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The creative process and portfolio

5 dot points across 5 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you evaluate and annotate your own work so your reflection adds marks rather than narrating the obvious?

Evaluating and annotating your work: reflecting critically on your own progress, judging what works against your intention, and writing annotation that records decisions and next steps rather than describing the obvious.
How to evaluate and annotate your own work for OCR GCSE Art and Design: reflecting critically on progress, judging against your intention, and writing decision-focused annotation that adds marks across the objectives.
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How do you generate ideas from a starting point and develop them into a sustained project for the Portfolio?

Generating and developing ideas: working from a starting point or theme, generating ideas through investigation and experiment, and developing the strongest into a sustained line of enquiry rather than stalling after the opening.
How to generate ideas from a starting point in OCR GCSE Art and Design and develop the strongest into a sustained line of enquiry, the AO1 work that drives a Portfolio project from theme to outcome.
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How do you select and present the Portfolio so it shows your strongest work and the development across all four objectives?

Selecting and presenting the portfolio: curating the strongest work, presenting sketchbooks and sheets so the journey reads clearly, and using mounting, layout and annotation to make the development and outcomes legible to a moderator.
How to select and present the OCR GCSE Art and Design Portfolio so it shows your strongest work and clear development, using curation, layout, mounting and annotation to make all four objectives legible to a moderator.
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How do you structure a sustained Portfolio project so all four objectives are covered from starting point to outcome?

Structuring a sustained project: organising a project so it moves from starting point through investigation, experiment and recording to a resolved outcome, covering all four objectives, and keeping the development legible to a moderator.
How to structure a sustained Portfolio project for OCR GCSE Art and Design so it moves from starting point to resolved outcome and covers all four assessment objectives, with the development legible to a moderator.
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What is Component 01, the Portfolio, in OCR GCSE Art and Design, and how is it weighted and marked?

Component 01 the Portfolio: what it is, that it is worth 60 percent and 120 marks, that it is non-exam assessment marked across all four objectives at 30 marks each, and what a portfolio submission contains.
What the OCR GCSE Art and Design Portfolio (Component 01) is: a coursework component worth 60 percent and 120 marks, marked across all four assessment objectives at 30 marks each, showing the journey from starting points to finished outcomes.
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