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Title: Difference between a 8, 9, 10 in essays?
Post by: SmartWorker on March 04, 2021, 08:31:46 pm

Hi everyone,

What is the difference between an 8, 9 and 10 in text response, comparative and analysing argument? So i have been consistently getting 8s, and my teacher recommend in a word to be concise to increase my mark. How can i go about doing this? and I would like know if there are any clear characteristics that differentiates a 9 from a 10, because the VCAA rubric is almost identical for 8 and 9-10.

Thanks:))

Title: Re: Difference between a 8, 9, 10 in essays?
Post by: hel256 on March 04, 2021, 11:45:27 pm

I think to extend yourself from an 8 to a 9 conciseness may play a role, but only in the manner that it would allow you to provide additional analysis/exploration of ideas. I think that the insightfulness of your ideas and the accuracy in the way you present them is most important from moving up from an 8 to a 9, and even from a 9 to a 10.
I asked my english teacher (who is a VCAA assessor) last year how he differentiated a 9 from a 10 last year, and his answer was simply that the essays he marked a 10 left no doubt in his mind. That is, the logic of the ideas and the supporting evidence from the text in the essay is so well selected and described that there is no room for questioning its feasibility. With a 9, the ideas explored may be the same as in a 10 essay, but perhaps not as well communicated.
I hope this helps!