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English Year 2
Satisfactory
Student Portfolio Summary
WORK SAMPLE PORTFOLIO
The 2012 portfolios are a resource to support teachers in planning and implementation of the Foundation to Year 10
Australian Curriculum in the learning area. Each portfolio comprises a collection of student work illustrating evidence
of student learning in relation to the achievement standard. At every year level there are three portfolios illustrating
satisfactory, above satisfactory and below satisfactory achievement in relation to the standard.
Each portfolio comprises a collection of different student work selected by state and territory nominees, and annotated
and reviewed by classroom teachers and other curriculum experts. Each work sample in the portfolio varies in terms of
how much time was available to complete the task and/or the degree of scaffolding provided by the teacher.
There is no pre-determined number of student work samples in a portfolio nor are they sequenced in any particular
order. Together as a portfolio, the samples provide evidence of all aspects of the achievement standard unless otherwise
specied.
As the Australian Curriculum is progressively implemented in schools, the portfolios will continue to be reviewed and
enhanced in relation to their comprehensiveness in coverage of the achievement standard and their representation of the
diversity of student work that can be used to highlight evidence of student learning.
THIS PORTFOLIO Year 2 English
This portfolio comprises a number of work samples drawn from a range of assessment tasks, namely:
Sample 1 Text Connection -The Deep
Sample 2 Character preference - Olga
Sample 3 Preferences between texts
Sample 4 Report - Excursion recount
Sample 5 Text response - Olga the Brolga
Sample 6 Oral presentation - All about me
Sample 7 Reading aloud - A Cure for Hiccups
Sample 8 Imaginative text The mad story about a pirate
Sample 9 Group discussion Creating a fairy tale
This portfolio of student work shows an understanding that different types of texts serve different purposes and
an ability to identify different text structures and language features (WS1,WS4,WS5,WS6, WS9). The student uses
a variety of text processing strategies to read (WS7), retrieve literal information (WS1, WS2, WS3, WS5), make
inferences (WS1, WS2, WS3, WS5) and nd the main idea in a text (WS1, WS2). The student creates written and
multimodal texts for specic purposes and audiences (WS2, WS3, WS4) drawing on knowledge of grammar,
vocabulary and punctuation (WS4, WS8, WS9). The portfolio demonstrates the ability to spell most high frequency
sight words and to use sound-letter knowledge to attempt new words (WS1, WS2, WS3, WS4, WS5, WS8).
The following aspect/s of the achievement standard are not evident in this portfolio:
They listen for and manipulate sound combinations and rhythmic sound patterns.
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English Year 2
Satisfactory
Work sample 1
Text connection The Deep
Relevant parts of the achievement standard
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing)
By the end of Year 2, students understand how similar texts share characteristics by identifying text structures
and language features used to describe characters, settings and events.
They read texts that contain varied sentence structures, some unfamiliar vocabulary, a significant number of
high frequency sight words and images that provide additional information. They monitor meaning and self-
correct using context, prior knowledge, punctuation, language and phonic knowledge. They identify literal and
implied meaning, main ideas and supporting detail. Students make connections between texts by comparing
content. They listen for particular purposes. They listen for and manipulate sound combinations and rhythmic
sound patterns.
Productive modes (speaking, writing and creating)
When discussing their ideas and experiences, students use everyday language features and topic-specific
vocabulary. They explain their preferences for aspects of texts using other texts as comparisons. They create
texts that show how images support the meaning of the text.
Students create texts, drawing on their own experiences, their imagination and information they have learned.
They use a variety of strategies to engage in group and class discussions and make presentations. They
accurately spell familiar words and attempt to spell less familiar words and use punctuation accurately. They
legibly write unjoined upper- and lower-case letters.
Summary of task
After reading The Deep by Tim Winton, students were asked to consider how it connected with another text they had
read. They were asked to:
identify the key ideas in The Deep
identify another text that connects with The Deep
identify the connections between the two texts.
Students had 4 to 5 previous lessons on making connections between texts. They had access to library resources
and copies of The Deep to use as they worked.
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Work sample 1
Acknowledgement
ACARA acknowledges the contribution of Australian teachers and education authorities in providing the tasks and work samples. The annotations are
referenced to the Australian Curriculum achievement standards.
English Year 2
Satisfactory
Annotations
Responds to questions and writes a brief summary describing
the main ideas in a story read in class.
Uses accurate sentence boundary punctuation.
Makes connections between two texts, by recognising that in
both texts the characters link actions and feelings, for example
Alice wishing she could fly like a gull.
