Unseen paper - mark scheme /YR 11/ CT

Table of mark band generic criteria
0-1 The answer does not meet the criteria for Grade G.
2-3 Candidates will –
show just a very little awareness of…
4-5 Candidates will –
make a few straightforward points about…
6-8 Candidates will –
make some straightforward points about…
show a little understanding of
9-11 Candidates will –
begin to develop a response…
show some understanding of…
12-14 Candidates will –
make a sensible response…
show reasonable understanding of…
show a little awareness of the way language works.
15-17 Candidates will –
make a considered, sustained response.
show clear understanding of …
show some awareness of the way language works.
18-20 Candidates will –
sustain a perceptive, convincing response.
show extensive understanding.
respond sensitively to the way language works.