1. LITERATURE Assessment Criteria Currently Achieving Grade
Cycle 1 and 2a
Topic: Literature Paper 1 (Shakespeare: Macbeth)
Assessment: Literature Paper 1/Section B
LITERATURE Assessment Criteria SA TA
7-9
AO1
I respond to the text and task in a sophisticated, critical/imaginative/evaluative way.
My interpretations show original thinking and imaginative, thoughtful use of quotes.
AO2
I offer a sophisticated and impressive analysis of an author’s methods.
I can engage with ideas and attitudes in the texts in a sophisticated way, considering the intended effect and the writer’s purpose.
AO3
I offer perceptive comments on the significance of relevant contexts.
GCSE Target Grade
SAE AE E BE
SBE
Currently Achieving Grade
5-6
I respond to the text and task in a considered, developed and evaluative way.
I develop interpretations using thoughtfully selected quotes.
I show I have thought about and appreciated the authors’ methods with examples and terminology.
I have a considered/developed response to ideas and attitudes in the texts and their intended effect.
I offer a developed consideration of relevant historical or social contexts.
Formative Assessment
WWW:
EBI:
<4
I demonstrate a clear and sustained response to texts and task
I demonstrate clear and sustained understanding of the ideas and/or attitudes in the texts with relevant quotes.
I can identify aspects of authors’ methods.
I can show clear and sustained understanding of the effects.
I show a clear and sustained grasp of the significance of relevant historical and social contexts.
Final Assessment

2. LANGUAGE Assessment Criteria
Topic: Language Paper 2
Assessments: Language Paper 2
Cycle 1 and 2b
LANGUAGE Assessment Criteria TA
7-9
AO1 - Select, identify and interpret explicit information and ideas.
AO2 - Explain, comment on, and analyse how writers create effects using language and structure.
AO3 – Insightfully compare a range of writers’ ideas and perspectives, and how these are conveyed.
AO4 - Evaluate texts critically and support with judiciously selected references.
AO5
shapes audience response with sophisticated and sustained tone, style and register.
manipulates complex ideas, using a range of structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion.
AO6
uses an extensive vocabulary strategically; rare spelling errors.
punctuates for effect; a range of sentence structures achieve specific effects.
Formative Assessment
WWW:
EBI:
5-6
AO1 - Identify and interpret explicit information and ideas.
AO2 - Explain and comment on how writers create effects using language and structure.
AO3 – Compare a range of writers’ ideas and perspectives, and how these are conveyed.
AO4 - Evaluate texts and support with relevant references.
shapes audience response with appropriate and sustained tone, style and register.
uses a range of structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion.
uses a range of appropriate vocabulary; some complex spelling errors.
punctuates accurately; a range of sentence structures achieve effects.
Final Assessment
<4
AO1 - Identify explicit information and ideas.
AO2 - Explain how writers use language and structure; some comment on effect.
AO3 - Compare writers’ ideas and perspectives, some comment on how these are conveyed.
AO4 - Comment on texts and support with references; some evaluation.
Some awareness of tone, style and register.
uses a some structural and grammatical features; generally coherent.
uses a range of vocabulary; some simple/regular spelling errors.
generally punctuates accurately; a range of sentence structures.
Target
Current
SBE BE E AE SAE
Key vocabulary:

3. LITERATURE Assessment Criteria
Topic: REVIEW AND IMPROVE Literature Paper 1
Assessment: Literature Paper 1
Cycle 3a
LITERATURE Assessment Criteria TA
7-9
AO1
I respond to the text and task in a sophisticated, critical/imaginative/evaluative way.
My interpretations show original thinking and imaginative, thoughtful use of quotes.
AO2
I offer a sophisticated and impressive analysis of an author’s methods.
I can engage with ideas and attitudes in the texts in a sophisticated way, considering the intended effect and the writer’s purpose.
AO3
I offer perceptive comments on the significance of relevant contexts.
Formative Assessment
WWW:
EBI:
5-6
I respond to the text and task in a considered, developed and evaluative way.
I develop interpretations using thoughtfully selected quotes.
I show I have thought about and appreciated the authors’ methods with examples and terminology.
I have a considered/developed response to ideas and attitudes in the texts and their intended effect.
I offer a developed consideration of relevant historical or social contexts.
Final Assessment
<4
I demonstrate a clear and sustained response to texts and task
I demonstrate clear and sustained understanding of the ideas and/or attitudes in the texts with relevant quotes.
I can identify aspects of authors’ methods.
I can show clear and sustained understanding of the effects.
I show a clear and sustained grasp of the significance of relevant historical and social contexts.
Target Grade
Currently
SBE BE E AE SAE
Key vocabulary:

4. LANGUAGE Assessment Criteria
Cycle 3b
Topic: REVIEW AND IMPROVE Language Paper 1
Assessments: Language Paper 1
LANGUAGE Assessment Criteria TA
7-9
AO1 - Select, identify and interpret explicit information and ideas.
AO2 - Explain, comment on, and analyse how writers create effects using language and structure.
AO4 - Evaluate texts critically and support with judiciously selected references.
AO5
shapes audience response with sophisticated and sustained tone, style and register.
manipulates complex ideas, using a range of structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion.
AO6
uses an extensive vocabulary strategically; rare spelling errors.
punctuates for effect; a range of sentence structures achieve specific effects.
Formative Assessment
WWW:
EBI:
5-6
AO1 - Identify and interpret explicit information and ideas.
AO2 - Explain and comment on how writers create effects using language and structure.
AO4 - Evaluate texts and support with relevant references.
shapes audience response with appropriate and sustained tone, style and register.
uses a range of structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion.
uses a range of appropriate vocabulary; some complex spelling errors.
punctuates accurately; a range of sentence structures achieve effects.
Final Assessment
<4
AO1 - Identify explicit information and ideas.
AO2 - Explain how writers use language and structure; some comment on effect.
AO4 - Comment on texts and support with references; some evaluation.
Some awareness of tone, style and register.
uses a some structural and grammatical features; generally coherent.
uses a range of vocabulary; some simple/regular spelling errors.
generally punctuates accurately; a range of sentence structures.
Target
Current
SBE BE E AE SAE
Key vocabulary:

