Oral+Presentation+Rubric


 * **A: Knowledge and Understanding of Extract or Work(s) **How well do you know and understand the content of the extract or work(s)? How well do you 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 extract or work(s): **Little knowledge or understanding of the content of the extract or work(s). Little knowledge of the appropriate context of the extract or work(s), where relevant.   || **Some knowledge of the extract or work(s): **Some knowledge but superficial understanding of the content of the extract or work(s). Some knowledge of the appropriate context of the extract or work(s), where relevant.   || **Adequate understanding of the extract or work(s): **Adequate knowledge and understanding of the content of the extract or work(s). Adequate knowledge of the appropriate context of the extract or work(s), where relevant.   || **Good understanding of the extract or work(s): **Good knowledge and understanding of the content of the extract or work(s). Good knowledge of the appropriate context of the extract or work(s), where relevant.   || **Excellent understanding of the extract or work(s): **Thorough knowledge and understanding of the content of the extract or work(s). Precise knowledge of the appropriate context of the extract or work(s), where relevant.  ||
 * **B: Interpretation and Personal Response **How valid is your interpretation of the extract or work(s)? How well have you identified and analysed the effects of literary features in the extract or work(s), such as diction, imagery, tone, structure, style and technique? To what extent does your response show critical thinking and originality? How precise and relevant are your references to the extract or work(s)?  || **Little interpretation of the extract or work(s): **Little interpretation of the thought and feeling expressed in the extract or work(s). Response consists mainly of narration and/or repetition of content. Little or no awareness of the literary features of the extract or work(s).   || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Some interpretation of the extract or work(s): **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Some interpretation of the thought and feeling expressed in the extract or work(s). Some awareness of the literary features of the extract or work(s). The response is supported by some references to the extract or work(s).   || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Adequate interpretation of the extract or work(s): **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Adequate interpretation of the thought and feeling expressed in the extract or work(s) including sometimes valid personal observations, where appropriate. Adequate awareness but little analysis of the effects of the literary features of the extract or work(s). The response is supported by generally relevant references to the extract or work(s).   || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Good interpretation of the extract or work(s): **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">A generally valid interpretation of the thought and feeling expressed in the extract or work(s), including some degree of a critical personal response, where appropriate. Clear awareness and some analysis of the effects of the literary features of the extract or work(s). The response is supported by relevant references to the extract or work(s).   || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt;">Excellent interpretation of the extract or work(s): **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt;">A valid interpretation of the thought and feeling expressed in the extract or work(s), including a considered critical response, where appropriate. Clear awareness and analysis of the effects of the literary features of the extract or work(s). The response is well supported by accurate and relevant references to the extract or work(s).   ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">C: Presentation **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">How structured is your response? How effective and convincing is your presentation? How appropriately do you integrate supporting references to the extract or work(s)?  || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Little sense of a focused and developed response: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Little evidence of a structure to the response. Little attempt to present the response with coherence and focus. The response is supported by few references to the work(s) or extract.   || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Some sense of a focused and developed response: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Some evidence of a structure to the response. Some attempt to present the response with coherence although it is not always focused. Supporting references to the work(s) or extract, where relevant, are not appropriately integrated into the body of the response.   || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">A generally focused and developed response: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Adequate structure to the response. The response is generally focused and presented in a coherent and effective manner. Supporting references to the work(s) or extract, where relevant, are sometimes. Appropriately integrated into the body of the response.   || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">A focused and developed response **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"># clear and logical structure to the response # the response is focused and presented in a clear, coherent, effective and convincing manner # supporting references to the work(s) or extract, where relevant, are appropriately integrated into the body of the response.   || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 6.5pt;">A clearly focused, well-developed and persuasive response: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 6.5pt;">Purposeful and effective structure to the response. The response is focused, coherent and presented in a very effective and persuasive manner. Supporting references to the work(s) or extract are well integrated into the body of the response.   ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">D: Use of Language **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">How accurate, clear and precise is your language? How appropriate is your choice of register and style for the occasion? (Register refers, in this context, to your sensitivity to elements such as the vocabulary, tone, sentence structure and idiom appropriate to the task.) Literary terms are taken in the widest possible sense, for example, novel, play, poem, persona, character, narrator.  || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">The language is rarely clear or coherent: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">The speech is not readily comprehensible. Many lapses in grammar and expression. Vocabulary is rarely accurate or appropriate.   || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">The language is only sometimes clear and coherent: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Some degree of clarity and coherence in the speech. Some degree of accuracy in grammar and expression. Vocabulary is sometimes appropriate for the discussion of literature.   || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">The language is generally clear and coherent: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Clear speech, appropriate to the occasion. Only a few significant lapses in grammar and expression. Attempts to use a register appropriate to the oral activity.   || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">The language is clear, varied and precise: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Clear, varied and precise speech, appropriate to the occasion. No significant lapses in grammar and expression. Suitable choice of register and style. Some literary terms used appropriately.   || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 6.5pt;">The language is clear, varied, precise and concise: ** Clear, varied, precise and concise speech, appropriate to the occasion. No significant lapses in grammar and expression. An effective choice of register and style. Precise use of wide vocabulary and varied grammatical structures. Literary terms used appropriately.   ||