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 * A1 English Higher L﻿evel Paper One: Written Commentary **

UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEXT

· How well do you understand the thought and feeling expressed in the text?

· How well do you illustrate your perceptions with references to the text? || Little understanding

· Little understanding of the thought and feeling expressed in the text

· Mainly irrelevant and/or inappropriate references to the text || Some understanding

· Superficial understanding of the thought and feeling expressed in the text

· Some relevant references to the text || Adequate understanding

· Adequate understanding of the thought and feeling expressed in the text

· Adequate and appropriate references to the text || Good understanding

· Good understanding of the thought and feeling expressed in the text as well as some of the subtleties of the text

· Detailed and pertinent references to the text || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Excellent understanding

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Perceptive understanding of the thought and feeling expressed in the text as well as some of the subtleties of the text

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Detailed and persuasive reference to the text || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">INTERPRETATION

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· How relevant are your ideas?

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· How far have you expressed a relevant personal response?

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">How well have you explored those ideas? || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Little interpretation

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Mainly insignificant and/or irrelevant ideas

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Commentary which is mainly narration or repetition of content || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Some interpretation

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Sometimes irrelevant ideas

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Mainly unsubstantiated generalisations

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Mainly paraphrase of the text || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Adequate interpretation

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Generally relevant ideas

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Analysis which is adequate and appropriately illustrated by some relevant examples || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Good interpretation

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Generally relevant ideas

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Analysis which is generally detailed and illustrated by relevant examples || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Excellent interpretation

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Convincing ideas including an appropriate and considered personal response

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Analysis which is consistently detailed and persuasively illustrated by carefully chosen examples || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">APPRECIATION OF LITERARY FEATURES

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· How aware are you of the presence of literary features in the text?

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· To what extent do you appreciate their effects?

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">How well do you support your claims about these? || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Little awareness

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Little mention or consideration of the literary features || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Some awareness or appreciation

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Some mention of the effects of the literary features

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· A superficial analysis of the literary features mentioned || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Adequate appreciation

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Adequate appreciation of the effects of some of the literary features

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· An analysis which is sometimes illustrated by relevant examples || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Good appreciation

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Generally detailed appreciation of the effects of some of the literary features

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· An analysis which is adequate and generally illustrated by relevant examples || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Excellent appreciation

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Detailed and persuasive appreciation of the effects of the literary features

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· An analysis which is generally detailed and illustrated by carefully chosen examples || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">PRESENTATION

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· How well do you organize your essay?

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· How effectively do you present your ideas?

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">To what extent do you integrate supporting examples into the body of the commentary? || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Little sense of a focused and developed argument <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Some sense of a focused and developed argument <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Generally focused and developed argument
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">little evidence of a structure to the commentary -
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">little attempt to present ideas in an ordered or logical sequence. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">some evidence of a structure to the commentary -
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">some attempt to present ideas in an ordered and logical sequence ||

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Adequate structure

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Examples generally presented in an ordered and logical sequence

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Supporting examples sometimes appropriately integrated || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Clearly focused, well-developed argument

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Clear and logical structure

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Supporting examples appropriately integrated || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Focused, well-developed and persuasive argument

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Purposeful and effective structure

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Supporting examples well-integrated || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">FORMAL USE OF LANGUAGE

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· How accurate, clear and precise is your language?

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">How appropriate is your choice of register in terms of vocabulary, tone, sentence structure and idiom? || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Rarely clear and coherent language

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Not readily comprehensible

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Many lapses in grammar, spelling, and sentence construction

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Rarely accurate or appropriate vocabulary || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Only sometimes clear and coherent language

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Some degree of clarity and coherence

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Some degree of accuracy in grammar, spelling, and sentence construction

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Sometimes appropriate vocabulary || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Generally clear and coherent language

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Adequately clear and coherent

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Only a few significant apses in grammar, spelling, or sentence construction

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Some care in vocabulary, idiom, and style

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Generally appropriate of register || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Clear, varied, and precise language

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Clear, varied, and precise

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· No significant lapses in grammar, spelling, or sentence construction

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Effective and appropriately varied use of vocabulary, idiom and style

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Suitable choice of register || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Clear, varied, precise and concise language

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Clear, varied, precise and concise

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· No significant lapses in grammar, spelling, or sentence construction

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Precise use of wide vocabulary, varied idiom and style

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">· Effective choice of register ||