Uses varied sentence structure to express and link ideas, for
example When Super Duck wakes up he wants to fly like Alice.
Accurately spells high frequency words, for example little, does,
while, and uses letter-sound knowledge to attempt unfamiliar
words, for example dolfin (dolphin)
Reflects on the connection, making a comparison between
characters actions, for example The only different thing is that
Super Duck flies and Alice does not.
Writes using legible unjoined upper- and lower-case letters.
Text connection The Deep
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English Year 2
Satisfactory
Character preference Olga
Relevant parts of the achievement standard
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing)
By the end of Year 2, students understand how similar texts share characteristics by identifying text structures
and language features used to describe characters, settings and events.
They read texts that contain varied sentence structures, some unfamiliar vocabulary, a significant number of
high frequency sight words and images that provide additional information. They monitor meaning and self-
correct using context, prior knowledge, punctuation, language and phonic knowledge. They identify literal and
implied meaning, main ideas and supporting detail. Students make connections between texts by comparing
content. They listen for particular purposes. They listen for and manipulate sound combinations and rhythmic
sound patterns.
Productive modes (speaking, writing and creating)
When discussing their ideas and experiences, students use everyday language features and topic-specific
vocabulary. They explain their preferences for aspects of texts using other texts as comparisons. They create
texts that show how images support the meaning of the text.
Students create texts, drawing on their own experiences, their imagination and information they have learned.
They use a variety of strategies to engage in group and class discussions and make presentations. They
accurately spell familiar words and attempt to spell less familiar words and use punctuation accurately. They
legibly write unjoined upper- and lower-case letters.
Summary of task
Students read and discussed the texts Olga the Brolga by Rod Clement and Bernard the Brolga that Couldnt Dance
by Denise Burt and Tom Bishop. Students were asked to draw their favourite character and describe why they like
that character.
Work sample 2
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Acknowledgement
ACARA acknowledges the contribution of Australian teachers and education authorities in providing the tasks and work samples. The annotations are
referenced to the Australian Curriculum achievement standards.
English Year 2
Satisfactory
Annotations
Briefly describes a personal preference for a text.
Creates an illustration to support information in the text.
Uses capital letters for proper nouns.
Accurately spells high frequency words, for example because,
come, and uses letter-sound knowledge to attempt unfamiliar
words, for example, favrot (favourite), bangalls (bangles).
Experiments with the use of commas to connect ideas, for
example I am a girl, she wears
Writes legibly using unjoined upper- and lower-case letters.
Makes connections to self from literal and inferred information in
the text, for example she is a girl, and I am a girl; she is also a
bit funny
Refers to a characters actions to support personal preference,
for example She nagged everyone to come and dance that was
funny.
Character preference Olga
Work sample 2
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English Year 2
Satisfactory
Preferences between texts
Relevant parts of the achievement standard
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing)
By the end of Year 2, students understand how similar texts share characteristics by identifying text structures
and language features used to describe characters, settings and events.
They read texts that contain varied sentence structures, some unfamiliar vocabulary, a significant number of
high frequency sight words and images that provide additional information. They monitor meaning and self-
correct using context, prior knowledge, punctuation, language and phonic knowledge. They identify literal and
implied meaning, main ideas and supporting detail. Students make connections between texts by comparing
content. They listen for particular purposes. They listen for and manipulate sound combinations and rhythmic
sound patterns.
Productive modes (speaking, writing and creating)
When discussing their ideas and experiences, students use everyday language features and topic-specific
vocabulary. They explain their preferences for aspects of texts using other texts as comparisons. They create
texts that show how images support the meaning of the text.
Students create texts, drawing on their own experiences, their imagination and information they have learned.
They use a variety of strategies to engage in group and class discussions and make presentations. They
accurately spell familiar words and attempt to spell less familiar words and use punctuation accurately. They
legibly write unjoined upper- and lower-case letters.
Summary of task
After reading the texts The Very Cranky Bear and The Very Hungry Bear by Nick Bland, students discussed the two
bears and their actions. Students were asked to write a text to express and explain their character preferences. They
were given an opening paragraph and sentence starters to use in their work.
Work sample 3
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Acknowledgement
ACARA acknowledges the contribution of Australian teachers and education authorities in providing the tasks
and work samples. The annotations are referenced to the Australian Curriculum achievement standards.
English Year 2
Satisfactory
Work sample 3
Preferences between texts
Annotations
Writes a sequenced response using
an opening statement, reasons and a
concluding comment.
Gives reasons for preferences which
include: actions and feelings of
characters, for example I preferred the
actions of.
Explains personal preference for aspects
of two texts.
