As per today’s class. These must be understood alongside the SQA criteria – they are not at all definitive, rather a way of focusing your attention when assessing an essay.

Knowledge and Understanding

20-19	Refers to more than eight key scenes or moments
18-16	Refers to seven or eight scenes or key moments
15-13	Refers to five or six scenes or key moments
12-10	Refers to three or four scenes or key moments
9-6	Refers to only one or two scenes or key moments
5-0	Refers to only one or two scenes or key moments

 

20-19	More than eight appropriate quotations
18-16	Seven or eight appropriate quotations
15-13	Five or six appropriate quotations
12-10	Four appropriate quotations
9-6	Two or three appropriate quotations
5-0	None or one appropriate quotation

 

20-19	Every paragraph closely addresses the question
18-16	Every paragraph closely addresses the question
15-13	Every paragraph broadly answers the question
12-10	Every paragraph broadly answers the question
9-6	Question not directly answered
5-0	Question not directly answered

Analysis

20-19	More than eight uses of technical vocabulary
18-16	Seven or eight uses of technical vocabulary
15-13	Five or six uses of technical vocabulary
12-10	Four uses of technical vocabulary
9-6	Two or three uses of technical vocabulary
5-0	None or one uses of technical vocabulary

Evaluation

20-19	Very strong sense that the writer is proving an argument
18-16	Strong sense that the writer is proving an argument
15-13	Some sense that the writer is proving an argument
12-10	A little sense that the writer is proving an argument
9-6	No sense that the writer is proving an argument
5-0	No sense that the writer is proving an argument

Technical Accuracy

20-19	No spelling errors. Paragraphed well. Grammatically sophisticated.
18-16	No spelling errors. Paragraphed well. Grammatically sound.
15-13	Occasional spelling errors. Paragraphed well. Grammatically sound.
12-10	Some spelling errors. Paragraphed well. Grammatically sound.
9-6	Spelling and/ or grammar impede reading.
5-0	Is this even in English?!