ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT
Embedding and contextualising evidence
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 Embedding and contextualising evidence
minus
any of these things
Not the actual evidence part of a paragraph (e.g. includes analysis or repeats the point)
No attempt at providing context or embedding the quotation
Uses the phrase “it says” to introduce quotation
equals (just) to plus (secure)
all of these things
Just the evidence part of a PEA paragraph (e.g. no analysis wrongly added)
They provide some kind of context, even if it’s not especially clear
The quotation is embedded, though not necessarily seamlessly
star
all of these things
All the + criteria
Clear context provided
Quotations are seamlessly embedded, with grammatical agreement
Uses square brackets to make alterations, if required
What a good one looks like
Example task
In this extract from chapter 3 of ‘Lord of the Flies’, Jack is hunting for a pig.
There was only the faintest indication of a trail here; a cracked twig and what might be the impression of one side of a hoof. He lowered his chin and stared at the traces as though he would force them to speak to him. Then dog-like, uncomfortably on all fours yet unheeding his discomfort, he stole forward five yards and stopped.
Write the evidence part of a PEA paragraph which contextualises this section of the text, using the underlined section as a quotation which is embedded into the context.
Example response
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Notes on this response
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