Smithycroft Secondary School

Tracking, S2 English

In reading, your young person can understand detailed and less obvious ideas in challenging texts and make well-supported inferences. They can select precise evidence and give developed explanations of how language, structure, character, setting or film techniques create effects.

In writing, they can produce developed, well-organised writing for a range of purposes, sustaining ideas and viewpoints with relevant detail or evidence. They use language, structure, style and tone purposefully and can review and refine their work with increasing independence.

In talking and listening, they can contribute confidently and regularly to discussion, supporting ideas with relevant evidence and building thoughtfully on what others say. They can adapt their thinking when appropriate and use language, tone, pace and body language effectively for purpose and audience.

In reading, your young person can understand the main ideas, important details and some implicit meaning in challenging texts. They can select relevant evidence and explain how language, structure, character, setting or film techniques contribute to meaning and effect.

In writing, they can write clear, developed and logically organised pieces for different purposes. They support ideas with relevant detail or evidence and use appropriate language, structure, style and tone to engage or influence the reader.

In talking and listening, they can contribute relevant ideas and opinions with supporting detail, respond appropriately to other viewpoints and build on contributions by questioning, clarifying, summarising or challenging. Their communication generally suits the purpose and audience.

In reading, your young person can understand the main ideas and relevant detail in a range of texts and make some appropriate inferences. They can select evidence and make straightforward comments about important language, structural or film features.

In writing, they can present relevant ideas in a generally logical structure and support some points with detail or evidence. They use some effective vocabulary and techniques, although development and control may not always be sustained.

In talking and listening, they can contribute relevant ideas to discussion and respond to others appropriately. They can give some reasons or examples and use generally suitable vocabulary, tone and non-verbal communication.

In reading, your young person can identify key ideas and straightforward information and begin to explain less obvious meaning. They can locate evidence and make basic comments on some of the writer's or director's choices, sometimes with support.

In writing, they can express a clear basic idea or viewpoint and organise writing into an appropriate form. Supporting detail, accuracy or control may be limited, but they can use familiar techniques and make improvements with support.

In talking and listening, they can take part in discussion by sharing straightforward ideas and listening to others. With support, they can give reasons, respond to another viewpoint and communicate in a way that generally suits the group and topic.