HISTORICAL RECOUNT ASSESSMENT CRITERIA SHEET

STUDENT NAME:
DESCRIPTORS
Extending
Group / Student
extended beyond
the knowledge
skills &
understanding of
the unit.

Proficient
Group / Student
worked beyond
the knowledge
skills &
understanding of
the unit.

INDIVIDUAL

Demonstrating
Group / Student
demonstrated the
knowledge skills &
understanding of
the unit.

STUDENT

Developing
Group / Student
developed the
knowledge skills
& understanding
of the unit.

Emerging
Group / Student
knowledge skills
& understanding
of the unit
require support.

ASSESSMENT

Historical Skills / Historical questions and research

Accurately researched topic thoroughly by identifying and locating a range of relevant
sources (ACHHS120).
Extending

Proficient

Demonstrating

Developing

Emerging

Historical Skills / Chronology, terms and concepts

Accurately sequenced historical people and events (ACHHS117).
Extending

Proficient

Demonstrating

Developing

Emerging

Developing

Emerging

Historical Skills / Chronology, terms and concepts

Uses historical terms and concepts (ACHHS118).
Extending

Proficient

Demonstrating

Historical Knowledge and Understanding / Australia as a nation

Adequately comprehended the contribution of individuals to the development of Australian
society in areas such as the economy, education, science, the arts, sport (ACHHK116).
Extending

Proficient

Demonstrating

Developing

Emerging

Literature / Creating literature:

Historical Recount follows the correct text structure (ACELT1800).
Extending

Proficient

Demonstrating

Developing

Emerging

Literature / Creating literature:

Historical Recount includes appropriate language features and includes imagery, sentence
variation, metaphors and appropriate word choice and tense (ACELT1800).
Extending

Proficient

Demonstrating

Developing

Emerging

TEACHER FEEDBACK:
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HISTORICAL RECOUNT ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST

Student Name:

Features of Recount Writing

What type of historical recount are you
going to create?
Example: Letter, biography, write up of
event, diary, etc.
What tense would be appropriate?
Example: Informal diary 1st person
Formal biography 1st person
Letter 1st or 2nd person
3rd party recount of events 3rd person
Does your Background provide who,
what, when and where information, and
include details of events that led up to the
significant event?
Does your Record Of Events include
causes and consequences of events?

Did you sequence events in time order?

Have you used time connectives?

Example: next, meanwhile, within hours,
soon afterwards, weeks later, etc.
Have you used powerful verbs?

Have you used historical terms and

concepts learnt throughout the unit?
Does your Evaluation clearly identify the
contribution your person made to the
development of Australian society?
Have you checked your spelling and used
a dictionary to check spelling of new
words?