English Literature
Exam Specification: AQA- Spec A
View the PowerPoint below. Click on the speaker icons for an explanation from Mrs Pointer about the different aspects of the course.
STUDENT VIDEO: Current student, Emily Clayton, describes what it's like to study A Level English Literature.
The Course
Year 12
Paper 1: Love Through the Ages (40% of final mark)
1.Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’
2.Unseen poetry comparison
3.Comparison between one prose text, ‘Atonement’ and the pre-1900 poetry anthology
Paper 2: Texts in shared contexts WW1 (40% of the final mark)
1.WW1 Poetry study: ‘Up to the Line of Death’
2.WW1 unseen prose study
3.Introduction to the NEA unit and prose study
Year 13
• Unit 3 (20%) NEA: an Independent critical study: texts across time – a comparison between two texts: one pre-1900 novel.
• Revision of the Paper 1 set texts from Year 12.
• Focus on unseen poetry comparison Paper 1 and unseen WW1 prose Paper 2.
• Study of WW1 play ‘My Boy Jack’.
• Revision of Paper 1 and Paper 2 set texts.
Skills
- Essay writing
- Debating
- Text analysis
- Presentation skills
- Research and independent learning
- Formulating arguments based on evidence
- Critical and evaluative thinking
- Appreciation of different contexts
Examinations
All A-level exams are at the end of Year 13:
- 1. Love Through the ages: 3 hours exam.
- 2. WW1: 2hours and 30 minutes exam
- 3. Coursework: 2500 word essay
Enrichment
- Theatre visits, if available.
- Italy trip (4 days)
- Student-led English Society
For further details, please contact Mrs Fletton, who is the main English Literature teach, or Mrs Pointer, who co-ordinates KS5 English.
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