Criteria for Evaluation	0	1	2	3	4	5
Knowledge & Understanding of Extract or Work(s)	Candidate has not reached level 1.	Little knowledge of extract or work(s).	Some knowledge of extract or work(s).	Adequate understanding of extract or work(s)	Good understanding of extract or work(s).	Excellent understanding of extract or work(s)
How well does the candidate know and understand the content of the extract or work(s)?		Little knowledge or understanding of the content of the extract or work(s).	Some knowledge but superficial understanding of the content of the extract or work(s).	Adequate knowledge and understanding of the content of the extract or work(s).	Good knowledge and understanding of the content of the extract or work(s).	Thorough knowledge and understanding of the content of the extract or work(s).
How well does the candidate situate the extract or work(s) within the context of the larger work from which it has been taken or the body of works to which it belongs, where relevant?		Little knowledge of the appropriate context of the extract or work(s), where relevant.	Some knowledge of the appropriate context of the extract or work(s), where relevant.	Adequate knowledge of the appropriate context of the extract or work(s), where relevant.	Good knowledge of the appropriate context of the extract or work(s), where relevant.	Precise knowledge of the appropriate context of the extract or work(s), where relevant.
Use of Language	The candidate has not reached level 1.	The language is rarely clear or coherent.	The language is only sometimes clear and coherent.	The language is generally clear and coherent.	The language is clear, varied and precise.	The language is clear, varied, precise and concise.
How accurate, clear and precise is the language used by the candidate?		The speech is not readily comprehensible.	Some degree of clarity and coherence in speech.	Clear speech, appropriate to the occasion.	Clear, varied and precise speech, appropriate to the occasion.	Clear, varied, precise and concise speech, appropriate to the occasion.
How appropriate is the candidate’s choice of register and style for the occasion?		Many lapses in grammar and expression.	Some degree of accuracy in grammar and expression.	Only a few significant lapses in grammar and expression.	No significant lapses in grammar and expression.	No significant lapses in grammar and expression.
(Register refers, in this context, to the candidate’s sensitivity to elements such as vocabulary, tone, sentence structure and idiom appropriate to the task.)		Vocabulary is rarely accurate or appropriate.	Vocabulary is sometimes appropriate for the discussion of literature.	Attempts to use a register appropriate to the oral activity.	Uses a register appropriate to the oral activity.	An effective choice of register and style.
Literary terms are taken in the widest possible sense, for example, novel, play, poem, persona, character, narrator.					Some literary terms used appropriately.	Precise use of wide vocabulary and varied grammatical structures.
						Literary terms used appropriately.

Criteria for Evaluation	0	1-2	3-4	5-6	7-8	9-10
Interpretation and Personal Response	Candidate has not reached level 1.	Little interpretation of the extract or work(s).	Some interpretation of the extract or work(s).	Adequate interpretation of the extract or work(s).	Good interpretation of the extract or work(s).	Excellent interpretation of the extract or work(s).
How valid is the candidate’s interpretation of the extract or work(s)?		Little interpretation of the thought and feeling expressed in the extract or work(s).	Some interpretation of the thought and feeling expressed in the extract or work(s) including some elements of a relevant personal response, where appropriate.	A generally valid and adequate interpretation of the thought and feeling expressed in the extract or work(s) including some degree of a critical personal response, where appropriate.	A valid and generally detailed interpretation of the thought and feeling expressed in the extract or work(s) including a considered critical response, where appropriate.	A convincing and detailed interpretation of the thought and feeling expressed in the extract or work(s) including a fully considered and independent critical response, where appropriate.
How well has the candidate identified and analysed the effects of literary features in the extract or work(s), such as diction, imagery, tone, structure, style and technique?		Response consists mainly of narration and/or repetition of content.	Some awareness of the literary features of the extract or work(s).	Adequate awareness and some analysis of the effects of the literary features of the extract or work(s).	Good awareness and detailed analysis of the effects of the literary features of the extract or work(s).	Excellent awareness and critical analysis of the effects of the literary features of the extract or work(s).
To what extent does the candidate’s response show critical thinking and originality? How precise and relevant are the candidate’s references to the extract or work(s)?		Little awareness of the literary features of the extract or work(s).	The response is supported by some references to the extract or work(s).	The response is generally supported by relevant references tot he extract or work(s).	The response is supported by relevant references to the extract or work(s).	The response is fully supported by precise references to the extract or work(s).
Presentation	The candidate has not reached level 1.	Little sense of a focused and developed response.	Some sense of a focused and developed response.	A generally focused and developed response.	A focused and developed response.	A clearly focused, well-developed and persuasive response.
How structured is the candidate’s response?		Little evidence of a structure to the response.	Some evidence of a structure to the response.	Adequate structure to the response.	Clear and logical structure to the response.	Purposeful and effective structure to the response.
How effective and convincing is the candidate’s presentation?		Little attempt to present the response with coherence and focus.	Some attempt to present the response with coherence although it is not always focused.	The response is generally focused and presented in a coherent and effective manner.	The response is focused and presented in a clear, coherent, effective and convincing manner.	The response is focused and presented in a clear, coherent, effective and persuasive manner.
How appropriately does the candidate integrate supporting references to the extract or work(s)?		The response is supported by few references to the work(s) or extract.	Supporting references to the work(s) or extract, where relevant, are not appropriately integrated into the body of the response.	Supporting references to the work(s) or extract, where relevant, are sometimes appropriately integrated into the body of the response.	Supporting references to the work(s) or extract, where relevant, are appropriately integrated into the body of the response.	Supporting references to the work(s) or extract are well integrated into the body of the response.