English A1 HL Paper 1
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IB DIPLOMA PROGRAMME
PROGRAMME DU DIPLÔME DU BI
PROGRAMA DEL DIPLOMA DEL BI
M05/1/A1ENG/HP1/ENG/TZ0/XX/M
MARKING NOTES
REMARQUES POUR LA NOTATION
NOTAS PARA LA CORRECCIÓN
May / mai / mayo 2005
ENGLISH / ANGLAIS / INGLÉS A1
Higher Level
Niveau Supérieur
Nivel Superior
Paper / Épreuve / Prueba 1
5 pages/páginas
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M05/1/A1ENG/HP1/ENG/TZ0/XX/M
These marking notes are confidential and for the exclusive use of examiners in this examination session.
They are the property of the International Baccalaureate and must not be reproduced or distributed to any other person without the authorization of IBCA.
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M05/1/A1ENG/HP1/ENG/TZ0/XX/M
Provisional marking
During the early period of your marking your team leader (or principal examiner in the case of team leaders) will contact you to discuss the standard of marking and the interpretation of the marking notes. Before this discussion, it is necessary to have provisionally marked (in pencil) about ten scripts.
If your team leader has failed to make contact with you, please try to make contact with him or her yourself, by phone or e-mail. Owing to work commitments and differences between time zones it is often difficult for team leaders to make contact with all examiners in their team. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Criteria A and B
The danger of rewarding or penalizing the use of illustration/references/quotations twice in both these categories should be avoided.
Criterion B
The passages offer candidates a variety of possibilities for analysis and interpretation. The test of any interpretation is that it has to be tied carefully to the words, images and relevant details of the text. Personal response, in the same way, must be tied to the passage.
Criterion C
“Awareness” and “appreciation” of literary features are the key elements under this criterion. The mere labelling, without appreciation, of literary features will not score the highest marks. On the other hand, the candidate who is attentive to literary features and
IB DIPLOMA PROGRAMME
PROGRAMME DU DIPLÔME DU BI
PROGRAMA DEL DIPLOMA DEL BI
M05/1/A1ENG/HP1/ENG/TZ0/XX/M
MARKING NOTES
REMARQUES POUR LA NOTATION
NOTAS PARA LA CORRECCIÓN
May / mai / mayo 2005
ENGLISH / ANGLAIS / INGLÉS A1
Higher Level
Niveau Supérieur
Nivel Superior
Paper / Épreuve / Prueba 1
5 pages/páginas
-2-
M05/1/A1ENG/HP1/ENG/TZ0/XX/M
These marking notes are confidential and for the exclusive use of examiners in this examination session.
They are the property of the International Baccalaureate and must not be reproduced or distributed to any other person without the authorization of IBCA.
-3-
M05/1/A1ENG/HP1/ENG/TZ0/XX/M
Provisional marking
During the early period of your marking your team leader (or principal examiner in the case of team leaders) will contact you to discuss the standard of marking and the interpretation of the marking notes. Before this discussion, it is necessary to have provisionally marked (in pencil) about ten scripts.
If your team leader has failed to make contact with you, please try to make contact with him or her yourself, by phone or e-mail. Owing to work commitments and differences between time zones it is often difficult for team leaders to make contact with all examiners in their team. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Criteria A and B
The danger of rewarding or penalizing the use of illustration/references/quotations twice in both these categories should be avoided.
Criterion B
The passages offer candidates a variety of possibilities for analysis and interpretation. The test of any interpretation is that it has to be tied carefully to the words, images and relevant details of the text. Personal response, in the same way, must be tied to the passage.
Criterion C
“Awareness” and “appreciation” of literary features are the key elements under this criterion. The mere labelling, without appreciation, of literary features will not score the highest marks. On the other hand, the candidate who is attentive to literary features and