Achievement standards

Responding to oral written and multimodal texts

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distinguishes between literal and implied meanings and analyses main ideas in familiar texts explains the purpose and audience of texts explains the effects of some text structures and language features used in texts explains common cultural references in texts	explains literal meanings, some implied meanings and main ideas in familiar texts describes the purpose and audience of texts describes the effects of some text structures and language features used in texts describes some common cultural references in texts	explains literal meanings and main ideas in familiar texts identifies the purpose and audience of texts describes some text structures and language features identifies common cultural references in texts	describes literal meanings in short familiar texts identifies the purpose of texts identifies some text structures and language features identifies some common cultural references in texts	identifies some literal meanings in texts refers to some text structures and language features

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communicates appropriately in different contexts in oral interactions creates familiar and some unfamiliar texts which are appropriate to different purposes, audiences, modes and mediums selects text structures and language features appropriate to different types of texts communicates ideas with clarity and control of expression in different contexts	communicates clearly in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts in oral interactions creates familiar texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences, modes and mediums uses text structures and language features in different types of texts communicates ideas meaningfully and with some clarity and control of expression	communicates in familiar contexts in oral interactions creates familiar texts for different purposes, audiences, modes and mediums uses simple text structures and language features in different types of texts communicates ideas with control of expression	communicates in some familiar contexts in oral interactions creates texts for some familiar purposes and audiences in different modes and mediums uses a limited range of familiar text structures and language features communicates ideas with some control of expression	communicates in some oral interactions creates texts for some familiar purposes in different modes and mediums uses a very limited range of familiar text structures and language features communicates ideas with limited control of expression