Media Exam Self Assessment

1. SELF ASSESSMENT

2. Understanding the Mark
Scheme
 The mark scheme assesses your work based
on 3 major things
 Explanation/Analysis/Argument
 This is your overall understanding of the question, and
how you link your statements back to it
 Use of Examples
 Your Key Case Study examples you use to back up
your argument
 Use of Terminology
 The accuracy of the key terms you use in your
examples

3. Example Paragraph
 Look at the example paragraph
 Highlight in 3 different colours the following
things:
 Links back to the question
 Examples
 Terminology

4. The Levels
 Level 1 (E/U)
 Level 2 (D/C)
 Level 3 (C/B)
 Level 4(B/A)
 You should all be aiming to reach at least
Level 3 by the end of this course.

5. Level Break Down
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Minimal links to
question.
Basic links to the
question
Good links to the
question
Confident links
back to the
question
Minimal
understanding
shown
Basic
understanding
shown
Good level of
understanding
shown
Excellent
understanding
shown
Minimal use of
Case Studies
Some Case
Studies used
Consistent
evidence from
Case Studies
used
Frequent, detailed
evidence from
Case Studies
used
Minimal or
frequently
inaccurate uses of
terminology
Some terminology
used with some
inaccuracies
Terminology is
used frequently
and mostly
accurately
Terminology is
used is consistent
and accurate
Using this table, what level is the example
paragraph?

6. Your Untimed Essay
 Using the 3 colours again highlight the
following things:
 Links back to the question
 Examples
 Terminology
 What have you done well in this essay?

7. Your Timed Essay
 Using the 3 colours again highlight the
following things:
 Links back to the question
 Examples
 Terminology
 What have you done well in this essay?
 Now level each of your essays.

8. Target Setting
 Looking at both essays, what can you improve
on most?
 Write a target to work on in your next essay.
 You will tell these to me at the end of the lesson
 We will work on these in your next essay next
week.