Elements of political and social protest writing - A-level English Literature B (7716/7717) Paper 2B, Section A

Oct 20, 2026

Elements of political and social protest writing resource package for A-level English Literature B (7716/7717) Paper 2B, Section A, designed for teaching from September 2015. Provides guidance for planning instruction and creating practice exam questions for each component of AS and A-level. Includes a document for creating own questions, specimen question commentaries aligned to assessment objectives, exemplar student responses with marking commentary, and text overviews showing how selected works can be read through the genre’s lens. Explains how to use specimen materials to set fresh unseen extracts.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages14

Reading Time35 min

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Introduction

Creating your own questions

Using specimen assessment materials to construct new questions

Choosing unseen extracts and identifying genre elements

Exemplar student response and examiner commentary

Band 4 response (A Man for All Seasons)

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Elements of political and social protest writing resource package A-level English Literature B (7716/7717) Paper 2B, Section A 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 find a variety of resources, including: 􀁸 creating your own questions guidance document , to give you the power to create your own practice exam questions 􀁸 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 how the texts you have chosen can be read through the lens of the genre of political and social protest writing. Resources in this package 􀁸 Creating your own questions-Paper 2B, Section A 􀁸 Exemplar student response and examiner commentary-Paper 2B, Section A-band 4 -A man for all seasons 􀁸 Exemplar student response and examiner commentary-Paper 2B, Section A-band 5 -A man for all seasons 􀁸 Specimen question commentary-Paper 2B, Section A-A man for all seasons 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 text overviews and specimen mark schemes give you details about some of the elements of the genre each text covers, which can help you decide. Don’t forget to consult the specification for a list of possible elements. Once you have decided, these documents will help you to focus your teaching on those elements and to work towards the relevant exam question in the specimen assessment materials. The exemplar student responses with marking commentary act as models for the students and help you to assess their work. AQA Education (AQA) is a registered charity (number 1073334) and a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (number 3644723). Our registered address is AQA, Devas Street, Manchester M15 6EX. Version 0.2 First published (02/07/2015) Last updated (02/07/2015) AQA Education (AQA) is a registered charity (number 1073334) and a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (number 3644723). Our registered address is AQA, Devas Street, Manchester M15 6EX. 2 of 2 Creating your own questions A-level English Literature B (7716/7717) Elements of political and social protest writing Resource package: Paper 2B, Section 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 political and social protest writing: resource package to set questions for Paper 2B, Section A, for the Elements of political and social protest writing component for A-level English Literature B. Paper 2B, Section A If you have used the relevant question from the specimen assessment materials and want to set a question on a different unseen extract, you can use these documents in the following way: 1. Look at how the relevant questions from the specimen assessment materials are constructed, for example: Explore the significance of the elements of political protest in this extract. Remember to include in your answer relevant detailed analysis of the ways Bolt has shaped meanings. You will need to set a different extract. The question wording can remain largely unchanged with the exception of the extract writer’s name and the extension from ‘political protest’ to ‘political and social protest’ if appropriate for the chosen extract. 2. Look for extract

FAQs

What resources are included in the Elements of political and social protest writing package for Paper 2B Section A?

The package includes guidance for creating your own questions, specimen question commentaries linked to assessment objectives, exemplar student responses with marking commentary, and text overviews that explain genre-focused reading approaches.

How can teachers use the specimen assessment materials to create questions for unseen extracts?

Teachers can examine how relevant specimen questions are constructed, keep the wording largely unchanged while adapting the extract writer’s name and updating the genre wording to fit political and social protest where appropriate.

What kinds of texts can be used as unseen extracts for this genre component?

Unseen extracts can be drawn from any texts on the political and social protest writing set text list, and also from other texts that fit the genre, including poetry, prose, and drama.

Oct 20, 2026

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