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AQA A LEVEL ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE PAPER 2 2023 MARK SCHEME (7707/2: Exploring Conflict)
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A-level ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 7707/2 Paper 2 Exploring Conflict Mark scheme June 2023 Version: 1.0 Final *236A 7707 /2/MS * MARK SCHEME – A-LEVEL ENGLISH LAN GUAGE AND LITERATURE – 7707/ 2 – JUNE 2023 2 Mark schemes are prepared by the Lead Assessment Writer and considered, together with the relevant questions, by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme includes any amendments made at the standardisation events which all associates participate in and is the scheme which was used by them in this examination. The standardisation process ensures that the mark scheme covers the students’ responses to questions and that every associate understands and applies it in the same correct way. As preparation for standardisation each associate analyses a number of students’ scripts. Alternative answers not already covered by the mark scheme are discussed and legislated for. If, after the standardisation process, associates encounter unusual answers which have not been raised they are required to refer these to the Lead Examiner . It must be stressed that a mark scheme is a working document, in many cases further developed and expanded on the basis of students’ reactions to a particular paper. Assumptions about future mark schemes on the basis of one year’s document should be avoided; whilst the guiding principles of assessment remain constant, details will change, depending on the content of a particular examination paper. Further copies of this mark scheme are available from aqa.org.uk Copyright information AQA retains the copyright on all its publications. However, registered schools/colleges for AQA are permitted to copy materi al from this booklet for their own internal use, with the following import ant exception: AQA cannot give permission to schools/colleges to photocopy any material that is acknowledged to a third party even for internal use within the centre. Copyright © 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. MARK SCHEME – A-LEVEL ENGLISH LAN GUAGE AND LITERATURE – 7707/ 2 – JUNE 2023 3 English Language and Literature Mark Scheme How to Mark Aims When you are marking your allocation of scripts your main aims should be to: • recognise and identify the achievements of students • place students in the appropriate mark band and in the appropriate part of that mark scheme (high, low, middle) for each Assessment Objective • record your judgements with annotations and summative comments that are relevant to the mark scheme and make it clear to other examiners how you have arrived at the numerical mark awarded for each Assessment Objective. Approach It is important to be open-minded and positive when marking scripts. This specification is underpinned by the belief that the best form of textual analysis is rooted in a rigorous and precise application of concepts and methods from language study. This means that although vague and impressionistic terms like ‘imagery’ and ‘tone’ are unhelpful, there will be occasions where students might be drawing on different areas of linguistics, or on different ideas about classifying language. They therefore may use a term that is different to what an examiner might normally expect but it is in the spirit of this specification that we accept a range of ideas and approaches as long as they are grounded in precise descriptive anal ysis. Assessment Objectives This component requires students to: AO1: Apply concepts and methods from integrated linguistic and literary study as appropriate, using associated terminology and coherent written expression AO2: Analyse ways in which meanings are shaped in texts AO3: Demonstrate understanding of the significance and influence of the contexts in which texts are produced and received AO4: Explore connec tions across texts, informed by linguistic and literary concepts and methods AO5: Demonstrate expertise and creativity in the use of English to communi cate in different ways. MARK SCHEME – A-LEVEL ENGLISH LAN GUAGE AND LITERATURE – 7707/ 2 – JUNE 2023 4 The Marking Grids Level of response mark schemes are broken down into levels, each of which has a descriptor. The descriptor for the level shows the average performance for the level. There are marks in each level. Before you apply the mark scheme to a student’s answer read through the answer and annotate it (as instructed) to show the qualities that are being looked for. Y ou can then apply the mark scheme. Step 1 Determine a level The descriptor for the level indicates the different qualities that might be seen in the student’s answer for that level. When assigning a level you should look at the overall quality of the answer and not look to pick holes in small and specific parts of the answer where the student has not performed quite as well as the rest. If the answer covers different aspects of different levels of the mark scheme you should use a best fit approach for defining the level and then use the variability of the response to help decide the mark within the level, i.e. if the response is predominantly l evel 3 with a small amount of level 4 material it would be placed in level 4 near the bottom of the level . Step 2 Determine a mark Once you have assigned a level you need to decide on the mark. The descriptors on how to allocate marks can help with this . The exemplar materials used during standardisation will help as these have been awarded a mark by the Lead Examiner. You can compare the student’s answer with the example to determine if it is the same standard, better or worse than the example. Indicative content Indicative content in the mark scheme is provided as a guide for examiners. It is not intended to be exhaustive and you must credit other valid points. Students do not have to cover all of the points mentioned in the Indicative content to reach the highest level of the mark scheme. Annotating scripts It is vital that the way you arrive at a mark should be recorded on the script. This will help you with making accurate judgements and it will help any subsequent markers to identify how you are thinking, should adjustment need to be made. To this end you should: • use the relevant emarker2 annotation commenting on the answer’s relationship to the Assessment Objectives • write a summative comment at the end for each Assessment Objective. Please do not make negative comments about students’ work or their alleged aptitudes; this is unprofessional and it impedes a positive marking approach. Distribution of Assessment Objectives and Weightings The table below is a reminder of which Assessment Objectives will be tested by the questions and tasks completed by students and the marks available for them. Assessme nt Objective AO1 AO2 AO3 AO4 AO5 Total Question 1, 3, 5, 7 25 25 Question 2, 4, 6, 8 15 10 5 30 Question 9–16 15 20 10 45 100The benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
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