End of Year Assessments

Year 7 - Julius Caesar

CASSIUS:
And why should Caesar be a tyrant then?
Poor man! I know he would not be a wolf,
But that he sees the Romans are but sheep:
He were no lion, were not Romans deer.
Those that with haste will make a mighty fire
Begin it with weak straws. What trash is Rome,
What rubbish, and what offal, when it serves
For the base matter to illuminate
So vile a thing as Caesar!

Read this speech by Cassius, then answer this question.

How does Shakespeare use language to show what Senators like Cassius feel about Caesar?

In your answer, think about...

  • What word choices does Shakespeare use, and what do they make us think of?
  • What images and metaphors are used?
  • What big ideas about Rome is Shakespeare talking about?

Year 7 - Success Criteria

Criteria Description Levels
Analysis Explaining the connotations of words and images /5
Evidence Using quotations from the text for your answer /5
Language Writing your answer clearly and accurately /5

Year 8 - Much Ado About Nothing

Using the extract below and referring to other parts of the play, how does Shakespeare present the relationship between the two characters Beatrice and Benedick?

BEATRICE: I wonder that you will still be talking, Signior Benedick: nobody Levels you.
BENEDICK: What! my dear Lady Disdain, are you yet living?
BEATRICE: Is it possible Disdain should die while she hath such meet food to feed it as Signior Benedick? Courtesy itself must convert to disdain if you come in her presence.
BENEDICK: Then is courtesy a turncoat. But it is certain I am loved of all ladies, only you excepted; and I would I could find in my heart that I had not a hard heart; for, truly, I love none.
BEATRICE: A dear happiness to women: they would else have been troubled with a pernicious suitor. I thank God and my cold blood, I am of your humour for that. I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me.

Year 8 - Success Criteria

Criteria Description Levels
Analysis Explaining the connotations of words and images /5
Evidence Using quotations from the text for your answer /5
Language Writing your answer clearly and accurately /5

Year 9 - Creative Writing

Write two paragraphs of description, based on this image. Make sure you use:

  • varied sentence structures
  • ambitious vocabulary
  • appropriate metaphors, similes and imagery

...and don't forget to proof-read your work at the end.

Year 9 - Success Criteria

Criteria Description Levels
Language Using vocabulary and structures effectively /5
Content Using a range of techniques effectively /5
Accuracy Correct spelling, grammar and punctuation /5

Year 10 - Composition

EITHER

  • Describe a room before and after being decorated or renovated.

OR

  • Write a description with the title, β€˜The performer’.

OR

  • Write a story which includes the words, β€˜β€¦ I set off as usual that day …’.

OR

  • Write a story with the title, β€˜Out of time’

Up to 16 marks are available for the content and structure of your answer, and up to 24 marks for the style and accuracy of your writing.

Year 11 - Literature Assessment October 2024

Q1 - In what ways is 'isolation' an important theme in the novel Of Mice and Men?

You must consider the context of the novel in your answer.

AO Description
AO1 - Knowledge
(20 marks)		 Demonstrate a close knowledge and understanding of texts, maintaining a critical style and presenting an informed personal engagement.
AO4 - Context
(20 marks)		 Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written.