English Assessment Map – Sample at Level 6
Samples are available for the following tasks:
Victoria’s water
Within a unit of work which combined the English with Information and Communications Technology and Thinking Processes domains, students researched the issue of managing Victoria’s water resources. They then participated in a debate and wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper on the issue. In the research phase, students read and evaluated various sources of information for their debate and writing task. The following sample has been derived from work undertaken using Intel Education’s internet based Showing Evidence Tool: Analyzing and Evaluating Information.
The elements of the Reading standard addressed by the task are:
(Students) read, view, analyse and discuss a wide range of informative and persuasive texts …
(Students) ... synthesise information from different texts to draw conclusions.
The following sample extract illustrates the kind of response that students produce when they have achieved the elements of the standard addressed by the task.
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Reading – Level 6
A. Draws on a wide range of Internet resources, including Australian, international, lobbyist and governmental websites.
B. Provides sources that include informative and persuasive texts.
C. Shows understanding of content of chosen texts, with analysis and judgment provided, including rationale.
Element of the standard
(Students) read, view, analyse and discuss a wide range of informative and persuasive texts ...
D. Synthesises information by stating how well the evidence supports the claim, as well as how the material will support a debate position.
E. Shows understanding of how evidence might rebut an opposition claim.
Element of the standard
(Students) ... synthesise information from different texts to draw conclusions.
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