Elaborates ideas by using literal and
implied meanings to elaborate, for
example but at the end he let the
animals in his cave.
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Acknowledgement
ACARA acknowledges the contribution of Australian teachers and education authorities in providing the tasks
and work samples. The annotations are referenced to the Australian Curriculum achievement standards.
English Year 2
Satisfactory
Work sample 3
Preferences between texts
Annotations
Uses capital letters for proper nouns.
Writes legibly using unjoined upper- and
lower-case letters.
Uses accurate punctuation for sentence
boundary and book titles.
Uses varied sentence structures
including simple, compound and
complex sentences to express and link
ideas, for example, Overall, I prefer The
Very Hungry Bear because it was funny.
Spells high frequency and familiar words
accurately.
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English Year 2
Satisfactory
Work sample 4
Report Excursion recount
Relevant parts of the achievement standard
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing)
By the end of Year 2, students understand how similar texts share characteristics by identifying text structures
and language features used to describe characters, settings and events.
They read texts that contain varied sentence structures, some unfamiliar vocabulary, a significant number of
high frequency sight words and images that provide additional information. They monitor meaning and self-
correct using context, prior knowledge, punctuation, language and phonic knowledge. They identify literal and
implied meaning, main ideas and supporting detail. Students make connections between texts by comparing
content. They listen for particular purposes. They listen for and manipulate sound combinations and rhythmic
sound patterns.
Productive modes (speaking, writing and creating)
When discussing their ideas and experiences, students use everyday language features and topic-specific
vocabulary. They explain their preferences for aspects of texts using other texts as comparisons. They create
texts that show how images support the meaning of the text.
Students create texts, drawing on their own experiences, their imagination and information they have learned.
They use a variety of strategies to engage in group and class discussions and make presentations. They
accurately spell familiar words and attempt to spell less familiar words and use punctuation accurately. They
legibly write unjoined upper- and lower-case letters.
Summary of task
Students had many opportunities to learn how to write a recount, including explicit teaching and learning
opportunities about text structure and language features.
Students were asked to write a recount after an excursion to a large city park. Before writing they engaged in whole
class and group discussion about their experiences.
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Acknowledgement
ACARA acknowledges the contribution of Australian teachers and education authorities in providing the tasks
and work samples. The annotations are referenced to the Australian Curriculum achievement standards.
English Year 2
Satisfactory
Annotations
Creates a structured informative text,
drawing on own experiences, to recount
a sequence of events.
Uses capital letters to signal proper
nouns, for example Kings Park and to
begin sentences.
Spells irregular words, for example could,
because, uses digraphs and sound-letter
knowledge to spell regular words, for
example making, crunch.
Develops cohesion through word
associations, for example excursion, bus,
learn.
Provides some factual information and
some personal details.
Report Excursion recount
Work sample 4
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Acknowledgement
ACARA acknowledges the contribution of Australian teachers and education authorities in providing the tasks
and work samples. The annotations are referenced to the Australian Curriculum achievement standards.
English Year 2
Satisfactory
Annotations
Uses mostly simple sentences with some
compound sentences joined by and.
Writes legibly using unjoined letters.
Work sample 4
Report Excursion recount
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Acknowledgement
ACARA acknowledges the contribution of Australian teachers and education authorities in providing the tasks
and work samples. The annotations are referenced to the Australian Curriculum achievement standards.
English Year 2
Satisfactory
Work sample 4
Report Excursion recount
Annotations
Provides a basic image to support the
text.
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English Year 2
Satisfactory
Text response Olga the Brolga
Relevant parts of the achievement standard
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing)
By the end of Year 2, students understand how similar texts share characteristics by identifying text structures
and language features used to describe characters, settings and events.
They read texts that contain varied sentence structures, some unfamiliar vocabulary, a significant number of
high frequency sight words and images that provide additional information. They monitor meaning and self-
correct using context, prior knowledge, punctuation, language and phonic knowledge. They identify literal and
implied meaning, main ideas and supporting detail. Students make connections between texts by comparing
content. They listen for particular purposes. They listen for and manipulate sound combinations and rhythmic
sound patterns.
Productive modes (speaking, writing and creating)
When discussing their ideas and experiences, students use everyday language features and topic-specific
vocabulary. They explain their preferences for aspects of texts using other texts as comparisons. They create
texts that show how images support the meaning of the text.
Students create texts, drawing on their own experiences, their imagination and information they have learned.
They use a variety of strategies to engage in group and class discussions and make presentations. They
accurately spell familiar words and attempt to spell less familiar words and use punctuation accurately. They
legibly write unjoined upper- and lower-case letters.
