Technique read of the Literature placement (test #4, 2 h window, 32 marks). Started 11:28, closed by Paige after 26 min — 94 of 120 min unused. Order: Q2 (recall) saved first, then Q1 (unseen). Q1 21 min of 30 guide, 2/24; Q2 4 min of 10 guide, 2/8. 0 blanks, nothing flagged. Marks lost to technique rather than knowledge: Q1 — one sentence for a 24-mark question (tariff not matched, extended answer never reached a band) when she had shown she understood the poem; Q2 — quotations given without the explanation the question asked for twice, and a theme given where a form/structure fact was asked. Time hog: none in the usual sense — Q1 took under its guide and scored under half, so the problem is stopping, not stalling. No checking time used: closed with 78% of the window unused and a one-sentence 24-marker on the page.
Next paper (CS theory Tue): watch whether she closes early with time unused and whether the extended answers get more than one sentence. On the next Lit/Lang paper: before Start, read one line aloud — 'a 24-mark question wants three paragraphs; write a plan then paragraph one'.
| Topic | Name | Change | Evidence recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| T4 | Not started → Not started | Closed by Paige at 26 of 120 min, 94 min unused, with a one-sentence answer on the 24-mark question and no explanations on Q2. No checking pass. 0 blanks. Single paper, no status change. | |
| R2 | Not started → Not started | 24-mark question answered in one sentence (21 min); 8-mark two-part question answered with quotations only, the 'explain' half of each part and the 'effect' half of part 2 left out. Tariff not read as length. Single paper, no status change. | |
| A3 | Not started → Not started | Extended 24-mark answer: one correct sentence, no quotation, no paragraph; Level 1 of 6. Band not reached on content she had grasped. Single paper, no status change. | |
| A5 | Not started → Not started | 0 blanks of 2 questions; both attempted. But the 24-marker's one sentence is functionally a near-blank. Single paper, no status change. | |
| R1 | Not started → Not started | Q2 'explain what it shows' done for neither quotation; 'state one thing about form or structure' answered with a theme. Command words not followed. Single paper, no status change. |