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English Literature Top Tips May 2017

English Literature Top Tips for Year 11

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English Literature

Top Tips

May 2017

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English Literature Paper 1

Section A: Shakespeare

Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet

and The Tempest

Section B: 19th Century novel

A Christmas Carol,

Great Expectations and

Frankenstein

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English Literature Paper 2

Section A: Modern Text

An Inspector Calls and Lord of

the flies

Section B: Poetry

Power and Conflict and

Love and Relationships

Section C: Unseen Poetry

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What examiners have been told to

focus on…AO1 37.5% AO2 42.5% AO3 15%

• What the themes and ideas mean to you as a reader.

• How you respond to the question, looking at:

- Essay skills- What you say and how you say it- References

• Textual references- You must use quotations from extract/poem- You don’t have to use quotations for whole text reference – it is what points you select that are important.

• Language/Form/Structure- Anything the writer has used to create meaning for example: characterisation, setting, plot development.

• Subject terminology – not just technical terms, it is also the language you would use when writing an essay: character, irony, form, places, setting, plot. It is how you use these things to help write your answer.

• If you answer the question you are addressing context.

• Other factors to consider:- Context text was written in- Context of setting (time,

location, social and cultural structures

- Genre- Different

audiences/readers

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Mark scheme – what does it mean?

These responses tend to:

• Focus on the fact the text is a conscious construct

• Argument driven by a clear point of view about the text – this must shape your response – keep linking back

• Use references from the text to help develop argument

• Detailed and fine grained analysis

• Look closely at the effects of writer’s choices and link them to interpretations

• Explore lots of ideas in terms of the writer’s purpose

Level 6 key words: • Convincing• Critical analysis• Explores

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Level 6 – what does it look like?

You must have a conceptualised approach to the task

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Level 6 – what does it look like?

You must analyse and examine the writer’s methods –explaining why they were crafted in a certain way

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Mark scheme – what does it mean?

These responses tend to:

• Think about the ideas presented in the question from different perspectives, consider more than one interpretation or reading of the text

• Be more tentative to show thoughtful consideration

• Focus in a thoughtful way on specific writer’s methods, linked to interpretations

• Keep focused on: themes and ideas, writer’s purpose and intention and context

Level 5 key words: • Thoughtful• Developed• Alternative

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Level 5 – what does it look like?

Detailed examination of the writer’s methods

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Mark scheme – what does it mean?

These responses tend to:

• Keep focused on question

• Use effective references

• Explain the effects of the writer’s

method on the text – making

sure you keep focused that it has

been consciously written

The writer creates a sense of … in

order to …

• Link effects to the writer’s

purpose

• Show your own understanding of

the themes and ideas

Level 4 key words: • Clear understanding• Explain

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Level 4 – what does it look like?

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In a nutshell, you must:

• Always refer to the writer – it shows you understand that the text has been constructed for a particular reason and that it isn’t real! If you don’t do this you limit yourself to only achieving level 2/3

• Have an opinion on the task right from the start – you must have a line of argument

• Make sure your interpretations link back to the writer’s intention and your opinion

• Ensure you analyse – examine precise details of the text

• Provide alternative interpretations/effects – if you don’t do this you limit yourself to level 4

• Be tentative – it shows you are being ‘thoughtful’

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Checklist:

1. Introduction:

• Define the idea/concept/theme

• Make your argument clear and focussed

• Link to the writer's intentions

2. Response:

• First focus - link to the argument and the writer's intentions

• Evidence (pattern of precise quotes)

• Explain how your evidence supports your argument

• Analyse key words - link to the effect on the reader/audience and back to the argument

• Link to the writer's intentions

• Support with further evidence from elsewhere and analyse