Standards of Achievement for English 11

Course Outcomes
Oral Language / Reading & Viewing Critically / Writing and Representing
Negotiated Grade
A (88%) / Student: fruitfully interacts and collaborates in pairs and groups, expresses ideas and information in a variety of situations and forms
- attentively listens to comprehend, interpret, and evaluate ideas and information from a variety of texts
- selects, adapts, and applies a wide range of strategies: to interact and collaborate with others in pairs and groups and to prepare and express oral communications,
-uses listening strategies to understand, recall, and analyse a variety of texts
- speaks and listens: to make insightful personal responses to texts and analyse, evaluate ideas and information from texts, synthesize and extend thinking
- frequently uses metacognitive strategies to reflect on and assess their speaking and listening
- intuitively recognises and applies the structures and features of oral language to convey and derive meaning / Students: frequently read, both collaboratively and independently, to comprehend a wide variety of literary texts, information and persuasive texts with increasing complexity and subtlety of ideas and form,
- before reading and viewing, select, adapt, and apply a wide range of strategies to anticipate content and construct meaning, including
-during reading and viewing, select, adapt, and effectively apply a range of strategies to construct, monitor, and confirm meaning
- after reading and viewing, select, adapt, and effectively apply a range of strategies to extend and confirm meaning, and to consider author’s craft,
- very effectively explain and support personal responses to texts , interpret, analyse, and evaluate ideas and information from texts, synthesize and extend thinking about texts
- use a wide range of metacognitive strategies to reflect on and assess their reading and viewing
- easily recognise and explain how structures and features of text shape readers’ and viewers’ construction of meaning and appreciation of author’s craft
- clearly demonstrate increasing word skills and vocabulary knowledge, / Students: write meaningful personal texts that express and purposefully elaborate on ideas and information,
- write consistently effective imaginative texts to develop ideas and information
- create thoughtful representations that effectively communicate ideas and information
- select, adapt, and apply a very effective range of strategies to develop, draft, compose, generate, develop, organize, revise, edit and publish ideas for writing and representing,
- on a consistently substantive basis write and represent to explain and support personal responses to texts, to interpret, analyse, and evaluate ideas and information from texts
- very effectively write and represent to synthesize and extend thinking
- use metacognitive strategies to reflect on and assess their writing and representing,
- creatively and effectively use and experiment with elements of style in writing and representing, appropriate to purpose and audience, to enhance meaning and artistry,
- effectively and consistently use conventions in writing and representing, appropriate to purpose and audience, to enhance meaning and artistry
Summary / The “A” is superior in depth of understanding, insight, knowledge and skill. Work demonstrably accomplishes purpose with originality, individuality, and maturity. Above outcomes are met and often exceeded with an abundance of strong evidence. Student clearly understands and has demonstrated all of the learning outcomes for the course and, in many instances, has gone beyond them.
B – (82%)
B (76%)
Strong C+ (70%) / Same as above with words in blue removed / Same as above with words in blue removed / Same as above with words in blue removed
Summary / B/C+ has a depth of understanding, insight, knowledge and skill at a level that is to be expected. Work demonstrably accomplishes purpose with originality, individuality, and maturity. Above outcomes are met and sometimes exceeded with ample evidence. Student clearly understands and has demonstrated all of the learning outcomes for the course and, in some instances, has gone beyond them.
C+ (67%) / Student: interacts and collaborates in pairs and groups, expresses ideas and information in a variety of situations and forms inconsistently
- listens to comprehend, interpret, and evaluate ideas and information from a variety of texts with mixed results
- selects, adapts, and applies a narrower than expected range of strategies: to interact and collaborate with others in pairs and groups and to prepare and express oral communications,
- developing use of listening strategies to understand, recall, and analyse a variety of texts
- speaks and listens: to make generally substantive personal responses to texts and analyse, evaluate ideas and information from texts, synthesize and extend thinking
- inconsistently uses metacognitive strategies to reflect on and assess their speaking and listening
- sometimes recognises and applies the structures and features of oral language to convey and derive meaning / Students: sometimes read, both collaboratively and independently, to comprehend a wide variety of literary texts, information and persuasive texts with increasing complexity and subtlety of ideas and form,
- before reading and viewing, select, adapt, and apply a narrow range of strategies to anticipate content and construct meaning, including
-during reading and viewing, select, adapt, and apply a small range of strategies to construct, monitor, and confirm meaning
- after reading and viewing, select, adapt, and apply a somewhat narrow range of strategies to extend and confirm meaning, and to consider author’s craft,
- with inconsistent effectiveness explain and support personal responses to texts , interpret, analyse, and evaluate ideas and information from texts, synthesize and extend thinking about texts
- use some metacognitive strategies to reflect on and assess their reading and viewing
- generally recognise and explain how structures and features of text shape readers’ and viewers’ construction of meaning and appreciation of author’s craft
- demonstrate some increasing word skills and vocabulary knowledge, / Students: write meaningful personal texts that express and purposefully elaborate on ideas and information,
- are sometimes able to write effective imaginative texts to develop ideas and information
- create thoughtful representations that adequately communicate ideas and information
- select, adapt, and apply a small range of strategies to develop, draft, compose, generate, develop, organize, revise, edit and publish ideas for writing and representing,
- are able to write and represent to explain and support personal responses to texts, to interpret, analyse, and evaluate ideas and information from texts
- able to write and represent to synthesize and extend thinking
- use metacognitive strategies to reflect on and assess their writing and representing,
- sometimes able to use and experiment with elements of style in writing and representing, appropriate to purpose and audience, to enhance meaning and artistry,
- often use conventions in writing and representing, appropriate to purpose and audience, to enhance meaning and artistry
C (63%)
Summary / C/C+ has a general depth of understanding, insight, knowledge and skill at an acceptable level. There may be some gaps. Work accomplishes purpose with some originality, individuality, and maturity. Above outcomes are met with a satisfactory amount of evidence. Student understands and has demonstrated all of the learning outcomes for the course.
