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1. Write the opening part of a biography or autobiography where you narrate a life-changing event titled, ‘The day that changed my life.’
(24 marks for content and organisation and 16 marks for technical accuracy) Â [40 marks]
Organise information and ideas, using structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion of texts.
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Skills Descriptors |
How to arrive a mark. |
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Level 4 19-24 marks Compelling, Convincing |
Upper Level 4 22-24 marks |
Content • Register is convincing and compelling for audience • Assuredly matched to purpose • Extensive and ambitious vocabulary with sustained crafting of linguistic devices Organisation • Varied and inventive use of structural features • Writing is compelling, incorporating a range of convincing and complex ideas • Fluently linked paragraphs with seamlessly integrated discourse |
At the top of the range, a student’s response will meet all of the skills descriptors for Content and Organisation At the bottom of the range, a student will have the lower range of Level 4 and at least one of the skills descriptors for Content and Organisation from the upper range of Level 4 |
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Lower Level 4 19-21 marks |
Content • Register is convincingly matched to audience • Convincingly matched to purpose • Extensive vocabulary with conscious crafting of linguistic devices Organisation • Varied and effective structural features • Writing is highly engaging with a range of developed complex ideas • Consistently coherent use of paragraphs with integrated discourse markers |
At the top of the range, a student’s response will meet all of the skills descriptors for Content and Organisation At the bottom of the range, a student will have the upper range of Level 3 and at least one of the skills descriptors for Content and Organisation from the lower range of Level 4 |
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Level 3 13-18 marks Consistent, Clear   |
Upper Level 3 16-18 marks |
Content • Register is consistently matched to audience • Consistently matched to purpose • Increasingly sophisticated vocabulary and phrasing, chosen for effect with a range of successful linguistic devices Organisation • Effective use of structural features • Writing is engaging, using a range of clear connected ideas • Coherent paragraphs with integrated discourse markers |
At the top of the range, a student’s response will meet all of the skills descriptors for Content and Organisation At the bottom of the range, a student will have the lower range of Level 3 and at least one of the skills descriptors for Content and Organisation from the upper range of Level 3 |
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Lower Level 3 13-15 marks |
Content • Register is generally matched to audience • Generally matched to purpose • Vocabulary clearly chosen for effect and appropriate use of linguistic devices Organisation • Usually effective use of structural features ·        Writing is engaging, with a range of connected ideas • Usually coherent paragraphs with range of discourse markers |
At the top of the range, a student’s response will meet all of the skills descriptors for Content and Organisation At the bottom of the range, a student will have the upper range of Level 2 and at least one of the skills descriptors for Content and Organisation from the lower range of Level 3 |
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Level 2 7-12 marks Some success |
Upper Level 2 10-12 marks |
Content • Some sustained attempt to match register to audience • Some sustained attempt to match purpose • Conscious use of vocabulary with some use of linguistic devices Organisation • Some use of structural features • Increasing variety of linked and relevant ideas • Some use of paragraphs and some use of discourse markers |
At the top of the range, a student’s response will meet all of the skills descriptors for Content and Organisation At the bottom of the range, a student will have the lower range of Level 2 and at least one of the skills descriptors for Content and Organisation from the upper range of Level 2 |
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Level 1 1-6 marks Simple, Limited |
Upper Level 1 4-6 marks |
Content • Simple awareness of register/audience • Simple awareness of purpose • Simple vocabulary; simple linguistic devices Organisation • Evidence of simple structural features • One or two relevant ideas, simply linked • Random paragraph structure |
At the top of the range, a student’s response will meet all of the skills descriptors for Content and Organisation At the bottom of the range, a student will have the lower range of Level 1 and at least one of the skills descriptors for Content and Organisation from the upper range of Level 1 |
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Lower Level 1 1-3 marks |
Content • Occasional sense of audience • Occasional sense of purpose • Simple vocabulary Organisation • Limited or no evidence of structural features • One or two unlinked ideas • No paragraphs |
At the top of the range, a student’s response will meet all of the skills descriptors for Content and Organisation At the bottom of the range, a student will have at least one of the skills descriptors for Content and Organisation from the lower range of Level 1 |
Candidates must use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. (This requirement must constitute 20% of the marks for each specification as a whole.)
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