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Stage 4 and 5 Outcomes

The table below illustrates the relationship between the objectives and the outcomes. The outcomes are set
for each stage of learning and are used for programming and for assessing student achievement.
 

Objectives
Stage 4 Outcomes
Stage 5 Outcomes
Through responding to and composing a wide range of texts in context and through close study of texts, students will develop skills, knowledge and understanding in order to:





A student:





A student:
·          speak, listen, read, write, view and represent
1   responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure
1   responds to and composes increasingly sophisticated and sustained texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure
2   uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts
2   uses and critically assesses a range of processes for responding and composing
3   responds to and composes texts in different technologies
3   selects, uses, describes and explains how different technologies affect and shape meaning
·          use language and communicate appropriately and effectively
4   uses and describes language forms and features, and structures of texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences and contexts
4   selects and uses language forms and features, and structures of texts according to different purposes, audiences and contexts, and describes and explains their effects on meaning
5   makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence
5   transfers understanding of language concepts into new and different contexts
·          think in ways that are imaginative, interpretive and critical
6   draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts
6   experiments with different ways of imaginatively and interpretively transforming experience, information and ideas into texts
7   thinks critically and interpretively about information, ideas and arguments to respond to and compose texts
7   thinks critically and interpretively using information, ideas and increasingly complex arguments to respond to and compose texts in a range of contexts
8   makes connections between and among texts
8   investigates the relationships between and among texts
·          express themselves and their relationships with others and the world
9   demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it
9   demonstrates understanding of the ways texts reflect personal and public worlds
10 identifies, considers and appreciates cultural expression in texts
10 questions, challenges and evaluates cultural assumptions in texts and their effects on meaning
·          learn and reflect on their learning through their study of English.
11 uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning.
11 uses, reflects on, assesses and adapts their individual and collaborative skills for learning with increasing independence and effectiveness.

Life Skills

For some students with special education needs, particularly those students with an intellectual disability, it may be determined that the above outcomes are not appropriate. For these students, Life Skills outcomes and content can provide the basis for the development of a relevant and meaningful program