Visual Language: Achievement Objectives

	Viewing and Presenting Functions
	Viewing Reading visual and dramatic texts, including static and moving images, students should:	Presenting Using static and moving images, students should:
Level 1	respond to meanings and ideas	present ideas using simple layouts and drama
Level 2	respond to meanings and ideas, identifying and describing the verbal and visual features	use verbal and visual features to communicate ideas or stories using layout, drama, video, or still photography
Level 3	respond to and discuss meanings and ideas, identifying and describing the effects of and links between verbal and visual features	use verbal and visual features to communicate information, ideas, or narrative through layout, drama, video, or still photography
Level 4	respond to and discuss meanings, ideas, and effects, identifying the purposes for which the verbal and visual features are used and combined	combine verbal and visual features to communicate information, ideas, or narrative through drama, video, computer, or other technologies and media
Level 5	respond to and discuss various meanings, ideas, and effects, describing how verbal and visual features are combined for different purposes	use and combine verbal, visual, and dramatic features to communicate information, ideas, or narrative to an identified audienc
Level 6	respond to and interpret various meanings, ideas, and effects, describing how verbal and visual features are combined for different purposes and audiences	use and combine a variety of verbal, visual, and dramatic features to communicate information, ideas, narrative, or other messages to different audiences
Level 7	analyse different texts, comparing how verbal and visual features are organised and combined for different meanings, effects, purposes, and audiences	use and adapt production techniques and technologies to communicate information, ideas, narrative, or other messages for different purposes and audiences
Level 8	analyse contrasting texts, evaluating the ways verbal and visual features are organised and combined for different meanings, effects, purposes, and audiences in different social contexts	use and adapt production techniques and technologies to communicate information, ideas, narrative, or other messages, integrating verbal, visual, and dramatic features to achieve a range of effects

	Viewing and Presenting Processes
	Exploring Language In achieving the objectives of understanding and using visual language, students should:	Thinking Critically In achieving the objectives of understanding and using visual language, students should:	Processing Information In achieving the objectives of understanding and using visual language, students should:
Level 1 and 2	understand that communication involves verbal and visual features which have conventionally accepted meanings	show awareness of how words and images can be combined to make meaning	view and use visual texts to gain and present information, become familiar with and use appropriate technologies, and write letter and number forms legibly to present ideas
Level 3 and 4	identify important features of verbal and visual language and use them to create particular meanings and effects	identify and discuss ways in which verbal and visual features can be combined for a particular purpose and audience	view and use visual texts to retrieve, interpret, organise, and present information coherently; use appropriate technology, including fluent handwriting, for effective presentation
Level 5 and 6	using appropriate terminology, describe the conventions of verbal and visual language in several genres, and use them to create particular effects	identify and analyse the effects of combining verbal and visual features in different ways for a variety of purposes and audiences	select and interpret information from visual texts and present it effectively, using appropriate production technologies for different purposes
Level 7 and 8	using appropriate terminology, identify, use, and evaluate the effectiveness of particular conventions of verbal and visual language in a range of genres	identify, analyse, and evaluate the effects of combining verbal and visual features, relating the choice and use of verbal and visual features to particular purposes and audiences	select, interpret, and synthesise information from visual texts and present it effectively, using a range of visual and layout features and appropriate technologies for a variety of purposes