Languages: fourth level experiences and outcomes

CLAN 4-01a

By applying my understanding of grammatical processes in a classical language, I can analyse more complex sentences and longer passages and translate them into appropriate and accurate English.

CLAN 4-02a

I can use a range of resources, and apply analytical skills to find specific information and the main ideas or themes of a passage in a classical language and make evaluative judgements, orally and in writing.

CLAN 4-03a

Through an awareness of features common to classical Greek and English, or Latin and English and other languages, I have enhanced the range of my vocabulary and increased my confidence in communicating in English. I can discuss how language reflects the thoughts, feelings and needs of different societies in the past and today.

LGL 4-07a

I can apply my knowledge about language, intonation and pronunciation to:

• • ensure that others can understand me when I pronounce familiar and unfamiliar words and phrases
• • help me work out how to read aloud familiar and unfamiliar texts with accuracy and confidence.

LGL 4-11a

I can use my knowledge about language and other strategies to help me to understand and analyse more detailed texts containing some unfamiliar language and more complex structures.

LGL 4-13a

I can use my knowledge about language, including structure, spelling and punctuation, to take responsibility for the accuracy of my writing.

LGL 4-13b

I can use a range of appropriate Gaelic idiomatic expressions accurately.

MLAN 4-07a

I can apply my knowledge about language, intonation and pronunciation to:

• • ensure that others can understand me when I pronounce familiar and unfamiliar words and phrases
• • help me work out how to read aloud familiar and unfamiliar texts with accuracy and confidence.

MLAN 4-11a

I can use my knowledge about language and other strategies to help me to understand and analyse more detailed texts, containing some unfamiliar language and more complex structures.

MLAN 4-14a

I can use my knowledge about language, including structure, spelling and punctuation, using success criteria to take responsibility for the accuracy of my writing.

CLAN 4-04a

I have evaluated the culture and heritage of the Greeks or Romans through language and literature. I can demonstrate understanding of how their cultures have impacted in different ways on the culture and life in modern Scotland and the wider world through an oral or written presentation of my research.

LGL 4-01a

I can listen to and show understanding of language from a variety of sources, including unfamiliar speakers, where the sentences are more complex, less predictable, and contain some unfamiliar language.

MLAN 4-01a

I can listen to and show understanding of language from a variety of sources, including unfamiliar speakers, where the sentences are more complex, less predictable, and contain some unfamiliar language or known language used in unfamiliar contexts.

LGL 4-02a

I can listen and respond to others, including sympathetic fluent speakers of the language, in extended conversations that are less predictable.

LGL 4-03a

I can take part effectively in more detailed conversations using an extended range of language structures and Gaelic idioms to exchange information, experiences, feelings and opinions, and can offer more detailed reasons for having these opinions.

LGL 4-04a

I can start, support and sustain a conversation by, for example, asking relevant questions and seeking help when necessary.

LGL 4-05a

I can collaborate to prepare and present in Gaelic more open-ended role plays in a wide range of realistic settings, and I can engage with other speakers of Gaelic.

MLAN 4-02a

I can listen and respond to others, including sympathetic fluent speakers of the language, in extended conversations that are less predictable.

MLAN 4-03a

I can take part effectively in more detailed conversations using an extended range of language structures to exchange information, experiences, feelings and opinions and by offering more detailed reasons for having these opinions.

MLAN 4-04a

I can start, support and sustain a conversation by, for example, asking relevant questions and by seeking help when necessary.

MLAN 4-05a

I can collaborate to prepare and present more open-ended role plays in a wide range of realistic contexts set both in my own country and in a country where the language I am learning is spoken.

LGL 4-06a

Using ICT where appropriate, I can plan, prepare and deliver an individual presentation in Gaelic:

• • on an area of personal interest or a topic relating to Gaelic culture or history
• • using appropriate vocabulary and a range of grammatical structures and idiom.

LGL 4-12a

I can write about life or culture in countries where Gaelic and related languages are spoken.

LGL 4-12b

I can write more extensively over a widening range of topics in a range of formats, using some variety of structures, tenses and linking words.

LGL 4-12c

I can write about experiences, feelings and opinions and can offer reasons for having these opinions.

MLAN 4-06a

I can, using a variety of media including ICT where appropriate, plan, prepare and deliver an individual presentation in the language I am learning on topics of personal interest or linked to an aspect of a country where the language I am studying is spoken.

MLAN 4-12a

I use the support of others and access appropriate reference materials of my choice to help me plan my writing in ways that engage my reader, using ICT when appropriate.

