ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT
Creating a conceptualised response around a thesis
Assessment Criteria and What A Good One Looks Like
Below you will find the Skill Check assessment criteria for this skill, and underneath you will find an example of what a good one looks like, with a brief explanation of how it fits the criteria.
Assessment Criteria for Creating a conceptualised response around a thesis
minus
any of these things
No thesis or a thesis that doesn’t address the question
No points in the paragraph plan
Paragraph points are wrongly worded – not proper points that address the question
equals (just) to plus (secure)
all of these things
Clear thesis that addresses the question
2 or more correctly worded paragraph points that relate to the thesis
star
all of these things
All the + criteria
Interesting or sophisticated thesis that is clearly conceptualised
Paragraph points that break the thesis down into chunks and create an overall argument that builds and develops
What a good one looks like
Example task
Create the framework for an essay in response to this question: How does Charlotte Perkins Gilman present women’s lives in ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’? You need to write the thesis, plus two paragraph points. The paragraph points should each explore a different aspect of the thesis.
Example response
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Notes on this response
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