Year 9 Monitoring map — Literacy
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In Year 9, students:Listening and Speaking (LS 9) / T1 / T2 / T3 / T4
Text knowledge / i. / Identify and analyse own and others’ purposes for listening and speaking. Select and manipulate text structures and language features to position and persuade audiences for the chosen content and context
ii. / Plan, research, rehearse and deliver spoken presentations specific to learning areas in formal and informal settings, selecting purpose, structure and features to position and persuade audiences
Comprehension / iii. / Communicate to interpret and evaluate ideas, opinions and information in extended learning area texts
iv. / Compose and contribute in different groups and settings by interpreting and responding to spoken language features and non-verbal cues, including:
- evaluating persuasive language
- using vocabulary to establish mood or expertise
v. / Use interaction and communication skills to contribute to formal and informal debates and discussions by:
- planning and using organising structures
- listening and responding to others’ points of view
Grammar
knowledge / vi. / Use words and word groups in complex sentences to position listeners and to convey degrees of certainty, uncertainty, authority or obligation
Word
knowledge / vii. / Use specialised learning area vocabulary to convey authority and specific meanings
In Year 9, students:
Viewing and Reading (VR 9) / T1 / T2 / T3 / T4
Text knowledge / i. / View, read, navigate and select texts to suit learning purposes, content and context
ii. / View and read written, visual and multimodal learning area texts that have inter-textual references
Comprehension / iii. / Use and adjust text-processing strategies when viewing and reading, including questioning context, content, purpose, and representations of people and events
iv. / Independently view, read and demonstrate understanding of learning area texts by:
- analysing innovative text structures and language
- analysing the validity of information including secondary sources
Grammar knowledge / v. / Identify and describe words and word groups that signal relationships within complex sentences and extended texts
Word
knowledge / vi. / Read independently, with fluency, specialist and topic vocabulary that contributes to the specificity and authority of texts
vii. / Predict and confirm the meaning of unfamiliar words and decode them using and combining cues
Visual
knowledge / viii. / Analyse and evaluate how visual features can be:
- manipulated to affect the interpretation of a text
- arranged for particular stylistic effects
- used to persuade
In Year 9, students:
Writing and Creating (WC 9) / T1 / T2 / T3 / T4
Text knowledge / i. / Identify the purpose, content, context and text structure when writing and creating increasingly complex learning area texts
ii. / Write and create learning area texts
using knowledge about text structure and language to:
- incorporate cohesive devices that signpost ideas
- compose innovative texts using structures and features in complex ways
- refer to sources using conventions for citing others
iii. / Plan, draft, edit for meaning and publish learning area texts in print and digital environments, using strategies to:
- refine opinions or arguments
- support a point of view
Grammar knowledge / iv. / Maintain cohesion to support a particular point of view or position across texts by selecting:
- sentence and paragraph structures to sequence and extend ideas and information
- language to discuss, analyse and evaluate ideas and information
v. / Communicate meaning and control complex sentence structures to build and support arguments
vi. / Review and edit own and others’ writing for structure, content, strength of argument, supporting evidence, language and visual choices in increasingly complex texts
Word
knowledge / vii. / Select and use learning area vocabulary to express abstract concepts
viii. / Confirm spellings, word meanings and word choice using:
- knowledge of spelling patterns and the spelling system in multisyllabic words
- knowledge of learning area vocabulary from reliable sources
Visual
knowledge / ix. / Use and manipulate visual features to enhance or alter meaning and influence a given audience
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