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• Part 4: Can you help mark this informal writing (10 marks-can’t be .5 points) based on the criteria I am about to give you and also break down the error correction? I will provide the instructions and the word count of each writing. The feedback will come in this format. 1. Word count 2. Total Score 3. Score in details 4. How to improve your writing These are the criteria: 1. Communication, content and organization (5 marks) Candidates will get a 5 if they have referred to all three bullet points and met all the following criteria. • Task completed mostly successfully, with effective development of the bullets provided. • Secure awareness of audience evident in uses of tone and register (informal with simple structure and vocabulary and use of contraction forms). • Organisation is consistent with effective use of cohesive devices, paragraphing and punctuation. Candidates will get a 3 to 4 if they have referred to at least two bullet points and met all the following criteria. • Task completed to some extent, with some development of the bullets provided. • Some awareness of audience evident in uses of tone and register (informal with simple structure and vocabulary and use of contraction forms). • Organisation is adequate with some effective use of cohesive devices, paragraphing and punctuation. • Candidates will get a 1 to 2 if they have referred to at least one bullet point and met all the following criteria. • Task completed to a limited extent, with little development of the bullets provided. • Little awareness of audience evident in uses of tone and register (informal with simple structure and vocabulary and use of contraction forms). • Organisation is limited with little effective use of cohesive devices, paragraphing and punctuation. (If none of these is shown, zero will be given for this criteria. They will get a 0 if there is no rewardable material. 2. Range and accuracy (5 marks) Candidates will get a 5 if they have met all the following criteria. • Range of vocabulary is appropriate for most of the response. • Range of appropriate structures, although there may be some lapses. • The writing is accurate for most of the response and there are very few errors. Candidates will get a 3 to 4 if they have met all the following criteria. • Range of vocabulary is appropriate for some of the response. • Some range of appropriate structures. • The writing is accurate for some of the response and any errors generally do not impact on meaning. Candidates will get a 1 to 2 if they have met all the following criteria. • Range of vocabulary is limited. • Range of appropriate structures is limited. • The writing is generally inaccurate and errors cause confusion. They will get a 0 if there is no rewardable material. Anything you write after the 100th word will not be marked. To make it sound informal, students should use contractions, simple structure and vocabulary in the writing. And by informal, it should not be too casual like text language or slang words.
• Part 5: Can you help mark this semi-formal/formal writing (20 marks-can’t be .5 points) based on the criteria I am about to give you? I will provide the instructions and the word count of each writing. The feedback will come in this format. 1. Word count 2. Total Score 3. Score in details 4. How to improve your writing These are the criteria: 1. Communication and content (5 marks) Candidates will get a 5 if they have referred to all three bullet points. The response… • communicates most successfully. • conveys the information set out in the task. • uses appropriate tone and register for the audience. Candidates will get a 3 to 4 if they have referred to at least two bullet points. The response… • generally communicates successfully. • conveys more than half of the information set out in the task. • generally uses appropriate tone and register for the task. Candidates will get a 1 to 2 if they have referred to at least one bullet point. The response… • occasionally communicates successfully. • conveys less than half of the information set out in the task. • only sometimes uses appropriate tone and register for the task. They will get a 0 if there is no rewardable material. 2. Lexical range and accuracy (5 marks) They will get a 5 if they include all of these. • Wide range of vocabulary. • Appropriate and effective use of vocabulary to address the requirements of the task. • Very good control of vocabulary with very few errors. They will get a 3 to 4 if they include all of these. • Good range of vocabulary. • Generally appropriate and effective use of vocabulary to address the requirements of the task. • Occasional lapses in lexical control. They will get a 1 to 2 if they include all of these. • Adequate but predictable range of vocabulary. • Occasionally uses appropriate and effective vocabulary to address the requirements of the task. • Frequent lapses in lexical control. They will get a 0 if there is no rewardable material. 3. Grammatical range and Accuracy (5 marks) They will get a 5 if they include all of these. • Wide range of both straightforward and complex grammatical structures. • Appropriate and effective use of these structures to address the requirements of the task. • Very good control of these structures They will get a 3 to 4 if they include all of these. • Good range of both straightforward and complex grammatical structures. • Generally appropriate and effective use of these structures to address the requirements of the task. • Occasional lapses in control of more complex structures. They will get a 1 to 2 if they include all of these. • Adequate but predictable range of straightforward grammatical structures. • Occasionally appropriate and effective use of these structures to address the requirements of the task. • Frequent lapses in grammatical control. They will get a 0 if there is no rewardable material. 4. Effective organization (5 marks) They will get a 5 if they include all of these. • Very coherent piece of writing. • Appropriate use of cohesive devices, paragraphing and punctuation. • High degree of fluency that would require no effort on the part of a native speaker. They will get a 3 to 4 if they include all of these. • Generally coherent piece of writing. • Generally appropriate use of cohesive devices, paragraphing and punctuation. • Moderate degree of fluency that would cause a native speaker to hesitate. They will get a 1 to 2 if they include all of these. • Occasionally coherent piece of writing. • Limited or repetitive use of cohesive devices, paragraphing and punctuation. • Low degree of fluency that requires some effort on the part of the native speaker. They will get a 0 if there is no rewardable material. Anything you write after the 150th word will not be marked.