Summary of task
Students listened to the text Olga the Brolga by Rod Clement and discussed the purpose and possible audience of
the text. Students were asked to record a personal response to the text and to answer questions related to the texts
purpose and appeal to a different audience.
Work sample 5
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Acknowledgement
ACARA acknowledges the contribution of Australian teachers and education authorities in providing the tasks and work samples. The annotations are
referenced to the Australian Curriculum achievement standards.
English Year 2
Satisfactory
Annotations
Understands the purpose of a story, for example to entertain.
Briefly describes a personal preference for a character.
Uses vocabulary choice and repetition for emphasis, for example
so, so, so.
Links preference to implied meanings from a text, for example
funny.
Uses images to support meaning.
Writes using correctly formed unjoined upper- and lower-case
letters
Spells familiar words accurately, for example would, story, funny
and attempts less familiar words, for example auther/author.
Describes authors intent, for example to make us laugh.
Work sample 5
Text response Olga the Brolga
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English Year 2
Satisfactory
Work sample 6
Oral presentation All about me
Relevant parts of the achievement standard
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing)
By the end of Year 2, students understand how similar texts share characteristics by identifying text structures
and language features used to describe characters, settings and events.
They read texts that contain varied sentence structures, some unfamiliar vocabulary, a significant number of
high frequency sight words and images that provide additional information. They monitor meaning and self-
correct using context, prior knowledge, punctuation, language and phonic knowledge. They identify literal and
implied meaning, main ideas and supporting detail. Students make connections between texts by comparing
content. They listen for particular purposes. They listen for and manipulate sound combinations and rhythmic
sound patterns.
Productive modes (speaking, writing and creating)
When discussing their ideas and experiences, students use everyday language features and topic-specific
vocabulary. They explain their preferences for aspects of texts using other texts as comparisons. They create
texts that show how images support the meaning of the text.
Students create texts, drawing on their own experiences, their imagination and information they have learned.
They use a variety of strategies to engage in group and class discussions and make presentations. They
accurately spell familiar words and attempt to spell less familiar words and use punctuation accurately. They
legibly write unjoined upper- and lower-case letters.
Summary of task
Students were asked to prepare and deliver a short presentation on a researched topic of their own choice.
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Acknowledgement
ACARA acknowledges the contribution of Australian teachers and education authorities in
providing the tasks and work samples. The annotations are referenced to the Australian Curriculum
achievement standards.
English Year 2
Satisfactory
Annotations
Work sample 6
Oral presentation All about me
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English Year 2
Satisfactory
Work sample 7
Reading aloud A Cure for Hiccups
Relevant parts of the achievement standard
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing)
By the end of Year 2, students understand how similar texts share characteristics by identifying text structures
and language features used to describe characters, settings and events.
They read texts that contain varied sentence structures, some unfamiliar vocabulary, a significant number of
high frequency sight words and images that provide additional information. They monitor meaning and self-
correct using context, prior knowledge, punctuation, language and phonic knowledge. They identify literal and
implied meaning, main ideas and supporting detail. Students make connections between texts by comparing
content. They listen for particular purposes. They listen for and manipulate sound combinations and rhythmic
sound patterns.
Productive modes (speaking, writing and creating)
When discussing their ideas and experiences, students use everyday language features and topic-specific
vocabulary. They explain their preferences for aspects of texts using other texts as comparisons. They create
texts that show how images support the meaning of the text.
Students create texts, drawing on their own experiences, their imagination and information they have learned.
They use a variety of strategies to engage in group and class discussions and make presentations. They
accurately spell familiar words and attempt to spell less familiar words and use punctuation accurately. They
legibly write unjoined upper- and lower-case letters.
Summary of task
Students were asked to read a text aloud. The student had not read the text previously.
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Acknowledgement
ACARA acknowledges the contribution of Australian teachers and education authorities in
providing the tasks and work samples. The annotations are referenced to the Australian Curriculum
achievement standards.
English Year 2
Satisfactory
Work sample 7
Annotations
Reading aloud A Cure for Hiccups
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English Year 2
Satisfactory
Work sample 8
Imaginative text The mad story about a pirate
Relevant part of the achievement standard
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing)
By the end of Year 2, students understand how similar texts share characteristics by identifying text structures
and language features used to describe characters, settings and events.
