Levelling Grid for Fantastic Places

Levelling Grid for Fantastic Places Name: ______Target Level:______Date: ______

Teacher: ______Actual Level: ______Class: ______

Key Concepts Type of Study: place, thematic. Different parts of the world in a wider setting and context: To show places in the World today. A balance of human and physical geography: physical geography, environmental processes, natural landscapes, human geography, human processes, Built and managed landscapes. Key Concepts Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Exceptional Performance Place You show that you know You show more detailed You use your knowledge You make links in your You use your knowledge and understanding of UK and Real places about and understand knowledge about parts of and understanding of UK knowledge and World Geography. parts of the UK and the UK and World and World Geography. understanding of UK and World Geography. Geography. World Geography.

What a place is like You point out and say You say what the physical You say what the physical You analyse the physical and human characteristics of places. For example by their How places became like they what the natural and built and human and human age, size, how they are made, and building materials. are things of places are like. characteristics of places characteristics of places are like. are like in detail and begin to analyse the. For example by their age, size, how they are made, and building materials. How places are subject to You explain how the You explain and predict change places change over time. change in the characteristics of places over time. Environmental Interaction You show that you You understand some You recognise that different people want to use your You understand how the interaction between people and Influences of people understand people can ways that human places differently and that this causes conflicting environments can result in complex and unintended both improve and damage activities cause demands on the environment. changes. the environment. environments to change.

Sustainable development You show that you You describe and You understand that many factors influence the You understand how and managing environmental understand what the idea compare sustainable and decisions made about sustainable and other considerations of sustainable issues. of sustainable other approaches to approaches to developing places and environments, and development can affect your development is about. You managing environments. use this understanding to explain the resulting own lives as well as the produce a suitable ‘Code changes. planning and management of of Respect.’ environments and resources. You illustrate this with a full range of examples. Changing physical and You understand that they way nature and people do You say what the places You describe and explain You analyse the You explain complex

1 Levelling Grid for Fantastic Places human processes things can change the features of places. are like in detail and give interactions within and interactions within and interactions within and reasons for physical and between physical and between physical and between physical and human human processes and human processes. human processes. processes. recognise that these processes interact to produce the distinctive characteristics of your places. Diversity You demonstrate You demonstrate You show how human and physical interactions create diversity. Appreciating differences understanding of understanding of the and similarities between geographical diversity by ways in which physical and people, places, environments describing how physical human processes lead to and cultures and the and human processes can diversity and change in contribution that these lead to similarities and places. make to the dynamic differences in the functions of societies and environments of economies. different places and in the lives of people who live there.

Key Processes Geographical enquiry: structured Fieldwork and out-of-class learning: none Graphicacy and visual literacy: Use of maps, photographs, Key Processes Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Exceptional Performance Enquiry You draw selectively on Sequence of investigation geographical ideas and theories. You suggest appropriate With growing You show independence You carry out geographical sequences of independence you in identifying and in using investigations independently investigation. establish Your own an effective sequence of at different scales. sequence of investigation. investigation. You hand your work in on You hand your work in on time. You hand your work in on You hand your work in on time. time. time.

You use a range of You select and use You select a range of You select and use You select a wide range You use accurately a wide geographical skills to help appropriate skills to help skills and use them accurately a wide range of skills and use them range of appropriate skills yourself investigate yourself investigate effectively in your of skills. effectively and places and environments. places and environments. investigations. accurately. Use of evidence You use primary and You select information You select a range of sources of evidence and use them effectively in Your You use accurately a wide secondary sources of and sources of evidence. investigations. range of sources of evidence in your evidence. investigations. You are beginning to You identify potential You evaluate sources of You evaluate sources of You evaluate sources of identify bias. bias in sources. evidence critically, evidence critically evidence critically. 2 Levelling Grid for Fantastic Places Evaluation of sources detect and respond to before using them in bias. Your investigations. Presentation You select and use You present your findings You present well-argued You present full and You present coherent appropriate ways for in a logical way that summaries of your coherently argued arguments. doing your poster to make makes sense using investigations. summaries of your it informative and eye- appropriate methods. investigations. catching. Conclusions You suggest conclusions You reach conclusions You begin to reach You reach detailed and You have effective, to your news report that that agree with the detailed and ‘backed up’ ‘backed up’ conclusions. accurate and well-backed make sense. evidence conclusions. up conclusions.

Geographical communication You use You use accurate geographical vocabulary. Vocabulary appropriate vocabulary. Style You present Your findings both graphically and in writing.

This work shows progress towards level ______. Your target level is now ______.

To achieve this target level you need to now focus on:

Following your guidance sheet carefully and covering all that you need to. Develop your explanations by adding more detail.

Include photographs, drawings and maps into your work. Focus on how there are similarities and differences in physical processes. Structure your work carefully with an introduction, middle section and conclusion. Focus on how there are similarities and differences in human processes. Structure your writing carefully by using writing frames and using more geographical vocabulary. Use a wider range of sources and consider how biased they are. Add more detail to your descriptions.

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