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ACHIEVEMENT CHART – ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH LITERACY DEVELOPMENT, GRADES 9–12
Categories
50−59% (Level 1)
60−69% (Level 2)
70−79% (Level 3)
80−100% (Level 4)
Knowledge and Understanding – Subject-specific content acquired in each course (knowledge), and the comprehension of its meaning and significance (understanding)
The student:
Knowledge of content
(e.g., vocabulary, grammati- cal structures, punctuation, terminology, forms of text and media)
demonstrates limited knowl- edge of content
demonstrates some knowledge of content
demonstrates considerable knowledge of content
demonstrates thorough knowl- edge of content
Understanding of content (e.g., information and ideas, themes in novels and short stories, literary devices, language variety)
demonstrates limited under- standing of content
demonstrates some under- standing of content
demonstrates considerable understanding of content
demonstrates thorough under- standing of content
Thinking – The use of critical and creative thinking skills and/or processes
The student:
Use of planning skills
(e.g., focusing an inquiry, gathering information, organizing a project)
uses planning skills with limited effectiveness
uses planning skills with some effectiveness
uses planning skills with considerable effectiveness
uses planning skills with a high degree of effectiveness
Use of processing skills
(e.g., selecting, analysing, generating, integrating, syn- thesizing, evaluating, form- ing conclusions)
uses processing skills with limited effectiveness
uses processing skills with some effectiveness
uses processing skills with considerable effectiveness
uses processing skills with a high degree of effectiveness
Use of critical/creative thinking processes
(e.g., reading process, writing process, oral discourse, research)
uses critical/ creative thinking processes
with limited effectiveness
uses critical/ creative thinking processes
with some effectiveness
uses critical/ creative thinking processes with considerable effectiveness
uses critical/ creative thinking processes with a high degree of effectiveness
Communication – The conveying of meaning through various forms
The student:
Expression and organiza- tion of ideas and informa- tion in oral and visual forms (e.g., presentations, dialogues, discussions, role playing, debates, graphic texts, media works) and writ- ten forms (e.g., journals, notes, narratives, reports, résumés, stories, poems)
expresses and organizes ideas and information with limited effectiveness
expresses and organizes ideas and information with some effectiveness
expresses and organizes ideas and information with considerable effectiveness
expresses and organizes ideas and information with a high degree of effectiveness
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