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We have arranged the text types to give students variety across each component.  \nBoth Anthology and Unseen Poetry comes together on Paper 2.  \nAll exam boards offer the same core texts that are most popular with teachers: Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, A Christmas Carol and An Inspector Calls. All boards also now offer more diverse texts including Boys Don’t Cry (Malorie Blackman) and Leave Taking (Winsome Pinnock) . There are variations in the less commonly used texts. For example, Eduqas is the only exam board to offer Oranges are not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson) .  \nShakespeare  \n Extract (15 marks)  Extract-based essay (34 marks) Whole text essay (25 marks)  \nOur ethos for GCSE English Literature is very similar to that for GCSE English Language so there are common approaches which students can adopt for both GCSEs.  \nOCR Pearson  \nSpecification  \nModern Prose or Drama with Unseen Prose & 19th Century Prose (2 hr)  \nAnthology Poetry & Shakespeare (2hr)  \nUnseen Prose instead of Unseen Poetry. The Unseen Prose is used in connection with a studied Modern Text.  \nShakespeare & Modern Proseor Drama (1 hr 45)  \n19th Century Prose, Anthology Poetry and Unseen Poetry (2hr 15)  \nBoth Anthology and Unseen Poetry comes together on Paper 2.  \nAll exam boards offer the same core texts that are most popular with teachers: Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, A Christmas Carol and An Inspector Calls. All boards also now offer more diverse texts including Boys Don’t Cry (Malorie Blackman) and Leave Taking (Winsome Pinnock) . There are variations in the less commonly used texts. For example, Eduqas is the only exam board to offer Oranges are not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson) .  \nShakespeare  \n Choice of extract-based essay OR essay (40 marks)  \n Extract (20 marks)  \n Linked essay (20 marks)  \nAnthology Poetry, Modern Prose or Drama, 19th Century Prose, and Unseen Poetry   \nSwitch to Eduqas [eduqas.co.uk/Switch](eduqas.co.uk/Switch)  \nEduqas AQA  \nAnthology Poetry  \nNEW Anthology for first teaching Sept 2025  \n One printed poem (15 marks)  \n Comparison with one chosen poem (25 marks)  \nWe are the only exam board to ask students to write about the printed poem on its own first, and then to use their response as a basis for comparison with their chosen poem  \nComparison of two poems, one printed (40 marks)  \nStraight into a potentially challenging comparative response.  \nModern Prose or Drama  \n Extract-based essay (40 marks)  \nStudents and teachers particularly like that we provide an extract as a starting point for the essay.  \n Essay-one from a choice of two (40 marks)  \n19th Century Prose  \n Extract-based essay (40 marks)  \nThe format of the question is the same as that for the Modern Text.  \n Extract-based essay (30 marks)  \nUnseen Poetry  \n One poem (15 marks)  \n Comparison with another linked poem (25 marks)  \nThe format of the question is the same as the Anthology Poetry question. This helps students with timing and approaches.  \n One poem (24 marks)  \n Comparison of methods in another linked poem (8 marks)  \nThis is a potentially challenging final question.  \nOCR Pearson  \nAnthology Poetry  \n Comparison of two printed poems (20 marks)  \n Analysis of one further chosen poem (20 marks)  \n Comparison of two poems, one printed (20 marks)  \nStraight into a potentially challenging comparative response  \n","cbCaijpC7zQyZ8o8","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijpC7zQyZ8o8","pdf",817978,"English","# Assessment structure\n## Component 1 and Component 2\n# Exam boards and core texts\n## Common core texts across boards\n## Variations in less commonly used texts\n# Shakespeare assessment and question types\n## Extracts, essays, and whole-text writing\n# OCR and Pearson specifications\n## Modern text and anthology combinations\n# Eduqas specification updates\n## New anthology for first teaching Sept 2025\n## Unique poems and poets","[{\"question\":\"Which assessment components and text types are compared in the tool?\",\"answer\":\"The tool compares component structures and question types across Shakespeare, modern prose or drama, 19th-century prose, and anthology and unseen poetry/prose. 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