below the provincial standard
2 pts
approaching the provincial standard
3 pts
provincial standard
4 pts
surpass the provincial standard
5 pts
(e.g., forms of text; strategies associated with reading, writing, speaking, and listening; elements of style; terminology; conventions)
(e.g., concepts; ideas; opinions; relationships among facts, ideas, concepts, themes)
6 pts
8 pts
10 pts
(e.g., generating ideas, gathering information,<BR> focusing research, organizing information)
(e.g., making inferences, interpreting, analysing, detecting bias, synthesizing, evaluating, forming conclusions)
(e.g., reading process, writing process, oral discourse, research, critical/creative analysis, critical literacy, metacognition, invention)
Expression and organization of ideas and information (e.g., clear expression, logical organization) in oral, visual, and written forms, including media forms
Communication for different audiences<BR> and purposes (e.g., use of appropriate style, voice, point of view, tone) in oral, visual, and written forms, including media forms
Use of conventions (e.g., grammar, spelling, punctuation, usage), vocabulary, and terminology of the discipline in oral, visual, and written forms, including media forms
Application of knowl- edge and skills (e.g., concepts, strategies, processes) in familiar contexts
Transfer of knowledge and skills (e.g., concepts, strategies, processes) to new contexts
Making connections within and between various contexts (e.g., between the text and personal knowledge or experience, other texts, and the world outside the school; between disciplines)