Discuss the challenges faced by people and the environment due to coastal erosion. Use a named example(s) in your answer. [6 marks]
AO1 (published assessment objective): Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas; select and synthesise evidence from different texts (English Language). For Literature: read, understand and respond to texts, maintaining a critical style, developing an informed personal response, and using textual references including quotations to support and illustrate interpretations. For Geography: demonstrate knowledge of locations, places, processes, environments and different scales. For History: demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key features and characteristics of the periods studied.
AO2 (published assessment objective): Explain, comment on and analyse how writers use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support their views (English). For Geography: demonstrate geographical understanding of concepts and how they are used in relation to places, environments and processes, and the interrelationships between places, environments and processes. For History: explain and analyse historical events and periods studied using second-order historical concepts.
AO3 (published assessment objective): Compare writers' ideas and perspectives, as well as how these are conveyed, across two or more texts (English Language). For Literature: show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written. For Geography: apply knowledge and understanding to interpret, analyse and evaluate geographical information and issues to make judgements. For History: analyse, evaluate and use sources (contemporary to the period) to make substantiated judgements.
Assessed against AO1, AO2, AO3 using Revision Robin's own level descriptors below. These are not the exam board's mark scheme. Every quotation in the feedback is checked against your answer before you see it, and a teacher's mark overrides ours.
| Level 3 · 5 to 6 | Demonstrates thorough and accurate geographical knowledge and understanding of the challenges posed by coastal erosion to both people and the environment. Provides detailed and well-developed discussion, showing a clear, logical exploration of various impacts. Makes effective use of relevant and specific geographical terminology (e.g., property loss, negative equity, habitat destruction, managed retreat). Supports points with accurate and appropriate factual information, including specific place-based detail, facts, and/or figures (e.g., Holderness Coast, villages like Skipsea). |
| Level 2 · 3 to 4 | Demonstrates clear geographical knowledge and understanding of some challenges posed by coastal erosion. Provides clear discussion, though this may be imbalanced between human and environmental impacts or lack full development. Uses some appropriate geographical terminology. Includes some relevant factual information or examples (e.g., a named coastal area), but these may lack specific detail or breadth of impact. |
| Level 1 · 1 to 2 | Demonstrates basic or limited geographical knowledge and understanding of challenges from coastal erosion. Provides simple or partial statements, often descriptive rather than analytical. Uses limited or inappropriate geographical terminology. May include basic or generic examples, or no specific factual information. |