Paper+Two+Essay+Rubric

· //How well do you understand the thought and feeling expressed in the text? // || **Little knowledge of works ** · Little knowledge of, or familiarity with, the works used || **Some knowledge of works ** · Superficial knowledge of, or familiarity with, works used Superficial understanding of the works || **Adequate understanding ** · Adequate understanding of the works used Adequate and appropriate references to the works || **Good understanding ** · Good understanding of the works used as well as some of the subtleties of their meaning Detailed and pertinent references to the works || **Excellent understanding ** · Perceptive understanding of the works used as well as the subtleties of their meaning Detailed and persuasive reference to the works || · //How well do you understand the specific demands of the question? //  · //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">How well do you respond to these demands? How well do you illustrate your claims? // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">How well do you express a relevant personal response? // || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Little awareness of main implications ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Mainly insignificant and/or irrelevant ideas · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Mainly paraphrase/narration and/or repetition of content || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Some awareness of, or response to, main implications of question ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Sometimes irrelevant ideas · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Mainly unsubstantiated generalisations || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Adequate response to main implications ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Relevant ideas · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Analysis which is adequate and appropriately illustrated by some relevant examples || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Good response to main implications and some subtleties ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Carefully explored ideas, including a considered appropriate personal response · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Analysis which is generally detailed and illustrated by relevant examples || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Excellent response to main implications and subtleties ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Convincing ideas showing independence where appropriate <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Analysis which is consistently detailed and persuasively illustrated by carefully chosen examples || · //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">How aware are you of the presence of literary features in the works? //  · //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">How well do you appreciate the relevant effects of the literary features? // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">How well do you support your claims about these? // || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Little awareness ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Little mention or consideration of the relevant literary features || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Some awareness or appreciation ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Some consideration of relevant literary features <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">A superficial analysis of the literary features mentioned || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Adequate appreciation ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Adequate analysis of the relevant effects of the literary features <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Appropriately illustrations with relevant examples || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Good appreciation ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Pertinent and well-detailed analysis of the relevant effects of literary features <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Appropriate illustrations with relevant examples || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Excellent appreciation ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Critical analysis of relevant effects of the literary features <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Consistently well-illustrated by persuasive examples || · //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">How well do you organize your essay? //  · //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">How effectively do you present your ideas? // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">To what extent do you integrate supporting examples into the body of the essay? // || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Little sense of a focused and developed argument ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Little evidence of a structure · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Support for arguments rarely offered || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Some sense of a focused and developed argument ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Some evidence of a structure · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Some attempt to present ideas in an ordered or logical sequence · || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Generally focused and developed argument ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Adequate structure · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Examples generally presented in an ordered and logical sequence · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Supporting examples sometimes appropriately integrated || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Clearly focused, well-developed argument ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Clear and logical structure · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Supporting examples appropriately integrated || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Clearly focused, well-developed and persuasive argument ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Purposeful and effective structure <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Supporting examples well-integrated || · //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">How accurate, clear and precise is your language? // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">How appropriate is your choice of register and style in terms of vocabulary, tone, sentence structure and idiom? // || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Rarely clear and coherent language ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Not readily comprehensible · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Many lapses in grammar, spelling, and sentence construction · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Rarely accurate or appropriate vocabulary || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Only sometimes clear and coherent language ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Some degree of clarity and coherence · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Some degree of accuracy in grammar, spelling, and sentence construction · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Sometimes appropriate vocabulary || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Generally clear and coherent language ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Adequately clear and coherent · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Only a few significant apses in grammar, spelling, or sentence construction · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Some care in vocabulary, idiom, and style · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Generally appropriate of register || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Clear, varied, concise, language ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Clear, varied, and precise · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">No significant lapses in grammar, spelling, or sentence construction · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Effective and appropriately varied use of vocabulary, varied idiom and style · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Suitable choice of register || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Clear, varied, precise and concise language ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Clear, varied, precise and concise · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">No significant lapses in grammar, spelling, or sentence construction · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Precise use of wide vocabulary, varied idiom and style · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Effective choice of register ||
 * A1 ENGLISH HIGHER LEVEL ESSAY DESCRIPTORS **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">APPRECIATION OF LITERARY FEATURES **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">PRESENTATION **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt;">FORMAL USE OF LANGUAGE **