English Literature

Assessment

Year 12 Paper 1: Love Through the Ages Section A: Shakespeare Section B: Unseen Poetry Section C: Comparing The Great Gatsby and Pre-1900 Love Poetry Written examination: 3 hours Year 13: Paper 1: Love Through the Ages Section A: Shakespeare Section B: Unseen Poetry Section C: Comparing The Great Gatsby and Pre-1900 Love Poetry Written examination: 3 hours (40% of A Level) Paper 2: Modern Times: Literature from 1945 to the Present Day. Section A: Set texts. One essay question on set text (25 marks) Section B: Contextual linking . One compulsory question on an unseen extract (25 marks) . One essay question linking two texts (25 marks) Written examination: 2 hours 30 minutes (40%) of A-Level Non-examined Assessment Assessed by teachers, moderated by AQA. (20% of A Level).