Literacy

Assessing Pupils' Progress
How to mark literacy in your classroom

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Reading

	AF2 Understand, describe and retrieve information	AF3 Deduce, infer or interpret information, events or ideas from texts	AF6 Identify and comment on writers' purposes and viewpoints
Level 4	Summarise the main points in a text Find and use ideas and information from texts Decide on relevant key words to help a search Refer to the text when explaining their views about it Choose mostly relevant information from texts & make notes	Show that they understand significant ideas, themes, events and characters Develop some deductions & inferences Support their opinions about texts	Comment on why a text has been written Tell the difference between facts and opinions
Level 5	Choose key ideas and information from texts Bring relevant information together from a range of sources Consider whether sources are accurate and useful Use evidence from texts to 'back up' their views Use different sorts of notes	Understand some meanings below the surface of texts Use inference and deduction to understand texts Interpret texts and use supporting quotations	Understand a writer's purpose - even when it is not obvious Identify bias and opinion in texts Consider their own reaction to texts
Level 6	Sum up the main points in a text Bring together and use a wide range of relevant information from different sources Consider whether sources are trustworthy Use quotations to 'back up' their views Choose the best way of making notes	Begin to explore layers of meaning Recognise and comment on implied meanings Consider more than one interpretation of a text	Tell the difference between an author's and a character's viewpoints Comment on bias and opinion in texts Suggest how readers might react

Writing

	AF4 Construct paragraphs and use cohesion within and between paragraphs	AF5 Vary sentences for clarity, purpose and effect	WAF6 Write with technical accuracy using punctuation in phrases, clauses and sentences
Level 4	Use sections of writing to expand ideas Use simple connectives to link sentences	Begin to use different length of sentence, including complex sentences Write accurately in different tenses	Use full stops and some commas
Level 5	Use paragraphs to organise their ideas Use apt connectives and pronouns	Vary sentence length, structure and connectives for effect Vary tenses as appropriate and use modals	Almost always use full stops, commas, speech marks and other basic punctuation correctly
Level 6	Use a variety of ways to organise paragraphs such as contrast and time Use adverbials or connectives to link ideas in and between paragraphs	Vary sentences, sometimes starting them with phrases or subordinate clauses Use modal verbs when appropriate	Use punctuation to clarify meaning and show the structure of sentences

AF4
Construct paragraphs and use cohesion within and between paragraphs

AF5
Vary sentences for clarity, purpose and effect

WAF6
Write with technical accuracy using punctuation in phrases, clauses and sentences

Level 4

Use sections of writing to expand ideas
Use simple connectives to link sentences

Begin to use different length of sentence, including complex sentences
Write accurately in different tenses

Use full stops and some commas

Level 5

Use paragraphs to organise their ideas
Use apt connectives and pronouns

Vary sentence length, structure and connectives for effect
Vary tenses as appropriate and use modals

Almost always use full stops, commas, speech marks and other basic punctuation correctly

Level 6

Use a variety of ways to organise paragraphs such as contrast and time
Use adverbials or connectives to link ideas in and between paragraphs

Vary sentences, sometimes starting them with phrases or subordinate clauses
Use modal verbs when appropriate

Use punctuation to clarify meaning and show the structure of sentences

Speaking and Listening

	AF1 Talk in purposeful and imaginative ways to explore ideas and feelings, using non-verbal features for clarity and effect	AF 2 Listen and respond to others, identifying main ideas, implicit meanings and viewpoint, and how these are presented	AF 4 Make a range of contributions when working in groups, shaping meanings through suggestions, comments and questions
Level 4	talk with increasing confidence, describing events clearly begin to try out different tones and gestures for effect	listen with increasing confidence, and are able to develop ideas and describe events clearly some awareness of tone to show emotions	contributions made and questions asked in response to others' ideas and views begin to manage their own turn-taking and roles within the group
Level 5	use to the typical organisation and language to suit their purpose talk to engage the listener by varying expression and vocabulary	listen confidently and pay close attention to what is being said, relating to purpose and viewpoint Recognition of variation in speaker's tone and style with some comment	make a range of contributions that take into account other's points of view and move discussions forward increasing independence in managing their role within the group
Level 6	Adapt their talk to the demands of their context, purpose and audience with confidence engage the listener through variety and liveliness of both expression and vocabulary	effective listening through asking questions and offering alternative ideas sensitive to tone, undertone and other indications of the speaker's intentions	take an active part in discussion, make a range of contributions to show understanding of ideas ability to manage their role within the group, make a range of contributions the help the group fulfil the task

AF1
Talk in purposeful and imaginative ways to explore ideas and feelings, using non-verbal features for clarity and effect

AF 2
Listen and respond to others, identifying main ideas, implicit meanings and viewpoint, and how these are presented

AF 4
Make a range of contributions when working in groups, shaping meanings through suggestions, comments and questions