Author: kate smith

Use a range of strategies, including accurate decoding of text, to read for meaning.

I am able to read for
meaning.

Understand, describe,
select or retrieve information, events or ideas from texts and use quotation and reference to text.

I am able to understand and pick out the appropriate quote, event or idea from a text and show my understanding by giving examples from the text

Deduce, infer or interpret information, events or ideas from texts.

I can read and
understand meaning that is isn’t obvious straight away, or is only hinted at.

Identify and comment on the structure and organisation of texts, including grammatical and presentational features at text level.

I can identify the text type according to its presentational features and conventions and I can comment on the writers choice of text type to suit purpose

Explain and comment on the writer’s use of language, including grammatical and literary features at word and sentence level.

I can explain why the writer has made certain language choices (imperative verbs, emotive language, figurative language, formal/informal etc)

Identify and comment on writers’ purposes and viewpoints and the overall effect of a text on the reader.

I can identify the writer’s purpose and viewpoint and say how this affects the reader.

Relate texts to their social, cultural and historical contexts and literary traditions.

I can see how texts fit into the different cultures and times in which they have been set or in which they have been written.