GCSE English Literature Hub schools network meeting - Resources and activities booklet - Published: Summer 2019

Oct 20, 2026

GCSE English Literature Hub schools network meeting resources and activities booklet for Summer 2019. Includes GCSE set text lists for Paper 1 (Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel) and Paper 2 (modern texts and poetry), with structured author-title selections. Provides examples such as an example response for full marks, guidance to de-mystify the mark scheme, and a new Ofsted framework reference. Features case studies for teaching key texts and discussion prompts, plus suggested creative writing activities and further reading.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

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Pages50

Reading Time2 h 6 min

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GCSE English Literature set text lists

Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel

Paper 2: Modern texts and poetry

Example response – full marks

De-mystifying the mark scheme

New Ofsted framework

Modern prose or drama

Teaching DNA by Dennis Kelly: A Case Study

Teaching The History Boys by Alan Bennett: A Case Study

Paper 2 case studies-Discussion prompts and further questions to consider

Appendix – Suggested teaching and learning activities for teaching creative writing

Further reading and references

GCSE English Literature Hub schools network meeting Resources and activities booklet Published: Summer 2019 Contents | Contents | Page | | --- | --- | | GCSE English Literature set text lists | 4 | | Example response – full marks | 6 | | De-mystifying the mark scheme | 11 | | New Ofsted framework | 12 | | Modern prose or drama | 14 | | Teaching DNA by Dennis Kelly: A Case Study | 27 | | Teaching The History Boys by Alan Bennett: A Case Study | 32 | | Paper 2 case studies-Discussion prompts and further questions to consider | 41 | | Appendix – Suggested teaching and learning activities for teaching creative writing (from spring 2016 hub) | 43 | | Further reading and references | 47 | Set text lists Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel Section A: Shakespeare | Author | Title | | --- | --- | | William Shakespeare | Macbeth | | | Romeo and Juliet | | | The Tempest | | | The Merchant of Venice | | | Much Ado About Nothing | | | Julius Caesar | Section B: The 19th-century novel | Author | Title | | --- | --- | | Robert Louis Stevenson | The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | | Charles Dickens | A Christmas Carol | | Charles Dickens | Great Expectations | | Charlotte Brontë | Jane Eyre | | Mary Shelley | Frankenstein | | Jane Austen | Pride and Prejudice | | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | The Sign of Four | Paper 2: Modern texts and poetry Section A: Modern texts | Author | Title | | --- | --- | | JB Priestley | An Inspector Calls | | Willy Russell | Blood Brothers | | Alan Bennett | The History Boys | | Dennis Kelly | DNA | | Simon Stephens | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play script) | | Shelagh Delaney | A Taste of Honey | | William Golding | Lord of the Flies | | AQA Anthology | Telling Tales | | George Orwell | Animal Farm | | Kazuo Ishiguro | Never Let Me Go | | Meera Syal | Anita and Me | | Stephen Kelman | Pigeon English | Section B: Poetry Love and relationships | Author | Title | | --- | --- | | Lord Byron | When We Two Parted | | Percy Bysshe Shelley | Love’s Philosophy | | Robert Browning | Porphyria’s Lover | | Elizabeth Barrett Browning | Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’ | | Thomas Hardy | Neutral Tones | | Maura Dooley | Letters From Yorkshire | | Charlotte Mew | The Farmer’s Bride | | Cecil Day-Lewis | Walking Away | | Charles Causley | Eden Rock | | Seamus Heaney | Follower | | Simon Armitage | Mother, any distance | | Carol Ann Duffy | Before You Were Mine | | Owen Sheers | Winter Swans | | Daljit Nagra | Singh Song! | | Andrew Waterhouse | Climbing My Grandfather | | Author | Title | | --- | --- | | Percy Bysshe Shelley | Ozymandias | | William Blake | London | | William Wordsworth | Extract from, The Prelude | | Robert Browning | My Last Duchess | | Alfred Lord Tennyson | The Charge of the Light Brigade | | Wilfred Owen | Exposure | | Seamus Heaney | Storm on the Island | | Ted Hughes | Bayonet Charge | | Simon Armitage | Remains | | Jane Weir | Poppies | | Carol Ann Duffy | War Photographer | | Imtiaz Dharker | Tissue | | Carol Rumens | The Emigrée | | John Agard | Checking Out Me History | | Beatrice Garland | Kamikaze | Power and conflict Example response – full marks Paper 2 Section A: Modern texts A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney June 2018 Q12 ‘Some characters in A Taste of Honey suffer because they are different from most people in society at that time.’ How does Delaney present the effects of being different in this society? Write about: • what characters who are different say and do • how Delaney presents the effects of being different. Print Script Print Script Print Script

FAQs

What texts are listed for GCSE English Literature Paper 1?

Paper 1 covers Shakespeare plays and the 19th-century novel section, with named authors and titles such as Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, and Pride and Prejudice, among others.

What does the booklet include for Paper 2?

Paper 2 includes modern texts and a poetry selection. It lists specific plays and novels (e.g., An Inspector Calls, DNA, The History Boys) as well as poetry themes such as love and relationships, and power and conflict.

What teaching support does the booklet provide beyond the text lists?

It offers an example response for full marks, guidance to de-mystify the mark scheme, references to a new Ofsted framework, case studies for teaching set texts, and discussion prompts. An appendix provides suggested teaching and learning activities for creative writing.

Oct 20, 2026

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