AS and A-level English Literature A (7711/7712) - Love through the ages-resource package A - How to use these resources

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Resource package A supports AS and A-level English Literature A (7711/7712) teaching from September 2015, with assessment use from June 2017. It provides guidance for creating your own Paper 1, Section A questions on The Winter’s Tale, including how to adapt a question stem, select alternative passages, and construct critical “views” for debate using specified aspects of love. It also includes specimen question commentary and exemplar answers with banded responses and examiner commentary.

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Reading Time33 min

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Introduction

Creating your own questions

How to use these resources

Paper 1, Section A

Exemplar student response and examiner commentary

| AS AND A-LEVEL
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‘Love through the ages’: resource package A | | --- | | For teaching from September 2015 For assessment from June 2017 | • Creating your own questions • Specimen question commentary ‑ Paper 1, Section A ‑ The Winter’s Tale • Example answer ‑ band 2 ‑ The Winter’s Tale • Example answer ‑ band 5 ‑ The Winter’s Tale This resource is part of the Love through the ages resource package. Further resource packages are available as part of our exclusive resource collection. Love through the ages-resource package A AS and A-level English Literature A (7711/7712) 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 A. In this package you find a variety of resources related to Love through the ages , including: • creating your own questions guidance document, to give 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. Resources in this package • Creating your own questions • Specimen question commentary-Paper 1, Section A-The Winter's Tale • Example answer-band 2-The Winter's Tale • Example answer-band 5-The Winter's Tale How to use these resources These documents 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 sample mark schemes give you details about some of the aspects of the theme of love 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 mark schemes. 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/love-is)[ aqa.org.uk/love-is](Visit aqa.org.uk/love-is) [Version 0.2](Version 0.2) First published (06/02/2015) Last updated (12/05/2015) Creating your own questions AS and A-level English Literature A (7711/7712) Love through the ages-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 Love through the ages resource package A to set questions for Paper 1, Section A. Paper 1, Section A If you have used the relevant question from the sample assessment materials and want to set a question on a different passage, you can use these documents in the following way: 1. Look at how the relevant question from the sample assessment materials is constructed: [Extract from The Winter's Tale, I. ii. 264-318] 'Paradoxically, texts often present jealousy as springing from the very deepest kind of love.' In the light of this view, discuss how Shakespeare presents Leontes' feelings for Hermione in this extract and elsewhere in the play. The question stem can remain unchanged i.e. 'In the light of this view, discuss how Shakespeare presents…in this extract and elsewhere in the play.' 2. You will need to choose a different passage from the text depending upon the aspect(s) of love you want the students to explore. • Read the specimen question commentary to help you choose a different passage for analysis: consider the different possible aspects of l

FAQs

What is included in Love through the ages-resource package A?

The package includes guidance for creating your own practice exam questions, sample assessment materials with mark schemes, specimen question commentaries, and exemplar student responses with examiner commentary.

How do you create your own Paper 1, Section A question using this package?

Use the specimen question’s construction as a model, keep or adapt the question stem, then choose a different passage depending on the aspects of love the students will explore.

How should a teacher construct a “view” for debate when setting a new question?

Base the view on aspects of love found in the text, consult the specification’s list of aspects, and research critical views to shape a debate; note that the absence of an aspect can also be valid.

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