English Language and Literature

Unit 1: Voices in Speech and Writing

Edexcel: Anthology - this includes a collection of non-fiction texts which will need to be compared to an unseen text in the exam. (Year 12 and 13).

Drama text: Arthur Miller’s All My Sons (Year 12, revised in Year 13).

Unit 2: Varieties in Language and Literature

A comparison between: F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Philip Larkin's The Whitsun Weddings (Year 12, revised in Year 13). A range of non-fiction texts will be studies to practise responding to an unseen text. (Year 13).

Unit 3: NEA – research and stimulus text study (Year 12). Production of NEA (Year 13).

Paper 1: Voices in Speech and Writing

Section A: one question comparing an Anthology text and an unseen text.

Section B: One question on All My Sons

50 marks (25 for each section)

Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes

Externally assessed written examination

Open book

40% of final A Level

Paper 2: Varieties in Language and Literature

Section A: one question analysing an unseen non-fiction text.

Section B: One question comparing the two set texts – The Great Gatsby compared to either Othello or The
Whitsun Weddings.

50 marks (20 for Section A, 30 for Section B)

Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes

Externally assessed written examination

Open book

40% of final A Level

NEA (Coursework)

• A piece of fiction (with The Kite Runner as stimulus material)

• A piece of non-fiction (with Cupcakes and Kalashnikovs as stimulus material)

• A commentary, analysing both texts

These papers will assess the ability to:

• develop and apply understanding of the linguistic and literary concepts and methods

• engage creatively and critically with a wide range of texts

• explore the ways in which texts relate to each other and the contexts in which they are produced and received

• develop skills as producers and interpreters of language

• undertake independent and sustained studies to develop their skills as producers and interpreters of language

Theatre productions of the set texts.

For further details please contact Mrs Pointer.