Assessment

In these pages you can find all you need to know about assessment for the English A: Language and Literature course.
For each form of assessment, the basic requirements have been outlined in detail.
Useful tips on how to approach each form of assessment have also been included.

A bank of sample responses, specimen papers and recordings of internal assessment are provided.
Prepare for exams by applying the assessment criteria to the sample responses.
Many lessons can be found in this section to help develop the necessary skills for each form of assessment.

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In the fall of 2020, as my students went about preparing for their Individual Oral, I decided to do one myself. I had...
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The Individual Orals on this page are from the May 2021 examination session. These were the first examinations...
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This individual oral exemplar is excellent for us teachers. Here’s why. The student has done some questionable things....
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This is out third Individual Oral exemplar. The first can be found here, and the second can be found here. On an earlier...
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In August 2019, we published an Individual Oral (IO) exemplar in which a student discussed the film Pulp Fiction and Carol...
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In this individual oral, the student has started with the global issue of “Culture, identity and community,” more specifically...
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