ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT
Analysing language, form and structure
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 Analysing language, form and structure
minus
any of these things
It’s not the analysis part of the paragraph (e.g. repeats evidence, etc)
Does not mention a method in the analysis
Mentions a method but does not explain how it adds meaning to the text
Gets the effect of the method completely wrong
equals (just) to plus (secure)
all of these things
Mentions a method with (roughly) correct terminology
Attempts to explain what extra meaning the method creates and how it creates that meaning, though it does not necessarily do so as clearly or in as much detail as it could
star
all of these things
All the + criteria
Explains what the effect of the method is in a thoughtful, interesting or detailed way that connects clearly to the point - it will often do this by zooming in and analysing different parts of the method, though this is not essential
Clearly explains how the method creates the effect(s) described
What a good one looks like
Example task
Read the following paragraph opening and complete the task underneath.
Golding reveals the boys’ destructive power very early in the novel. When they first decide to start a fire, they accidentally set fire to the forest, and though the fire is initially small, a “squirrel leap[ing]” between the branches of the trees, it grows and spreads, creeping through the trees “as a jaguar creeps” until it has destroyed a quarter mile of forest.
Write the analysis to follow on from this point and evidence, with clear discussion of the method(s) used, including the appropriate terminology. Make sure you link your analysis back to the point.
Example response
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Notes on this response
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