Assessment task
Year level
4
Learning area
English
Subject
Reading Comprehension Strategies
Title of task
Reading Comprehension Task and Questions
Description of task
Students read a text and answer questions at different levels.
Type of assessment
Purpose of
assessment
To assess students’ understanding of comprehension strategies and how they apply
them to different texts.
Assessment strategy Text and answers.
Evidence to be
collected
Answers on sheets marked and highlighted on rubric where student is at.
Suggested time
1x 25 minute session.
Content from the
Western Australian
Curriculum
Make connections between the ways different authors may represent similar
storylines, ideas and relationships (ACELT1602)
Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language
features of literary texts (ACELT1604)
Task preparation
Prior learning
Explicit teaching of comprehension strategies.
Assessment
differentiation
Teachers should differentiate their teaching and assessment to meet the specific
learning needs of their students, based on their level of readiness to learn and their
need to be challenged.
Where appropriate, teachers may either scaffold or extend the scope of the assessment
tasks.
Assessment task
Assessment
conditions
Independent silent time given in class.
Resources
RIC Comprehension Book
2016/20018v2
English | School Curriculum and Standards Authority Template – Assessment task
1
Marking key
Description
Marks
Students show an understanding of literal and implied meaning.
Analyses literal and implied meaning in texts, integrating ideas across a range
of texts.
3
Describes literal and implied meaning and explains connection of ideas in
different texts.
2
Describes literal and implied meaning, connecting ideas in different texts.
1
Subtotal
Description
/3
Marks
Students discuss language features, images and vocabulary.
Compares how language features, images and vocabulary are used to engage
the interest of audiences across a range of texts.
3
Explains, in detail, how language features, images and vocabulary are used to
engage the interest of audiences across a range of texts.
2
Explains how language features, images and vocabulary are used to engage
the interest of audiences.
1
Subtotal
Description
/3
Marks
Students show an understanding of text structure, purpose and context.
Makes connections between features of text structure and recognises how
they can be represented in different ways to identify purpose and context
across a range of text types.
3
Describes differences in text structures and recognises how they can be
represented in different ways depending on purpose and context.
2
Identifies different text structures depending on purpose and context.
1
Subtotal
Description
/3
Marks
Students show their point of view about a text.
Explains preferences for particular texts, and responds to others’ viewpoints,
comparing to own experiences.
3
Expresses preferences for particular texts, and responds to others’ viewpoints,
sharing their own experiences.
2
Expresses preferences for particular texts, and responds to others’ viewpoints.
1
Subtotal
Total
2016/20018v2
English | School Curriculum and Standards Authority Template – Marking key
/3
/12
2