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External Assessment

Paper 1:

• 2 unseen texts. Choose 1. Analyse. 1hr 15min - 20 Marks - 35%

Paper 2:

• Comparative Essay- Compare 2 works - 4 Questions - Choose 1. 1hr: 45 - 30 Marks -35%

Internal Assessment - Individual Oral Commentary

• 10 minutes talk time - 5 minutes of questions = 15 minutes

• 40 Marks - 30%

• Extract from 1 non-lit text- 40 lines max

• Extract from 1 literary work- 40 lines max

• Can use extract from Literary work used in class. Can bring 10 bullet points.

• Prompt: "Examine the ways in which a global issue of your choice is presented through content and form of two of the texts you have studied"

• Your extract must have a clear connection with a global issue. For example Gatsby and 'class / decadence / moral decay / indulgence / materialism/loneliness - could link with Tennyson and Lady of Shallot.

• Students should 'Zoom out' to the broader work of the author - Poem - other poems, Photographs - other photographs etc.

• No need to remember quotations. More about style, techniques, devices.

• Global Issue = Significant on a large scale, daily impact, world-wide.

• Examples: Culture, Identity & Community: family, class, race, community, sexuality, nationalism. Beliefs, Values & Education: Values, ethics, principles, laws, how they shape identity. Politics, Power & Justice: rights & responsibilities, governments, equality, peace, conflict. Art, Creativity & Imagination; Science, technology & environment: environmental issues, impact of technology.

• Tips: A topic such as 'Gender' is too broad. 'Zoom in'. For example: 'How does gender bias affect writers choices and what is the affect on the reader?'

Internal Assessment - IOC - Sample A

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