Reading Rubric
F
C
P
D
HD
Use of texts
Contextual
understandings
Conventions
Processes and
strategies
HD
Use of texts
D
Students demonstrate
increasing sophistication,
complexity, variety and
control when making
meaning from written texts.
Fails to show evidence of
interpretation and
discussion of ideas,
information and events in
text
Interprets and discusses
ideas, information and
events in texts containing
some unfamiliar concepts
and topics.
Identifies, discusses,
compares and justifies own
interpretation of
challenging ideas and
issues presented in texts
containing complex
language structures and
features.
Explores different
perspectives on complex
issues through reading,
comparing and evaluating
a range of texts and relates
these perspectives to
personal understanding.
Constructs meanings from
a range of texts, including
those characterised by
complexity of construction
and subject matter, and
justifies these with detailed
and well-chosen evidence.
Contextual
understandings
C
Students develop a critical
awareness of the ways
language varies according
to context and how
language affects the ways
students view themselves
and the world in which they
live.
Fails to recognise that texts
are constructed for
particular contexts,
purposes and to appeal to
certain groups
Recognises that texts are
constructed for particular
contexts, purposes and to
appeal to certain groups.
Explains possible reasons
for varying interpretations
of texts.
Considers the influence of
socio-cultural contexts on
the construction and
interpretation of texts.
Analyses critically the
interrelationships between
texts, contexts, readers
and producers of texts.
Conventions
P
Students interpret the
conventions of written texts
with understanding and
critical awareness.
Fails to identify and discuss
how language structures
and conventions work to
shape readers'
understanding of text
Identifies and discusses
how language structures
and conventions work to
shape readers’
understandings of text.
Draws on knowledge of
language features and
conventions of text
structure to explain how
texts are constructed.
Interprets conventions and
features of texts by
comparing similarities and
differences in form and
meaning.
Identifies and comments on
the impact of conventions
used to shape readers’
interpretations and
responses to texts.
Processes and
strategies
F
Students select from a
repertoire of processes and
strategies when reading by
reflecting on their
understanding of the way
language works.
Fails to select, use and
reflect on strategies
appropriate for different
texts and reading
purposes; identifies
information needs; and
finds resources for specific
purposes.
Selects, uses and reflects
on strategies appropriate
for different texts and
reading purposes; identifies
information needs; and
finds resources for specific
purposes.
Systematically locates
relevant information and
ideas from a range of texts
and interprets and
reconstructs them for
various purposes.
Draws on a repertoire of
strategies to construct
meanings and compare
and evaluate different texts
containing complex issues.
Uses reading strategies
that enable detailed critical
responses to be made to
texts and formulates and
compares critically
information from different
sources.