Also at: MLAN 2-12a, MLAN 3-12a

MLAN 4-13a

I can write more extensively over a widening range of topics in a range of formats, using some variety of structures, tenses and linking words.

MLAN 4-13b

I can write about experiences, feelings and opinions and can offer reasons for having those opinions.

LGL 4-08a

Using a variety of resources, I can independently read texts which are more detailed and which contain complex language, including a range of tenses and Gaelic idiom, and can demonstrate my understanding.

MLAN 4-08a

Using a variety of resources, I can independently read text which is more detailed and which contains complex language including a range of tenses, and demonstrate my understanding.

LGL 4-09a

I have worked on my own and with others to read and research Gaelic texts. I can demonstrate my knowledge of different cultures and acknowledge similarities/differences between countries where Gaelic and related languages are spoken.

LGL 4-10a

I can select and read for enjoyment a variety of texts which use familiar and unfamiliar language and may have had some adaptation.

MLAN 4-10a

I can select and read for interest and enjoyment a range of more detailed texts containing complex language, including imaginative accounts, both prose and poetry, which use familiar and unfamiliar language and may have had some adaptation.

LIT 4-01aAcross learning

I regularly select and listen to or watch texts for enjoyment and interest, and I can express how well they meet my needs and expectations, and I can give reasons, with evidence, for my personal response. I can regularly select subject, purpose, format and resources to create texts of my choice, and am developing my own style.

Also at: LIT 3-01a

LIT 4-11aAcross learning

I regularly select and read, listen to or watch texts for enjoyment and interest, and I can express how well they meet my needs and expectations and give reasons, with evidence, for my personal response. I can independently identify sources to develop the range of my reading.

LIT 4-20aAcross learning

I enjoy creating texts of my choice and I am developing my own style. I can regularly select subject, purpose, format and resources to suit the needs of my audience.

Also at: LIT 3-20a

LIT 4-02aAcross learning

When I engage with others I can make a relevant contribution, ensure that everyone has an opportunity to contribute and encourage them to take account of others’ points of view or alternative solutions. I can respond in ways appropriate to my role, exploring and expanding on contributions to reflect on, clarify or adapt thinking.

ENG 4-03a

Having explored and analysed the features of spoken language, I can use these independently, adopting and sustaining an appropriate register to suit my purpose and audience.

GAI 4-02a

As I listen and take part in conversations, I can use familiar and new vocabulary, phrases and Gàidhlig idiom to help me to engage in a coherent manner using extended vocabulary and more complex language structures.

GAI 4-03a

Having explored and analysed the features of spoken language, I can use these independently, adopting and sustaining an appropriate register to suit my purpose and audience.

LIT 4-04aAcross learning

As I listen or watch, I can:

• • clearly state the purpose and main concerns of a text and make inferences from key statements
• • compare and contrast different types of text
• • gather, link and use information from different sources and use this for different purposes.

LIT 4-05aAcross learning

As I listen or watch, I can make notes and organise these to develop thinking, help retain and recall information, explore issues and create new texts, using my own words as appropriate.

Also at: LIT 3-05a

LIT 4-06aAcross learning

I can independently select ideas and relevant information for different purposes, organise essential information or ideas and any supporting detail in a logical order, and use suitable vocabulary to communicate effectively with my audience.

Also at: LIT 3-06a

LIT 4-07aAcross learning

I can show my understanding of what I listen to or watch by giving detailed, evaluative comments, with evidence, about the content and form of short and extended texts.

LIT 4-08aAcross learning

To help me develop an informed view, I can identify some of the techniques used to influence or persuade and can assess the value of my sources.

LIT 4-09aAcross learning

When listening and talking with others for different purposes, I can:

• • communicate detailed information, ideas or opinions
• • explain processes, concepts or ideas with some relevant supporting detail
• • sum up ideas, issues, findings or conclusions.

LIT 4-10aAcross learning

I can communicate in a clear, expressive manner when engaging with others within and beyond my place of learning, and can independently select and organise appropriate resources as required.

LIT 4-13aAcross learning

Before and as I read, I can apply strategies and use resources independently to help me read a wide variety of texts and/or find the information I need.

ENG 4-12a

Through developing my knowledge of context clues, punctuation, grammar and layout, I can read unfamiliar texts with increasing fluency, understanding and expression.

Also at: ENG 2-12a, ENG 3-12a

GAI 4-12a

Through developing my knowledge of context clues, punctuation, grammar and layout, I can read unfamiliar texts with increasing fluency, understanding and expression.

