OCR GCSE English Literature Essay Checklist - Modern Prose or Drama
Have you fulfilled the criteria below? You’ve reached Level 6 (18-20 marks)!
____ Do I show perceptive and sensitive understanding of context? Does it inform my evaluation of the text?
____ Do I present a coherent critical style through an informed personal response?
____ Do I show consistently perceptive understanding?
____ Are my textual references precise, pertinent, and skilfully interwoven in the response?
____ Do I show a detailed, well-developed analysis of how language, form and structure create meanings and effects?
____ Do I make consistent, effective use of relevant subject terminology?
____ Have I achieved a sustained, interwoven comparison of texts?
Have you fulfilled the criteria below? You’ve reached Level 5 (15-17 marks)!
____ Do I show convincing understanding of how context informs my response to the text?
____ Do I show a convincing critical style through a consistent, well-developed personal response?
____ Do I show insightful understanding?
____ Are my textual references well–selected and fully integrated in the response?
____ Do I show a thoughtful analysis of how language, form and structure create meanings and effects?
____ Have I achieved a sustained comparison between texts?
Have you fulfilled the criteria below? You’ve reached Level 4 (11-14 marks)!
____ Do I show clear understanding of context? Does this inform my response to the text?
____ Do I show a critical style through a detailed personal response?
____ Have I selected relevant textual references to support my response?
____ Do I show competent use of relevant subject terminology?
____ Have I developed some key points of comparison between texts?
Have you fulfilled the criteria below? You’ve reached Level 3 (7-10 marks)!
____ Do I include relevant comments about context? Do they inform my response to the text?
____ Do I provide a reasonably detailed personal response?
____ Is there use of relevant textual references and quotations to support the response?
____ Do I explain how the use of language, form and structure creates meanings and effects?
____ Do I use some relevant subject terminology?
____ Do I make some explicit, relevant comparisons between texts?
Have you fulfilled the criteria below? You’ve reached Level 2 (4-6 marks)!
____ Do I show some awareness of context, which may be implied?
____ Have I begun to develop a straightforward personal response to the text?
____ Do I provide some relevant support from the text?
____ Does the response have simple comments on the writer's use of language, form or structure?
____ Do I show some use of subject terminology?
____ Is there some identification of key links between texts?
Have you avoided the criteria below? You’ve reached Level 1 (1-3 marks)!
____ Does the response imply little awareness of context, related to the text?
____ Do I make only a few relevant comments about the text?
Have you fulfilled the criteria below? You’ve reached Level 6 (18-20 marks)!
____ Do I show perceptive and sensitive understanding of context? Does it inform my evaluation of the text?
____ Do I present a coherent critical style through an informed personal response?
____ Do I show consistently perceptive understanding?
____ Are my textual references precise, pertinent, and skilfully interwoven in the response?
____ Do I show a detailed, well-developed analysis of how language, form and structure create meanings and effects?
____ Do I make consistent, effective use of relevant subject terminology?
____ Have I achieved a sustained, interwoven comparison of texts?
Have you fulfilled the criteria below? You’ve reached Level 5 (15-17 marks)!
____ Do I show convincing understanding of how context informs my response to the text?
____ Do I show a convincing critical style through a consistent, well-developed personal response?
____ Do I show insightful understanding?
____ Are my textual references well–selected and fully integrated in the response?
____ Do I show a thoughtful analysis of how language, form and structure create meanings and effects?
____ Have I achieved a sustained comparison between texts?
Have you fulfilled the criteria below? You’ve reached Level 4 (11-14 marks)!
____ Do I show clear understanding of context? Does this inform my response to the text?
____ Do I show a critical style through a detailed personal response?
____ Have I selected relevant textual references to support my response?
____ Do I show competent use of relevant subject terminology?
____ Have I developed some key points of comparison between texts?
Have you fulfilled the criteria below? You’ve reached Level 3 (7-10 marks)!
____ Do I include relevant comments about context? Do they inform my response to the text?
____ Do I provide a reasonably detailed personal response?
____ Is there use of relevant textual references and quotations to support the response?
____ Do I explain how the use of language, form and structure creates meanings and effects?
____ Do I use some relevant subject terminology?
____ Do I make some explicit, relevant comparisons between texts?
Have you fulfilled the criteria below? You’ve reached Level 2 (4-6 marks)!
____ Do I show some awareness of context, which may be implied?
____ Have I begun to develop a straightforward personal response to the text?
____ Do I provide some relevant support from the text?
____ Does the response have simple comments on the writer's use of language, form or structure?
____ Do I show some use of subject terminology?
____ Is there some identification of key links between texts?
Have you avoided the criteria below? You’ve reached Level 1 (1-3 marks)!
____ Does the response imply little awareness of context, related to the text?
____ Do I make only a few relevant comments about the text?