• Part 6: Can you help mark this semi-formal/formal writing (25 marks-can’t be .5 points) based on the text and criteria I am about to give you? I will provide the instructions, the text and the indicative content for the first 5 marks, and the word count of each writing. The feedback will come in this format. 1. Word count 2. Total Score 3. Score in details 4. How to improve your writing These are the criteria: 1. Keywords (5 marks) Indicative Content: [Insert the keywords from mark scheme] Note that the third bullet point doesn’t count here. 2. Communication and content (5 marks) Candidates will get a 5 if they have referred to all three bullet points. The response… • communicates most successfully. • conveys the information set out in the task. • uses appropriate tone and register for the audience. Candidates will get a 3 to 4 if they have referred to at least two bullet points. The response… • generally communicates successfully. • conveys more than half of the information set out in the task. • generally uses appropriate tone and register for the task. Candidates will get a 1 to 2 if they have referred to at least one bullet point. The response… • occasionally communicates successfully. • conveys less than half of the information set out in the task. • only sometimes uses appropriate tone and register for the task. They will get a 0 if there is no rewardable material. Note that if the third bullet point asks you to write predictions or make inferences, there should be at least two predictions/inferences made. Otherwise, it is counted as a lack of response for this bullet point. 3. Lexical range and accuracy (5 marks) They will get a 5 if they include all of these. • Wide range of vocabulary. • Appropriate and effective use of vocabulary to address the requirements of the task. • Very good control of vocabulary with very few errors. They will get a 3 to 4 if they include all of these. • Good range of vocabulary. • Generally appropriate and effective use of vocabulary to address the requirements of the task. • Occasional lapses in lexical control. They will get a 1 to 2 if they include all of these. • Adequate but predictable range of vocabulary. • Occasionally uses appropriate and effective vocabulary to address the requirements of the task. • Frequent lapses in lexical control. They will get a 0 if there is no rewardable material. 4. Grammatical range and Accuracy (5 marks) They will get a 5 if they include all of these. • Wide range of both straightforward and complex grammatical structures. • Appropriate and effective use of these structures to address the requirements of the task. • Very good control of these structures They will get a 3 to 4 if they include all of these. • Good range of both straightforward and complex grammatical structures. • Generally appropriate and effective use of these structures to address the requirements of the task. • Occasional lapses in control of more complex structures. They will get a 1 to 2 if they include all of these. • Adequate but predictable range of straightforward grammatical structures. • Occasionally appropriate and effective use of these structures to address the requirements of the task. • Frequent lapses in grammatical control. They will get a 0 if there is no rewardable material. 5. Effective organization (5 marks) They will get a 5 if they include all of these. • Very coherent piece of writing. • Appropriate use of cohesive devices, paragraphing and punctuation. • High degree of fluency that would require no effort on the part of a native speaker. They will get a 3 to 4 if they include all of these. • Generally coherent piece of writing. • Generally appropriate use of cohesive devices, paragraphing and punctuation. • Moderate degree of fluency that would cause a native speaker to hesitate. They will get a 1 to 2 if they include all of these. • Occasionally coherent piece of writing. • Limited or repetitive use of cohesive devices, paragraphing and punctuation. • Low degree of fluency that requires some effort on the part of the native speaker. They will get a 0 if there is no rewardable material. Where candidates have either lifted their response entirely from the text or lifted mainly from the text and inserted their own isolated words and/or short phrases a score of zero is given for Lexical range and accuracy and Grammatical range and Accuracy. In both these cases the candidate has not produced enough of his/her own work for it to be rewarded for these 2 traits. Anything you write after the 150th word will not be marked.