WJEC 22nd may 2012 english literature gcse

If you're talking about the january 2102 exam, I did that too
And let's be honest, we got a friendship themed question....
You cant really complain about that can you,

yeh, I wasn't overly pleased with the essay question (extract was fine) but I think by choosing the protagonist, it's very difficult to be concise, would have preferred a more minor character because there's less to cover, ho hum. I went for Lennie too. :L

Poems went ok, ran out of time a bit too, would have liked to have been able to read through it all. Haha, yeh, damn babies

I think the raw mark for an A* is 43.

Felt as though I was saying the most random stuff for the poetry too. Am hoping they credit it as a "possible interpretation" rather than a "this kid doesn't have a clue what she's talking about."

iF i DID A question c, but accidentally wrote 'question b' on the front, will it stilll be marked!, because you could make a choice

So, for question a in TKAM, i wrote a page on this, explaining the metaphor of putting knife down ... plate to the side e.t.c.

Question b looked horrid, and my teacher said avoid it at all costs.

Question c was OK, but it was more injustice than justice! Here I mentioned:
Injustice of Tom Robison (all white jury + innocence)
Injustice of Dolphus Raymond (judged by society, like TR)
Injustice of Boo Radley (Similar point, mentioned 'never understand')
Justice that Calpurnia gets (Treated as an equal)

I have to say, I actually liked the poetry. I though they had a common theme of death maybe? I also described the children as innocent, and showed the children o be naturalistic. For a personal response, I thought it highlighted the post natal depression for mothers.

Judging from this, does anyone think I would possibly get an A with those points?

@aTOMic

You should have written on the front but I doubt that t will make a difference because the English examiners aren't stupid, they're all good at English - rather than just random people off the street, like for the science exams - so they most probably care about the subject and will not just fail you for not writing the question numbers on the front.

For the poetry section i totally screwed up , the poem A Child Sleeps by Carol Ann Duffy , well i totally misread it and wrote about how a mother is over the grave of her child and the wood is a coffin and the smell of flowers is the flowers around her grave , the moment when Duffs says how the mother see's her daughter cupping light , well i said she was an angel and the final verse where she goes to the window i put the window was signifying heaven and she was going to heaven. IS THERE ANYWAY I CAN GET MARKS FOR WRITING STUFF LIKE THIS? :/

Thanks jp18. I'm not sure if we were told about writing on the front as I thought the exams officer was saying the usual rubbish and instead just kept going over OMAM in my head. So should I just forget about it or should I tell the exams officer?

I'm guessing not as you can the marker can tell what he is marking.

WHAT WAS QUESTION B) ON OF MICE AND MEN?

For night feed I thought it was about a guy with a drinking problem and for the other one I thought it was about a person hiding in a safe room. Oh dear.

For night feed I thought it was about a guy with a drinking problem and for the other one I thought it was about a person hiding in a safe room. Oh dear.

How do guys feel about the exam today?

iF i DID A question c, but accidentally wrote 'question b' on the front, will it stilll be marked!, because you could make a choice