A-LEVEL ENGLISH LITERATURE B - Elements of crime writing: resource package A

Oct 20, 2026

AQA A-level English Literature B resource package A focuses on teaching the crime-writing genre through set text Oliver Twist. It provides guidance for planning teaching and creating practice exam questions for Paper 2A, Section B, supported by specimen question commentaries, exemplar student responses with examiner commentary, and example answers in different mark bands. It also includes text overview materials to help teachers frame critical debates about crime elements and authorial methods.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages16

Reading Time40 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Creating your own questions

Example answer and commentary (Band 2 - Oliver Twist)

Example answer and commentary (Band 3 - Oliver Twist)

Specimen question commentary (Paper 2A, Section B - Oliver Twist)

Text overview (Oliver Twist)

| A-LEVEL
ENGLISH
LITERATURE B
‘Elements of crime writing: resource package A’ | | --- | | For teaching from September 2015 For assessment from June 2017 | | • Creating your own questions
• Example answer and commentary ‑ band 2 ‑ Oliver Twist
• Example answer and commentary ‑ band 3 ‑ Oliver Twist
• Specimen question commentary ‑ Paper 2A, Section B ‑ Oliver Twist
• Text overview ‑ Oliver Twist | This resource is part of the Elements of crime writing resource package. Further resource packages are available as part of our exclusive resource collection. Elements of crime writingresource package A A-level English Literature B (7717) For teaching from September 2015 Introduction We have developed a range of resources to help you plan your teaching and to create practice exam questions for every component of AS and A-level English Literature B. In this package, you will find a variety of resources related to Elements of crime writing, including: • creating your own questions guidance document, which gives you the power to create your own practice exam questions • sample assessment materials, which include question papers and mark schemes • specimen question commentaries, which explain how a question taken from the sample assessment materials addresses the assessment objectives, and which give some suggestions of how the task might be approached • exemplar student responses with marking commentary, including two responses of different mark bands are given to a specific question from the sample assessment materials. • text overviews , which show you examples of how some of the set texts can be read through the lens of the genre of crime writing. Resources in this package • Creating your own questions • Example answer and commentary-band 2-Oliver Twist • Example answer and commentary-band 3-Oliver Twist • Specimen question commentary-Paper 2A, Section B-Oliver Twist • Text overview-Oliver Twist How to use these resources These resources are clearly an excellent starting point when planning your teaching. If you haven’t yet decided on which texts or text combinations to teach, the Text Overviews and sample mark schemes give you details about some of the aspects of the genre each text covers, which can help you decide. Don’t forget to consult the specification for a list of possible aspects. Once you have decided, these documents will help you to focus your teaching on those aspects and to work towards the relevant exam question in the Sample Assessment Materials. The exemplar student responses with marking commentary act as models for the students and help you to assess their work. [Visit](Visit aqa.org.uk/crime-oliver)[ aqa.org.uk/crime-oliver](Visit aqa.org.uk/crime-oliver) [Version 0.2](Version 0.2) First published 12/05/2015 . Last updated 12/05/2015 . Creating your own questions A-level English Literature B (7717) Elements of crime writing – resource package A For teaching from September 2015 Introduction Below you will find instructions on how to use the accompanying resources to create your own exam practice questions. This example shows you how to use the Elements of crime writing: resource package A to set questions for Paper 2A, Section B. Paper 2A, Section B If you have used the relevant question from the sample assessment materials or want to set a question on a different element of Crime, you can use these documents in the following way: 1. Look at how the relevant questions from the sample assessment materials are constructed, for example: ‘In Oliver Twist Dickens presents criminals as products of their society.’ To what extent do you agree with this view? Remember to include in your answer relevant detailed exploration of Dickens’ authorial methods. The question wording (To what extent…authorial methods. ) can remain unchanged. You will need, however, to construct a different ‘view’ depending upon the aspect of crime you want the st

FAQs

What resources are included in Elements of crime writing: resource package A?

The package includes guidance for creating your own questions, sample assessment materials with question papers and mark schemes, specimen question commentaries, exemplar student responses with examiner commentary, and text overviews for Oliver Twist.

How can teachers use the package to create new practice questions?

Teachers can study how questions are constructed in the sample assessment materials, keep the question wording structure where appropriate, and build a new critical “view” using the text overview and elements of crime from the specification or critical sources.

What does the package provide for assessing Paper 2A, Section B responses?

It provides exemplar student responses across different mark bands, followed by examiner commentary, to model how students might address the question and to support teachers in applying assessment expectations.

Oct 20, 2026

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