English

Eduqas and AQA Course Outline 

Section A (25%) – Reading (40 marks) This exam will be an unseen extract from one 20th century literary prose text with 4 structured questions. Section B (25%) – Descriptive or Narrative Writing (40 marks) This section is one 40 mark task and it will be inspired by the topic that they have responded to in section A. Pupils are required to demonstrate their narrative and descriptive skills in response to a written prompt, scenario or visual image.

Section A (25%) – Reading (40 marks) The exam will be two linked sources from different time periods and genres in order to consider how each presents a perspective or viewpoint to influence the reader with 4 structured questions.
Section B (25%) – Writing (40 marks) This section is one 40 mark task and will test the ability to produce a written text to a specified audience, purpose and form in which pupils give their own perspective on the theme that has been introduced to them in section A.
Pupils may be required to write either a speech, a leaflet, an essay, a letter or an article.

(40 marks) Students will be required to complete one formal presentation or speech and will be assessed on responses to questions and feedback following the presentation. Spoken language will be reported on as part of the qualification, but it will not form part of the final mark and grade.

Section A (20%) – Shakespeare (40 marks) Study of Macbeth. One extract (15 marks) and one essay question (25 marks) based on the reading of the play. (Students are not permitted to take copies of the text into the examination) Section B (20%) Poetry from 1789 to the present day Two questions based on poems from the WJEC Eduqas Poetry Anthology. One question will be on a named poem (15 marks) and one which involves comparison of the named poem with another from the anthology (25 marks) (Students are not permitted to take a copy of the anthology into the
examination)

Section A (20%) Post-1914 Prose/Drama (40 marks) An Inspector Calls (Priestley) One source -based question on a post 1914 prose/drama text. (Students are not permitted to take copies of the text into the examination) Section B (20%) 19th Century Prose (40 marks) A Christmas Carol (Dickens) One source-based question on a 19th Century prose text. Answers must include knowledge of the context of the novel. (Students are not permitted to take copies of the text into the examination).

An Inspector Calls

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens