Example of Indicative Progress toward Level 10 Achievement English Level 9 Achievement Standard English 10 Achievement Standard Standard By the end of Level 9: In English, indicative progression towards the Level 10 By the end of Level 10: Reading and Viewing achievement standard may be when students: Reading and Viewing Students understand how the selection Students show how the selection of of text structures is influenced by the language features can achieve precision and selection of language mode and how this stylistic effect. varies for different purposes and They explain different viewpoints, attitudes audiences. and perspectives through the development They explain how language features, of cohesive and logical arguments. images and vocabulary are used to They develop their own style by represent different ideas and issues in experimenting with language features, texts. stylistic devices, text structures and images. They interpret texts, questioning the They create a wide range of texts to reliability of sources of ideas and articulate complex ideas. information. They demonstrate understanding of They select evidence from the text to grammar, vary vocabulary choices for show how events, situations and people impact, and accurately use spelling and can be represented from different punctuation when creating and editing texts. viewpoints.
English Level 9 Achievement Standard Example of Indicative Progress toward Level 10 Achievement Standard English 10 Achievement Standard By the end of Level 9: Reading and Viewing Students understand how the selection of text structures is influenced by the selection of language mode and how this varies for different purposes and audiences. They explain how language features, images and vocabulary are used to represent different ideas and issues in texts. They interpret texts, questioning the reliability of sources of ideas and information. They select evidence from the text to show how events, situations and people can be represented from different viewpoints. In English, indicative progression towards the Level 10 achievement standard may be when students: By the end of Level 10: Reading and Viewing Students show how the selection of language features can achieve precision and stylistic effect. They explain different viewpoints, attitudes and perspectives through the development of cohesive and logical arguments. They develop their own style by experimenting with language features, stylistic devices, text structures and images. They create a wide range of texts to articulate complex ideas. They demonstrate understanding of grammar, vary vocabulary choices for impact, and accurately use spelling and punctuation when creating and editing texts.
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