A-level English Literature A and B - Session slides - Autumn 2018

Oct 20, 2026

AQA English Hub School networks Autumn 2018 booklet 1 provides session slides for A-level English Literature A and B. It outlines the meeting agenda, including key issues, text selection, assessment objectives, task setting, administration, and AQA support. It also covers general updates such as the closure of the English e-library service from 31 October 2018, plus guidance on reusing anthologies and accessing June 2018 exam materials via e-AQA. The slides address NEA component guidance and classroom discussion prompts.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages56

Reading Time2 h 21 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

English Literature A

Session slides

English Literature B

Session slides

Agenda

Some key issues

Aspects of text selection

The Assessment Objectives

Aspects of task setting

Aspects of administration

AQA support and advice

General updates

English e-library discontinuing

Anthologies ordering

June 2018 exam materials

| A-level
English Literature A and B | | --- | | English Hub School networks, Autumn 2018
Booklet 1 – Session slides | Published: Autumn 2018 AQA Education (AQA) is a registered charity (number 1073334) and a company limited by guarantee registered in 2 England and Wales (number 3644723) . Our registered address is AQA, Devas Street, Manchester M15 6EX. Contents | Contents | Page | | --- | --- | | English Literature A | 4 | | Session slides | | | English Literature B | 31 | | Session slides | 32 | AQA Education (AQA) is a registered charity (number 1073334) and a company limited by guarantee registered in 3 England and Wales (number 3644723) . Our registered address is AQA, Devas Street, Manchester M15 6EX. English Literature A AQA Education (AQA) is a registered charity (number 1073334) and a company limited by guarantee registered in 4 England and Wales (number 3644723) . Our registered address is AQA, Devas Street, Manchester M15 6EX. A-level English Literature Specifications A and B: NEA Autumn 2018 | | | | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | 2 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | | | This meeting will be recorded | | | | --- | --- | --- | | Exam boards have an Ofqual requirement to record event audio.
Recordings are kept for the lifetime of the specification and not shared as an accompaniment to session resources.
The recording will begin now. | | | | 3 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | | A-level English Literature A 4 Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | | | --- | | A-level English
Literature A: NEA | | Autumn 2018

| | Agenda | | | --- | --- | | • Some key issues
• Aspects of text selection
• The Assessment Objectives
• Aspects of task setting
• Aspects of administration
• AQA support and advice | | | 6 Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | | | General updates: e-Library-discontinuing | | | | --- | --- | --- | | From 31 October 2018 our English e-library service will be closed. This means:
• we will not be accepting any new registrations
• all AQA English e-library products will expire
• any notes you have made on the system that you wish to keep will need to be extracted before the service closes
• any other Cambridge Elevate products that you have access to will continue to be available for the duration of their respective licence(s) . | | | | 7 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | | | General updates: | | | | --- | --- | --- | | Anthologies
Please reuse anthologies where possible and only order what you need.
Complete order form here
[aqa.org.uk/resources/english/teach/printed-anthologies](aqa.org.uk/resources/english/teach/printed-anthologies) | | | | 8 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | | | June 2018 exam materials | | | | --- | --- | --- | | Available to download from secure key materials in e-AQA:
• Question papers
• Mark schemes
• Reports on the examinations
Do you have your own unique e-AQA login?
Every member of your department can have one.
Please speak to your Exams Officer. | | | | 9 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | | | What contexts are we working in today? | | | | --- | --- | --- | | • How do you approach/teach the Specification A philosophy?
• What size classes are you dealing with?
• How confident are you about teaching the non-exam assessment (NEA) component?
• At what point in the two years do you begin the NEA and when do students submit?
• Have you changed your approach at all? | | | | 10 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | | | The component title | | | --- | --- | | Independent critical study: texts across time
The significance of the wording of this component title needs to be considered:
• independent – signals the need for students to take an autonomous ap

FAQs

What topics are included in the session agenda?

The agenda covers key issues, aspects of text selection, the Assessment Objectives, task setting, administration, and AQA support and advice.

What is the key update about the English e-library service in 2018?

From 31 October 2018 the English e-library service closes: no new registrations are accepted, AQA English e-library products expire, and any notes must be extracted beforehand.

How does the session frame the NEA component title and its expectations?

It explains the meaning of “Independent critical study: texts across time,” focusing on independence, the requirement for critical interpretations, and the importance of historicist text selection.

Oct 20, 2026

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