English at Key Stage 5
We follow the AQA two year A level course. Assessment is via 20% coursework and 80% examination at the end of Year 13. The three key areas of Drama, Poetry and Prose are studied.
The following Assessment Objectives are applied across the course:
- AO1: Articulate informed, personal and creative responses to literary texts, using associated concepts and terminology, and coherent, accurate written expression.
- AO2: Analyse ways in which meanings are shaped in literary texts.
- AO3: Demonstrate understanding of the significance and influence of the contexts in which literary texts are written and received.
- AO4: Explore connections across literary texts.
- AO5: Explore literary texts informed by different interpretations.
Paper 1: Love through the Ages.
Study of three texts: Shakespeare – Othello; A level poetry anthology and ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F Scott Fitzgerald.
Examination will include two unseen poems.
Assessed
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Questions Section A: Shakespeare: one passage-based question with linked essay (25 marks) Section B: Unseen poetry: compulsory essay question on two unseen poems (25 marks) Section C: Comparing texts: one essay question linking two texts (25 marks)
Paper 2: Texts in shared contexts
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