Literature essays are clearly differentiated.

Students exchange after completing a subject in the 10th grade entrance exam at Phu Nhuan High School (Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City)

Many essays have... touched the judges' hearts.

Many 10th grade literature exams in Ho Chi Minh City achieved high scores from 8.5 to 9.5 points. In the examiner's humorous way of saying: the exam touched the students' hearts, and the candidates' essays... touched the examiners' hearts.

According to the judges, this year's literature test scores of candidates scoring above 8 are quite good. In each batch of papers (usually 24 papers), on average there are about 3 papers scoring 8 or above, accounting for more than 10%.

The reason why the candidates got such high scores is because their papers were very complete, clean, clear, easy to read, no questions were left out, and all the questions thoroughly addressed the requirements. To get a high score, most of the papers must get almost full marks in the reading comprehension section (3 points). No points were lost in the expression section and there must be points for creativity (usually 0.25 points for both social argumentation and literary argumentation).

Most importantly, because the theme of this year's exam focuses on "heartbeat" and thinking about a lifestyle of dedication "not just for oneself", it requires the candidates' emotions, dedication and true feelings. Thanks to that, the good-scoring essays have... touched the judges' hearts.

Wrong basic knowledge of literature

In the reading comprehension section (3 points), all four questions a, b, c, and d were wrong. Question a is a recognition question, and candidates only need to stick to the words at the beginning of the text to be able to answer correctly. However, many candidates wrote extra words, so they lost points.

In question b, according to the answer, the isolated component is "ancillary component: the sacred sea and island areas of the Fatherland". Due to not having a solid grasp of Vietnamese, many candidates answered "phu chu" and "phu tru" so they did not get any points.

For question c (understanding what soldiers in Truong Sa archipelago) candidates need to answer 4 ideas in the keywords: "young age", "love the sea and islands", "strong, brave", "overcome hardships and challenges to protect the sovereignty of the homeland's sea and islands". If candidates only stick to the words of the 4 verses, they will only be correct with idea 1 (0.25/1 point).

Question d seems easy if you read the question, candidates only need to state the action but in fact it is not easy to get points. Because the action here must be practical, specific (0.25 points), not general (like picking up trash, environment...) or repeating the idea of ​​the text. In addition, candidates are required to explain convincingly the reason for choosing that action (0.5 points) and express it well (0.25 points).

Social argument (3 points), with the requirement of "thinking about the advice to think with your heart", means "promoting the power of evaluating and perceiving things around you with emotions, by going into the depths of the inner world, not stopping at reason, precision and science".

However, many candidates went off topic, due to not understanding the topic, and discussed other issues (such as human love in general). In these cases, the judges only gave points for structure (0.5 points) and expression (0.25 points).

Topic 2 of the literature essay (4 points) requires analyzing a poem or a passage of poetry in the curriculum or outside the textbook. Many candidates choose to analyze a story text. And this error is only graded on structure and expression like the social essay question above.

Teachers commented that the 10th grade literature exam score of 8 will increase.

In addition, there are some essays that are sloppily written and very difficult to read. Many examiners suggested that the marking system should have criteria for deducting points for handwriting (difficult and illegible, attitude when writing) to both correct candidates for future exams and encourage candidates to consciously practice their handwriting.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/diem-thi-lop-10-tai-tphcm-bai-lam-mon-van-phan-hoa-ro-ret-185240619093913552.htm