English Literature

Assessment

How will I be assessed? You will sit two exams. Both will be at the very end of year 13. The exams give you the opportunity to ‘explore the relationships that exist between texts and the contexts within which they are written, drawing out patterns of similarity and difference using a variety of reading strategies and perspectives.’ Paper 1: Love through the ages (3 hours) There are three sections in Paper 1 and you need to answer one question from each section. Section A is on Shakespeare and is closed book. Section B is on unseen poetry Section C is a comparison between the two other texts and is open book. This means you can take your books into the exam; however, they must not be annotated. Paper 2: Texts in shared contexts (2 hours