Sample Paper Grading

Sample Paper 1- 15/20

Criterion A: 4

Criterion B: 6

Criterion C: 4

Explanation: I thought this paper had very good focus and organization. I thought that their set up and use of language allowed the piece to be understandable and gave the reader good insight to their process. The literary analysis piece of the paper was very well done. They had strong points which always were paired with relevant evidence. They went into the deep detail of Margaret as a character, and did a good job of explaining the importance of their textual analysis in preparing for the performance. My only critique of this part of the paper was there was a bit too much unnecessary summary. The acting part of the paper was also well done. The diagram of the stage was interesting and gave me a clear view of the scene. I am unsure if it was needed, but it was a nice specific. They went into detail of their emotions but they focused a bit too much on the audience and fellow actors rather than honing in on their personal body language/face. I would have liked to see more specific ideas of taking their literary analysis to stage, such as movements and facial expressions. Overall, I think the paper was very good but could have used more on the acting part of their process. I gave them a 6/10 because they had all the literary analysis needed, just not the information that explained how they put it to stage.

Sample Paper 2- 17/20

Criterion A: 5

Criterion B: 7

Criterion C: 5

Explanation: This paper did a good job of incorporating their acting and literary choices as single thoughts rather than two parts of the paper. This was a different approach but successful one in structure. The language and organization were great and I has no trouble reading the paper. While I thought the literary analysis of language, punctuation, rhyme etc. were all great, there was very little on their acting choices. Once in a while there would be explanation of how they showed the emotions they were grasping from the text, but not enough. They found a lot of great acting ideas from the text but never went on to explain how they adapted that to the stage. Apart from once or twice saying they kneeled down, very little movements/body language were discussed. This is why I scored it a 7/10 in criterion B. I appreciated how they had little no drop quotes and always took the time to explain their evidence. The student also gave close attention to language and Shakespeare's writing to find their character choices. I thought this was great. The only thing this paper was really lacking was specifics and details of acting choices.