What went well?

I believe that many of the points which I mentioned were valid, and I had evidence behind them to prove and connect the points for my two extracts. I had a good balance of ideas, and I kept the time between the two pieces to 5 mins each. The introduction covered the context of both pieces well enough (something I don’t think needs much changing)

How prepared you felt?

I did feel a bit anxious going in to record the IO, but I think that I could have prepared a bit better. I did have a script written for my first extract (Little Red Cap), but just long bullet points for Eli Rezkallah’s piece. If I had written a script for both pieces of work, I believe that I could have been more fluent in the presentation style and would have been able to add more evidences for Rezkallah’s piece.

How did you respond to the questions?

Poorly, as I did struggle with questions which looked critically into the micro analysis of both texts together. I did not prepare the questions beforehand (something to look at before my final IO)

What improvements you need to make over the next 10-14 days?

• Get a script done for Rezkallah’s piece
• Practice IO several times over (didn’t do this before (!!!!))
• Possibly build up more points for Rezkallah’s piece (was a bit lacking)

What mark you would give it and why?

Probably somewhere around 25-28. While I believe the points were solid, the presentation and the the depth probably wasn’t there. Language was quite stuttery, and ideas didn’t flow as well as I expected them to.