Who? What? When? Where?

Assessment Schedule

Close Reading

Students should

LEVEL 2

Respond to language, meanings, and ideas in different texts, relating them to personal experiences. 

Key Indicators

Students will be able to:

·	identify and discuss the structure of a narrative 
·	orally retell a narrative 
·	talk about the author's use of language - words/phrases, adjectives, and similes - used to convey a message. 

LEVEL 3 

Discuss language, meanings, and ideas, in a range of texts, relating their understanding to personal experiences and other texts. 

Key Indicators

 Students will be able to:

·	identify and discuss the structure of a narrative 
·	orally retell a narrative using the narrative structure 
·	identify and talk about the author's purpose, and the language used - similes, metaphors, words phrases - to convey meaning. 

LEVEL 4

Discuss language, meanings, and ideas in a range of texts, relating their understanding to experiences, purposes, audience and other texts. 

Key Indicators 

Students will be able to:

·	identify and discuss the structure of a narrative 
·	orally retell a narrative using with confidence the narrative structure 
·	identify and talk about the author's purpose, and the language used to convey meaning to the author's audience. 
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Interpersonal Listening and Speaking

LEVEL 2

Listen to and interact with others in a group or class discussion. 

Converse, ask questions, and talk about events and personal experiences in a group. 

Key Indicators

Students will be able to:

·	listen to the ideas of others 
·	ask questions relevant to the topic 
·	talk about and recall the main features of a character/narrative 
·	participate in small group storytelling. 

LEVEL 3

Listen to and interact with others to clarify understanding in a group or class discussion. 

Talk clearly in small and large groups about experiences, events, and ideas, organising material effectively and attending to other's responses. 

Key Indicators

Students will be able to:

·	listen to the ideas and opinions of others 
·	ask questions to further develop their understanding of narrative 
·	contribute to, and use the features of a narrative text in group storytelling 
·	listen to and add to an original story line. 

LEVEL 4

Listen to and interact with others to clarify understanding of narrative, information, ideas, and opinions, and to contribute to discussion, in one-to-one, small group, and class discussion. 

Talk coherently in small and large groups about experiences, events, information, ideas, and opinions, organising material effectively, and questioning and supporting others. 

Key Indicators

Students will be able to:

·	listen to the ideas and opinions of others 
·	ask questions and contribute to discussion 
·	talk about, and identify main characteristics of narrative text 
·	contribute to and use confidently the features of narrative text in one-to-one, small group storytelling 
·	further develop a story line by listening to others 
·	listen to and further develop an original storyline. 

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