English Literature

Assessment

Paper 1 (30% of A level) Drama Section A: Shakespeare - Character and theme study of a Shakespeare play. Section B: Other drama - Character and theme study. Assessment of this component will take place in the form of a single, open book (clean copies) examination lasting 2 hours and 15 minutes, with two essays completed in this time. Paper 2 (20% of A level) Prose Assessment of this component will take place in the form of a single, open-book (clean copies) examination lasting 1 hour and 15 minutes, with one essay completed in this time. Paper 3 (30% of A level) Poetry Assessment of this component will take place in the form of a single, open-book (clean copies) examination lasting 2 hour and 15 minutes, with two essays completed in this time. Coursework (20% of A Level) Pupils will study two texts linked by theme, movement, author or period, and these may be selected from poetry, drama, prose or literary non-fiction. Popular texts previously taught for coursework include Atonement, Time’s Arrow, The Optician of Lampedusa, the lyrics of Bob Dylan, and The Underground Railroad. Pupils produce one essay with an advisory word count of 2500-3000 words.