Outcome Correlation: Reading Comprehension: The Main Idea Game
Grade Seven English Language Arts
ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF STUDENT LEARNING
This performance task is designed to gather assessment evidence for the following learner
outcomes (shown in Times New Roman font) from the Alberta English Language Arts Program of
Studies (2000).
Learner Outcomes
General Outcome 2
Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond
personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts.
Number Specific Outcomes
2.1
Use Strategies and Cues
Use comprehension strategies
2.1.3

identify, connect, and summarize in own words, the main ideas from
two or more sources on the same topic
2.1
Use Strategies and Cues
Use comprehension strategies
2.1.4

use concept mapping and mental rehearsal to remember main ideas and
relevant details
2.2
Respond to Texts
Construct meaning from texts
2.2.9

develop, clarify and defend own interpretation, based on evidence from
the text with support from own experiences
Criteria for Evaluation *
Students provide evidence of
their learning as they:

identify main idea

create concept map

provide supporting
evidence
* Criteria statements appear again in the first column of the evaluation tools (checklists, rating scales and/or
rubrics) and are the basis on which student evaluation is made relative to the learner outcomes.
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Grade Seven ELA: Reading Comprehension: The Main Idea Game
November 2013
Outcome Correlation
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