C- (57%) / Student: infrequently interacts and collaborates in pairs and groups, expresses ideas and information in a variety of situations and forms
- listens to comprehend, interpret, and evaluate ideas and information from a variety of texts with limited results
- selects, adapts, and applies a limited range of strategies: to interact and collaborate with others in pairs and groups and to prepare and express oral communications,
- infrequent use of listening strategies to understand, recall, and analyse a variety of texts
- speaks and listens: to make limited personal responses to texts and analyse, evaluate ideas and information from texts, synthesize and extend thinking
- rarely uses metacognitive strategies to reflect on and assess their speaking and listening
- with difficulty, recognises and applies the structures and features of oral language to convey and derive meaning / Students: infrequently read, both collaboratively and independently, to comprehend a wide variety of literary texts, information and persuasive texts with increasing complexity and subtlety of ideas and form,
- before reading and viewing, select, adapt, and apply a very limited range of strategies to anticipate content and construct meaning, including
- during reading and viewing, has trouble selecting, adapting, and applying a range of strategies to construct, monitor, and confirm meaning
- after reading and viewing, has trouble selecting, adapting, and applying a range of strategies to extend and confirm meaning, and to consider author’s craft,
- with limited effectiveness explain and support personal responses to texts , interpret, analyse, and evaluate ideas and information from texts, synthesize and extend thinking about texts
- use few metacognitive strategies to reflect on and assess their reading and viewing
- struggles to recognise and explain how structures and features of text shape readers’ and viewers’ construction of meaning and appreciation of author’s craft
- demonstrate little increasing word skills and vocabulary knowledge, / Students: infrequently write meaningful personal texts that express and purposefully elaborate on ideas and information,
- struggle to write effective imaginative texts to develop ideas and information
- create thoughtful representations that barely adequately communicate ideas and information
- struggle to select, adapt, and apply a range of strategies to develop, draft, compose, generate, develop, organize, revise, edit and publish ideas for writing and representing,
- have difficulty with writing and representing to explain and support personal responses to texts, to interpret, analyse, and evaluate ideas and information from texts
- somewhat able to write and represent to synthesize and extend thinking
- use metacognitive strategies to reflect on and assess their writing and representing,
- struggle to use and experiment with elements of style in writing and representing, appropriate to purpose and audience, to enhance meaning and artistry,
- has difficulty using conventions in writing and representing, appropriate to purpose and audience, to enhance meaning and artistry
Summary / C- has an uneven or limited understanding, insight, knowledge and skill at a barely acceptable level. There are significant gaps in skill, ability and understanding. Work accomplishes purpose with limited originality, individuality, and maturity. Above outcomes are met with a minimum amount of evidence. Student understands and has demonstrated all of the learning outcomes for the course.
I / Student has not yet demonstrated an adequate level of skill or understanding in Oral Language / Student has not yet demonstrated an adequate level of skill or understanding in Reading & Viewing Critically / Student has not yet demonstrated an adequate level of skill or understanding in Writing and Representing
Work Habits / G / S / N
Highly effective use of time at school.
Enthusiastic about learning.
Positive effect on the community.
Works well individually and in groups. / Reliable attendance and participation.
Cooperative attitude.
Respectful of others, the school and the environment (e.g., recycles and cleans up).
Works well in groups (or individually). / Noticeably absent.
Distracted by socializing, Internet games, media, etc.
Usually little to no progress in course work or inquiry projects.
Avoids taking responsibility.