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Zines - Level 6 Sample Unit

Victorian Essential Learning Standards

Zines can be used to assess a range of Victorian Essential Learning Standards.

The table below is an example of how this unit might be used to assess some Level 6 standards.

Strand

Domain

Dimension

Key elements of standards

Students:

Physical, Personal and Social Learning

Interpersonal Development

Working in teams

... work collaboratively, negotiate roles and delegate tasks ...

... record their reflections on the effectiveness of learning in a team.

... develop and implement strategies for improving their contributions to achieving the team goals.

Physical, Personal and Social Learning

Personal Learning

The individual learner

... determine, monitor and modify learning improvement goals, taking into account current and future learning needs.

Physical, Personal and Social Learning

Personal Learning

Managing personal learning

... allocate appropriate time and identify and utilise appropriate resources to manage competing priorities and complete tasks, including learner-directed projects, within set timeframes.

Discipline-based Learning

The Arts

Creating and making

... vary the content, structure and form of their arts works to suit a range of purposes, contexts, audiences and/or the conventions of a specific style, and demonstrate technical competence in the use of skills, techniques and processes.

... effectively use a range of traditional and contemporary media, materials, equipment and technologies.

Discipline-based Learning

English

Reading

... identify the multiple purposes for which texts are created.

... compare and contrast the typical features of particular texts and synthesise information from different texts to draw conclusions.

Discipline-based Learning

English

Writing

... select subject matter and begin to use a range of language techniques to try to position readers ...

... compose a range of other texts, such as feature articles, webpages and workplace texts.

... proofread and edit their own writing for accuracy, consistency and clarity.

Discipline-based Learning

English

Speaking and listening

...compare ideas, build on others’ ideas, provide and justify other points of view, and reach conclusions that take account of aspects of an issue.

Interdisciplinary Learning

Information and Communications Technology

ICT for creating

... apply criteria to evaluate the extent to which their information products meet user needs and comply with intellectual property laws. (Level 5)

... appraise different strategies for organising and managing resources involved in problem solving and creating information products.

Interdisciplinary Learning

Information and Communications Technology

ICT for communicating

... (use) language appropriate to the selected form of communication, and demonstrating respect for cultural differences.

Interdisciplinary Learning

Thinking Processes

Reasoning, processing and inquiry

... discriminate in the way they use a variety of sources.

For further advice see the Assessment section.


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