General Mark Scheme

This is an general mark scheme not from the board, but it helps me understand how the teacher will mark my worked so it helps me improve my projects and presentations to a high level. And most important this helps understand how grades in media are composed.

GENERAL GRADE MARKING SCHEME FOR MEDIA STUDIES

A* Exceptional 
-wide range of written/visuals/use of strong, appropriate media platforms to support ideas and topics, uses strong and complex media language
-convincing, confident and appropriate for topic, 
-extreme independent learning

-beyond expectations, original, creativity, extensive knowledge

A Excellent
- range of written/visuals/ use of media platforms to support ideas and topics, uses media language appropriately
-communicates with strong confidence, explains well
-excellent independent learning

-has strongly met expectations with high standards
-excellent efforts, research/planning/presentation with very good knowledge

B Very Good
- communicates well with planning and visuals, some use of media platforms
-good independent learning

-good standards of an overall well done research/planning/presentation, met expectations
-good knowledge/ideas of topic and media, use of media language

C Good/Satisfactory
- good communicates with satisfactory planning and minimal visuals, mostly reading from pages, 
-average/some independent learning

-good standards of an overall good research/planning/presentation, met average expectations
-some knowledge/ideas of topic and media, some use of media language

D Average/Could Improve
- communicates with minimal planning and minimal visuals, mostly reading from pages, makes generalisations of knowledge/most idea based
-minimal independent learning

-minimal research/planning, presentation not well prepared, met very little expectations
-minimal knowledge/ideas of topic and media, no/very little use of media language

E Minimal/Needs Improvement
- communicates with no planning mostly idea based or incorrect information, mostly reading from pages, makes generalisations of knowledge
-no/very little minimal independent learning

-minimal research/planning, presentation not well prepared, met very little expectations, could be imcomplete
-no/very minimal knowledge/ideas, no use of media language/knowledge

U Concern/Incomplete - Failure and/or Incomplete planning/work