NOVEL

BAND DESCRIPTORS FOR CONTENT

MARK
Response relevant to specified task
Character & moral value chosen well supported and linked with
9-10 evidence or knowledge from text
Main and supporting ideas relevant to specified task
Ideas clearly presented, well organized and easily understood
Response relevant to specified task
Character & moral value chosen usually supported and linked
7-8 with evidence or knowledge from text
Main and supporting ideas mostly relevant to specified task
Ideas clear and can be understood
Response intermittently relevant to specified task
Character & moral value chosen supported and linked with some
5-6 evidence or knowledge from text
Main and supporting ideas relevant to specified task
Ideas generally clear, can be understood but lack organization
3-4 Response barely relevant to specified task
Character & moral value chosen unlikely identified or even when
identified, not likely to be linked to the text
Ideas hardly relevant to specified task and difficult to understand
1-2 Response no understanding of specified task
Character & moral value chosen incoherent and unlikely linked to
the text
Ideas no relevance to specified task
BAND DESCRIPTORS FOR LANGUAGE

MARK USE OF LANGUAGE

Language accurate, with very occasional slips
Occasional minor errors first draft slips
5 Sentence structure varied
Punctuation accurate and helpful
Spelling secure throughout response
Language largely accurate
Sentence structure some variations
4 Punctuation accurate and generally helpful
Spelling largely secure
Language almost always accurate
Sentence structure simple structure dominate
3 Punctuation accurate and helpful
Spelling mostly secure
Language serious errors, more frequent
2 Sentence structure simple structures accurate but not sustained
Punctuation usually correct
Spelling nearly always secure
Language serious errors, heavy frequency
Sentence structure rampant fractured syntax
1 Punctuation falters
Spelling mostly inaccurate