They read texts that contain varied sentence structures, some unfamiliar vocabulary, a significant number of
high frequency sight words and images that provide additional information. They monitor meaning and self-
correct using context, prior knowledge, punctuation, language and phonic knowledge. They identify literal and
implied meaning, main ideas and supporting detail. Students make connections between texts by comparing
content. They listen for particular purposes. They listen for and manipulate sound combinations and rhythmic
sound patterns.
Productive modes (speaking, writing and creating)
When discussing their ideas and experiences, students use everyday language features and topic-specific
vocabulary. They explain their preferences for aspects of texts using other texts as comparisons. They create
texts that show how images support the meaning of the text.
Students create texts, drawing on their own experiences, their imagination and information they have learned.
They use a variety of strategies to engage in group and class discussions and make presentations. They
accurately spell familiar words and attempt to spell less familiar words and use punctuation accurately. They
legibly write unjoined upper- and lower-case letters.
Summary of task
Students had been reading narrative texts with fantasy characters. They had been discussing:
how the characters and settings of different texts are developed
how images add to the story
the typical stages of these simple narratives.
Students were asked to:
write a pirate narrative with a strong focus on the character development
create interesting illustrations to assist with telling the story and design an appealing cover page that encourages
the reader to choose their story to read.
The rst draft of the story was read aloud to an adult to help determine audience appeal and readability. Students
edited their work individually and the nal stories were published in a class book.
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Acknowledgement
ACARA acknowledges the contribution of Australian teachers and education authorities in providing the tasks
and work samples. The annotations are referenced to the Australian Curriculum achievement standards.
English Year 2
Satisfactory
Annotations
Work sample 8
Imaginative text The mad story about a pirate
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Acknowledgement
ACARA acknowledges the contribution of Australian teachers and education authorities in providing the tasks
and work samples. The annotations are referenced to the Australian Curriculum achievement standards.
English Year 2
Satisfactory
Annotations
Understands the structure and some
of the characteristics of a narrative text,
including characters, setting and events.
Uses imaginative elements from reading
in own text.
Uses varied sentence structures
including simple, compound and
complex sentences to express and link
ideas, for example No one liked Captain
Black Patch because he was so angry.
Uses capital letters for proper nouns, for
example Pinky Winky.
Accurately spells high frequency words,
for example was, because, and uses
soundletter knowledge to attempt new
words, for example clon (clown).
Uses familiar and learned vocabulary to
create an imaginative world, for example
cast a spell.
Work sample 8
Imaginative text The mad story about a pirate
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Acknowledgement
ACARA acknowledges the contribution of Australian teachers and education authorities in providing the tasks
and work samples. The annotations are referenced to the Australian Curriculum achievement standards.
English Year 2
Satisfactory
Annotations
Uses knowledge about morphemes to
spell words, for example dancing, and
dance.
Work sample 8
Imaginative text The mad story about a pirate
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English Year 2
Satisfactory
Group discussion Creating a fairy story
Relevant parts of the achievement standard
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing)
By the end of Year 2, students understand how similar texts share characteristics by identifying text structures
and language features used to describe characters, settings and events.
They read texts that contain varied sentence structures, some unfamiliar vocabulary, a significant number of
high frequency sight words and images that provide additional information. They monitor meaning and self-
correct using context, prior knowledge, punctuation, language and phonic knowledge. They identify literal and
implied meaning, main ideas and supporting detail. Students make connections between texts by comparing
content. They listen for particular purposes. They listen for and manipulate sound combinations and rhythmic
sound patterns.
Productive modes (speaking, writing and creating)
When discussing their ideas and experiences, students use everyday language features and topic-specific
vocabulary. They explain their preferences for aspects of texts using other texts as comparisons. They create
texts that show how images support the meaning of the text.
Students create texts, drawing on their own experiences, their imagination and information they have learned.
They use a variety of strategies to engage in group and class discussions and make presentations. They
accurately spell familiar words and attempt to spell less familiar words and use punctuation accurately. They
legibly write unjoined upper- and lower-case letters.
Summary of task
Students in the class had developed the introduction and resolution of a fairy story for the kindergarten
students at their school. In small groups the students wrote an elaborated series of events that occurred in
a specic setting, for example romantic land and dinosaur land. The events that occurred in these lands
were shared with the whole class and the class teacher with the intention of compiling these to create a fairy
story. The students in each group illustrated their text. In this work sample, the students are editing the text for
improvement and to ensure that it is suitable for its audience.
Work sample 9
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Acknowledgement
ACARA acknowledges the contribution of Australian teachers and education authorities in
providing the tasks and work samples. The annotations are referenced to the Australian Curriculum
achievement standards.
English Year 2
Satisfactory
Annotations
Work sample 9
Group discussion Creating a fairy story