of the They identify literal and implied meaning, main relationships between sounds and letters, ideas and supporting detail. high-frequency words, sentence-boundary Students make connections between texts by punctuation and directionality to make comparing content. meaning. They recall key ideas and recognise literal and implied meaning in texts.
Level 1 Achievement Standard– Reading and viewing - English Example of Indicative Progress toward Level 2 Achievement Standard Level 2 Achievement Standard – Reading and viewing - English By the end of Level 1: Students understand the different purposes of texts. They make connections to personal experience when explaining characters and main events in short texts. They identify that texts serve different purposes and that this affects how they are organised. They are able to read aloud, with developing fluency, short texts with some unfamiliar vocabulary, simple and compound sentences and supportive images. When reading, they use knowledge of the relationships between sounds and letters, high-frequency words, sentence-boundary punctuation and directionality to make meaning. They recall key ideas and recognise literal and implied meaning in texts. In English, indicative progression towards the Level 2 achievement standard may be when students: Describe how a picture helps tell a story or a diagram helps to explain facts. Identify a range of text organisation features (e.g. author, subheadings, hyperlinks, diagrams, flowcharts, index/glossary). Identify the typical structure and common language features of multi-modal and visual texts. Read short multi-modal texts and use the supporting images to predict the meaning of unfamiliar words. By the end of Level 2: Students understand how similar texts share characteristics by identifying text structures and language features used to describe characters, settings and events or communicate factual information. They recognise all Standard Australian English phonemes, and most letter–sound matches. They read texts that contain varied sentence structures, some unfamiliar vocabulary, a significant number of high-frequency sight words and images that provide additional information. They monitor meaning and self-correct using context, prior knowledge, punctuation, language and phonic knowledge. They identify literal and implied meaning, main ideas and supporting detail. Students make connections between texts by comparing content.
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