Beginning Developing
Text structure - Little understanding of text presented,
meaning making struggles with multiliteracies.
creating text Does not often convey ideas through
planning text text.
Rarely plans, drafts, reviews, and
revises work.
Comprehension Limited comprehension skills, can
somewhat predict text, unable to create
short versions of main ideas. Struggles
to write a structured narrative.
Grammar Early development stage categorising
parts of text, limited to basic nouns,
verbs and basic rules of formation.
Vocabulary/ Struggles to decode text. Difficulty
Decoding words expanding vocabulary.
Research Investigates very little texts, doesnt
have many research options.
Engagement with Makes perceptual connections between
texts image and words. Basic visual
communication.
Difficultly working with a variety of texts.
Group participation Little group participation, infrequent
critical analysis of topic provided.
Established
Makes sense of most texts, interprets
nearly all written meaning through
multiliteracies. Can convey some ideas
through text.
Frequently plans, drafts, reviews, and
revises work.
Comprehension skills developing, able to
predict text, able to create short versions
of main ideas.
Writes an interesting narrative with basic
structure.
Skills developed to determine, nouns,
verbs, pronouns, adjective; adverbs,
prepositions & conjunctions and rules of
formation and usage.
Decodes some text via syllable, synthetic
phonics & analytic phonics. Willing to
introduce some words to vocabulary.
Investigates some texts, has few
research options.
Makes both perceptual & mental
connections.
More complex visual communication.
Some use of imagination and designing.
Can work with a limited variety of texts.
Participates occasionally, however
infrequent critical analysis of topic.
Result
Understands fully communicated text,
interprets written meaning through various
literacies.
Uses text to convey ideas.
Often plans, drafts, reviews, and revises
work.
Critical comprehension skills, able to reflect
content, structure, language to construct
meaning of text.
Writes a cohesive, imaginative, well-
structured narrative
Understands finer distinctions between
parts of text and their interconnections
such as proper nouns, personal pronouns,
transitive & intransitive verbs. Proficient in
rules of formation and usage.
Consistently decodes multimodal text.
Introduces many new and relevant words
to vocabulary.
Investigates a variety of texts, has many
research options.
Able to interpret meaning by design
process through various multimodal
literacies.
Perception and mental connections well
developed.
Is able to comprehend and make meaning
using a variety of texts.
Frequently participates in group
discussions, provides critical analysis of
topics.