10/25 The Color Purple and Things Fall Apart

Read the following Paper 2 exam and the student's response to it, which was written in 1 hour and 45 minutes. Apply the assessment criteria and discuss the marks that you would award the essay before reading the examiner's marks and comments. How different were your marks and comments from the examiner's marks and comments? What improvements could be made to achieve better results?

Essay question: In what ways do two of the literary works that you have read act as a voice for the oppressed?

Paper 2 exam #5, question #3
Student Response
Paper 2 SL/HL assessment criteria 
Examiner's comments and marks

Assessment

This student loses a lot of marks immediately in her opening, introductory paragraph by writing about the problem of racism in general. Sweeping generalisations can get in the way of good analysis. Examiners do not want to be impressed by your understanding of the way they world works but by how the works work.  

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