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Performance band descriptions for English Advanced
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The typical performance in this band:
Band 6
- demonstrates extensive knowledge, insightful understanding and sophisticated evaluation of the ways meanings are shaped and changed by context, medium of production and the influences that produce different responses to texts
- displays highly developed skills in describing and analysing a broad range of language forms, features and structures of texts and explaining the ways these shape meaning and influence responses in a variety of texts and contexts
- presents a critical, refined personal response showing highly developed skills in interpretation, analysis, synthesis and evaluation of texts and textual detail
- composes imaginatively, interpretively, critically and reflectively with sustained precision, flair, originality and sophistication for a variety of audiences, purposes and contexts in order to explore and communicate ideas, information and values
Band 5
- demonstrates detailed knowledge, perceptive understanding and effective evaluation of the ways meanings are shaped and changed by context, medium of production and the influences that produce different responses to texts
- displays well-developed skills in describing and analysing a broad range of language forms, features and structures of texts and explaining the ways these shape meaning and influence responses in a variety of texts and contexts
- presents a critical personal response showing well-developed skills in interpretation, analysis, synthesis and evaluation of texts and textual detail
- composes imaginatively, interpretively, critically and reflectively with flair, originality and control for a variety of audiences, purposes and contexts in order to explore and communicate ideas, information and values
Band 4
- demonstrates sound knowledge and understanding of the way meanings are shaped and changed by context, medium of production and the influences that produce different responses to texts
- describes and analyses a range of language forms, features and structures of texts and explains the ways these shape meaning and influence responses in a variety of texts and contexts
- presents a sound critical personal response showing developed skills in interpretation and analysis of texts
- composes imaginatively, interpretively, critically and reflectively with confidence and control for a variety of audiences, purposes and contexts in order to explore and communicate ideas, information and values
Band 3
- demonstrates generalised knowledge and understanding of the ways meanings are shaped and changed by context, medium of production and the influences that produce different responses to texts
- describes a limited range of language forms, features and structures of texts and conveys an awareness of the ways these shape meaning and influence responses in a variety of texts and contexts
- presents a response showing some evidence of interpretation and analysis of texts
- composes imaginatively, interpretively, critically and reflectively with variable control in using language appropriate to audience, purpose and context in order to explore and communicate ideas, information and values
Band 2
- demonstrates elementary knowledge and understanding of the ways meanings are shaped and changed
- recognises and comments on basic language forms, features and structures of texts
- presents an undeveloped response showing recognition of the main ideas in texts
- composes with some awareness of audience, purpose and context in order to explore and communicate ideas and information