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What is the essay question? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ What ideas the essay is going to explore (TOPIC SENTENCES) 1. ______________________________________________________________ 2. ______________________________________________________________ 3. ______________________________________________________________ 4. ______________________________________________________________ What texts are going to be used to illustrate these ideas, and who composed them. 1. ______________________________________________________________ 2. ______________________________________________________________ 3. ______________________________________________________________ What is it (the paragraph) actually about? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ What sentence tells you this? _________________________________________________________________ What texts are used to demonstrate this idea? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ What evidence is used? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Is it (the evidence) linked to the topic sentence? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Is it linked to the essay question? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ What is it (the paragraph) actually about? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ What sentence tells you this? _________________________________________________________________ What texts are used to demonstrate this idea? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ What evidence is used? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Is it (the evidence) linked to the topic sentence? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Is it linked to the essay question? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ What is it (the paragraph) actually about? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ What sentence tells you this? _________________________________________________________________ What texts are used to demonstrate this idea? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ What evidence is used? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Is it (the evidence) linked to the topic sentence? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Is it linked to the essay question? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Is it strong? _______________________________________________________ Does it summarise the essay? ________________________________________ Does it have any other information? ____________________________________ Is the language register appropriate? ___________________________________ Is the length appropriate? ____________________________________________ Is the question thoroughly addressed and answered? ______________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ What mark would you give this essay out of 15?
 * __Introduction:__**
 * __Paragraph one__**
 * __Paragraph two__**
 * __Paragraph three__**
 * __Conclusion__**
 * __Overall__**
 * __Other comments__**

|| **Marks** || || || || || ||
 * **Criteria**
 * * Discusses skilfully the view presented in the statement
 * Presents a skilful response with well-chosen detailed textual references from the prescribed text and related text
 * Composes a well-integrated response using language appropriate to audience, purpose and context || 13-15
 * * Discusses effectively the view presented in the statement
 * Presents an effective response with aptly chosen textual references from the prescribed text and related text
 * Composes an effective response using language appropriate to audience, purpose and context || 10-12
 * * Discusses soundly the view presented in the statement
 * Presents a response using appropriate textual references from the prescribed text and related text
 * Composes an adequate response using language appropriate to audience, purpose and context
 * Demonstrates a limited understanding of the view presented in the statement || 7-9
 * * Describes aspects of the texts
 * Attempts to compose a response with limited appropriateness to audience, purpose and context || 4-6
 * * Refers to text(s) in an elementary way || 1-3