5. LITERATURE Assessment Criteria
Topic: Literature Paper 2 (20th Century Drama An Inspector Calls and Poetry)
Assessments: Literature Paper 2 (20th Century Drama An Inspector Calls and Poetry)
Cycle 4a
LITERATURE Assessment Criteria TA
7-9
AO1
I respond to the text and compare in a sophisticated, critical/imaginative/evaluative way.
My interpretations show original thinking and imaginative, thoughtful use of quotes.
AO2
I offer a sophisticated and impressive analysis of an author’s methods.
I can engage with ideas and attitudes in the texts in a sophisticated way, considering the intended effect and the writer’s purpose.
AO3
I offer perceptive comments on the significance of relevant contexts.
Formative Assessment
WWW:
EBI:
5-6
I respond to the text and compare in a considered, developed and evaluative way.
I develop interpretations using thoughtfully selected quotes.
I show I have thought about and appreciated the authors’ methods with examples and terminology.
I have a considered/developed response to ideas and attitudes in the texts and their intended effect.
I offer a developed consideration of relevant historical or social contexts.
Final Assessment
<4
I demonstrate a clear and sustained response to texts and comparison.
I demonstrate clear and sustained understanding of the ideas and/or attitudes in the texts with relevant quotes.
I can identify aspects of authors’ methods.
I can show clear and sustained understanding of the effects.
I show a clear and sustained grasp of the significance of relevant historical and social contexts.
Target Grade
Currently
SBE BE E AE SAE
Key vocabulary:

6. LANGUAGE Assessment Criteria
Cycle 4b
Topic: Language Paper 2
Assessments: Language Paper 2
LANGUAGE Assessment Criteria TA
7-9
AO1 - Select, identify and interpret explicit information and ideas.
AO2 - Explain, comment on, and analyse how writers create effects using language and structure.
AO3 – Insightfully compare a range of writers’ ideas and perspectives, and how these are conveyed.
AO4 - Evaluate texts critically and support with judiciously selected references.
AO5
shapes audience response with sophisticated and sustained tone, style and register.
manipulates complex ideas, using a range of structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion.
AO6
uses an extensive vocabulary strategically; rare spelling errors.
punctuates for effect; a range of sentence structures achieve specific effects.
Formative Assessment
WWW:
EBI:
5-6
AO1 - Identify and interpret explicit information and ideas.
AO2 - Explain and comment on how writers create effects using language and structure.
AO3 – Compare a range of writers’ ideas and perspectives, and how these are conveyed.
AO4 - Evaluate texts and support with relevant references.
shapes audience response with appropriate and sustained tone, style and register.
uses a range of structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion.
uses a range of appropriate vocabulary; some complex spelling errors.
punctuates accurately; a range of sentence structures achieve effects.
Final Assessment
<4
AO1 - Identify explicit information and ideas.
AO2 - Explain how writers use language and structure; some comment on effect.
AO3 - Compare writers’ ideas and perspectives, some comment on how these are conveyed.
AO4 - Comment on texts and support with references; some evaluation.
Some awareness of tone, style and register.
uses a some structural and grammatical features; generally coherent.
uses a range of vocabulary; some simple/regular spelling errors.
generally punctuates accurately; a range of sentence structures.
Target
Current
SBE BE E AE SAE
Key vocabulary:

7. English Literature Assessment Criteria Currently Achieving Grade
Cycle 5
Topic: Literature Paper 1
Assessment: Literature Paper 1
English Literature Assessment Criteria SA TA
7-9
AO1
I respond to the text and task in a sophisticated, critical/imaginative/evaluative way.
My interpretations show original thinking and imaginative, thoughtful use of quotes.
AO2
I offer a sophisticated and impressive analysis of an author’s methods.
I can engage with ideas and attitudes in the texts in a sophisticated way, considering the intended effect and the writer’s purpose.
AO3
I offer perceptive comments on the significance of relevant contexts.
GCSE Target Grade
SAE AE E BE
SBE
Currently Achieving Grade
5-6
I respond to the text and task in a considered, developed and evaluative way.
I develop interpretations using thoughtfully selected quotes.
I show I have thought about and appreciated the authors’ methods with examples and terminology.
I have a considered/developed response to ideas and attitudes in the texts and their intended effect.
I offer a developed consideration of relevant historical or social contexts.
Formative Assessment
WWW:
EBI:
<4
I demonstrate a clear and sustained response to texts and task
I demonstrate clear and sustained understanding of the ideas and/or attitudes in the texts with relevant quotes.
I can identify aspects of authors’ methods.
I can show clear and sustained understanding of the effects.
I show a clear and sustained grasp of the significance of relevant historical and social contexts.
Final Assessment