Also at: GAI 2-12a, GAI 3-12a

LIT 4-14aAcross learning

Using what I know about the features of different types of texts, I can find, select, sort, summarise, link and use information from different sources.

Also at: LIT 3-14a

LIT 4-15aAcross learning

I can make notes and organise them to develop my thinking, help retain and recall information, explore issues and create new texts, using my own words as appropriate.

Also at: LIT 3-15a

LIT 4-16aAcross learning

To show my understanding across different areas of learning, I can:

• • clearly state the purpose, main concerns, concepts or arguments and use supporting detail
• • make inferences from key statements and state these accurately in my own words
• • compare and contrast different types of text.

ENG 4-17a

To show my understanding, I can give detailed, evaluative comments, with evidence, on the content and form of short and extended texts, and respond to different kinds of questions and other types of close reading tasks.

GAI 4-17a

To show my understanding, I can give detailed, evaluative comments, with evidence, on the content and form of short and extended texts, and respond to different kinds of questions and other types of close reading tasks.

GAI 4-19a

I can:

• • discuss and evaluate the effectiveness of structure, characterisation and/or setting using some supporting evidence
• • identify how the writer’s main theme or central concerns are revealed and can recognise how they relate to my own and others’ experiences
• • identify and make a personal evaluation of the effect of aspects of the writer’s style and other features appropriate to genre using some relevant evidence and terminology.

LIT 4-18aAcross learning

To help me develop an informed view, I can recognise persuasion and bias, identify some of the techniques used to influence my opinion, and assess the reliability of information and credibility and value of my sources.

ENG 4-19a

I can:

• • discuss and evaluate the effectiveness of structure, characterisation and/or setting using some supporting evidence
• • identify how the writer’s main theme or central concerns are revealed and can recognise how they relate to my own and others’ experiences
• • identify and make a personal evaluation of the effect of aspects of the writer’s style and other features appropriate to genre using some relevant evidence and terminology.

LIT 4-21aAcross learning

I can use a range of strategies and resources independently and ensure that my spelling, including specialist vocabulary, is accurate.

LIT 4-22aAcross learning

As appropriate to my purpose and type of text, I can punctuate and structure different types of sentences with sufficient accuracy, and arrange these to make meaning clear, showing straightforward relationships between paragraphs.

Also at: LIT 3-22a

LIT 4-23aAcross learning

Throughout the writing process, I can review and edit my writing independently to ensure that it meets its purpose and communicates meaning clearly at first reading.

LIT 4-24aAcross learning

I can justify my choice and use of layout and presentation in terms of the intended impact on my reader.

LIT 4-25aAcross learning

I can use notes and other types of writing to generate and develop ideas, retain and recall information, explore problems, make decisions, or create original text. I can make appropriate and responsible use of sources and acknowledge these appropriately.

LIT 4-26aAcross learning

By considering the type of text I am creating, I can independently select ideas and relevant information for different purposes, and organise essential information or ideas and any supporting detail in a logical order. I can use suitable vocabulary to communicate effectively with my audience.

Also at: LIT 3-26a

LIT 4-28aAcross learning

I can convey information and describe events, explain processes or concepts, providing substantiating evidence, and synthesise ideas or opinions in different ways.

LIT 4-29aAcross learning

I can persuade, argue, evaluate, explore issues or express and justify opinions within a convincing line of thought, using relevant supporting detail and/or evidence.

ENG 4-27a

I can engage and/or influence readers through my use of language, style and tone as appropriate to genre.

Also at: ENG 3-27a

GAI 4-27a

I can engage and/or influence readers through my use of language, style and tone as appropriate to genre.

Also at: GAI 3-27a

ENG 4-30a

I can create a convincing impression of my personal experience and reflect on my response to the changing circumstances to engage my reader.

ENG 4-31a

Having explored and experimented with the narrative structures which writers use to create texts in different genres, I can:

• • use the conventions of my chosen genre successfully and/or
• • create an appropriate mood or atmosphere and/or
• • create convincing relationships, actions and dialogue for my characters.

GAI 4-30a

I can create a convincing impression of my personal experience and reflect on my response to the changing circumstances to engage my reader.

GAI 4-31a

Having explored and experimented with the narrative structures which writers use to create texts in different genres, I can:

• • use the conventions of my chosen genre successfully and/or
• • create an appropriate mood or atmosphere and/or
• • create convincing relationships, actions and dialogue for my characters.

MLAN 4-09a

I work on my own and with others to read and research texts in the language I am learning. I can demonstrate my understanding of different cultures and my appreciation of different ways of looking at the world in countries where the language I am learning is spoken.