Marking Criteria - Individual oral commentary
Higher Level
Criterion A: Knowledge and understanding of the poem
• How well is the student’s knowledge and understanding of the poem demonstrated by their interpretation?
5 marks
Criterion B: Appreciation of the writer’s choices
• To what extent does the student appreciate how the writer’s choices of language, structure, technique and style shape meaning?
5 marks
Criterion C: Organisation and presentation of the commentary
• To what extent does the student deliver a structured, well-focused commentary?
5 marks
Criterion D: Knowledge and understanding of the work used in the discussion
• How much knowledge and understanding has the student shown of the work used in the discussion?
5 marks
Criterion E: Response to the discussion questions
• How effectively does the student respond to the discussion questions?
5 marks
Criterion F: Language
• How clear, varied and accurate is the language?
• How appropriate is the choice of register and style? (“Register” refers, in this context, to the student’s use of elements such as vocabulary, tone, sentence structure and terminology appropriate to the commentary.)
5 marks
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Standard Level
Criterion A: Knowledge and understanding of the extract
• How well is the student’s knowledge and understanding of the extract demonstrated by their interpretation?
10 marks
Criterion B: Appreciation of the writer’s choices
• To what extent does the student appreciate how the writer’s choices of language, structure, technique and style shape meaning?
10 marks
Criterion C: Organisation and presentation
• To what extent does the student deliver a structured, well-focused commentary?
5 marks
Criterion D: Language
• How clear, varied and accurate is the language?
• How appropriate is the choice of register and style? (“Register” refers, in this context, to the student’s use of elements such as vocabulary, tone, sentence structure, and terminology appropriate to the commentary.)
5 marks
Higher Level
Criterion A: Knowledge and understanding of the poem
• How well is the student’s knowledge and understanding of the poem demonstrated by their interpretation?
5 marks
Criterion B: Appreciation of the writer’s choices
• To what extent does the student appreciate how the writer’s choices of language, structure, technique and style shape meaning?
5 marks
Criterion C: Organisation and presentation of the commentary
• To what extent does the student deliver a structured, well-focused commentary?
5 marks
Criterion D: Knowledge and understanding of the work used in the discussion
• How much knowledge and understanding has the student shown of the work used in the discussion?
5 marks
Criterion E: Response to the discussion questions
• How effectively does the student respond to the discussion questions?
5 marks
Criterion F: Language
• How clear, varied and accurate is the language?
• How appropriate is the choice of register and style? (“Register” refers, in this context, to the student’s use of elements such as vocabulary, tone, sentence structure and terminology appropriate to the commentary.)
5 marks
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Standard Level
Criterion A: Knowledge and understanding of the extract
• How well is the student’s knowledge and understanding of the extract demonstrated by their interpretation?
10 marks
Criterion B: Appreciation of the writer’s choices
• To what extent does the student appreciate how the writer’s choices of language, structure, technique and style shape meaning?
10 marks
Criterion C: Organisation and presentation
• To what extent does the student deliver a structured, well-focused commentary?
5 marks
Criterion D: Language
• How clear, varied and accurate is the language?
• How appropriate is the choice of register and style? (“Register” refers, in this context, to the student’s use of elements such as vocabulary, tone, sentence structure, and terminology appropriate to the commentary.)
5 marks