Sekolah Bina Persada

Department of English Language

Secondary 3
Term 2
Marking Scheme: Essay (The Hobbit and The Odyssey Essay)

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Class: ________________________________________ Date: ________________________

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AUDIENCE AND Clearly attracts Adequately Provides a reason Does not provide a
PURPOSE audience interest attracts audience for the reason for a
in the comparison interest in the comparison- comparison/contrast
and contrast comparison- contrast analysis analysis
analysis contrast analysis
ORGANISATION Clearly presents Presents Chooses an Shows a lack of
information in a information using organization not organizational
consistent an organization suited to strategy
organization best suited to the topic comparison and
suited to the topic contrast
ELABORATION Elaborates ideas Elaborates most Does not elaborate Does not provide
with facts, details, ideas with facts, all ideas; does not facts or examples to
or examples; uses details, or use enough details support a
all information for examples; uses for comparison comparison and
comparison and most information and contrast contrast
contrast for comparison
and contrast
USE OF LANGUAGE Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates poor
excellent sentence adequate repetitive use of use of language;
and vocabulary sentence and sentence structure generates
variety; includes vocabulary variety; and vocabulary; confusion; includes
very few includes few includes many many mechanical
mechanical errors mechanical errors mechanical errors errors
ORIGINALITY Original thought is Original thought is Original thought is Original thought is
fresh and unique; it present, but it relies limited or non- non-existent; likely,
is the synthesis of heavily on other’s existent; if present, copied from other’s
the writer’s conclusions and is it is overshadowed conclusions.
experience and at times by other’s
knowledge of the redundant. conclusions and is
book, and it is not redundant.
redundant.
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Prepared by: Ms. Hiede SBP/EL/S3/T2/W8/2018

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