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Help!!AQA gcse english literature exam unit 1!!

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Always refer to the extract, rarely in any other part of the novel. By "novel as a whole" it means how can you see from this extract the ways in which Steinback describes Candy or whatever the question is.,etc...

For your second question, the first part of the OMAM question is on a character/theme and the second part is about context.

Thank you.. Good Luck guys if your doing the exams.. :smile:

(yn)

Reply 21

cloud19

how many pages are we suggested to write for each question in order to get a high grade?

Reply 22

Dandaman9999

Original post by cloud19

how many pages are we suggested to write for each question in order to get a high grade?

Obviously quality over quantity but how much can you write in 45 mins for a question? It's more about the number of different points you look at, not just about the pages :smile:

Reply 23

cloud19

Original post by Dandaman9999

Obviously quality over quantity but how much can you write in 45 mins for a question? It's more about the number of different points you look at, not just about the pages :smile:

So if i write about 3 or 4 points, is that enough?

Reply 24

Dandaman9999

Original post by cloud19

So if i write about 3 or 4 points, is that enough?

If they are really well developed points then I'd go for around 4 or 5, yeah

Reply 25

TaraBelle

do brainstorms and stuff on themes etc. I did poems, so I did little flashcards with main points of each poem on it, so you could try that for short stories? Help me to remember a lot of stuff, especially helps if you remember a couple of qoutes so you don't waste time looking in the book. Make sure you understand everything as well so you remember it better, that's all I did and ended up with an A* :smile:

Reply 26

goldstander212

Does anyone think curley would come up, by anychance ?

Reply 27

Dandaman9999

Original post by goldstander212

Does anyone think curley would come up, by anychance ?

Not particularly... What context question could come up with him?

Reply 28

goldstander212

I agree with you, there isnt really much context questions with him.
My bet is curleys wife SNM :P

Reply 29

Lizy

Maybe characters wont come up this time? It might be something like an extract about the significance of Animals etc? You never know with AQA!!!!

Reply 30

techno836

i hate to scare most of yous but for an A* you can only drop around 6 marks in the whole paper ... and its the same for UNIT 2 ( i have this on thusday.. 'lord of the flies' and' blood brothers' ) im doing unit 1 next year but i did OMAM for a controlled assessment :-)

if i were doing this exam i would pray that crooks came up :rolleyes:

Reply 31

Lizy

um who said you can only drop 6 marks?

Reply 32

techno836

Original post by Lizy

um who said you can only drop 6 marks?

its out of 60 isnt it so 90% = 54 .. i may be mistaken though because i do WJEC but i think AQA boundries are the same + the questions are out of 30 and in mocks (for 1 answer) 27/30 =A* but 26/30 =A

i may be wrong but this what my teacher says :rolleyes:

Reply 33

Lizy

I don't think the grade boundaries are that high for an a*...maybe for WJEC but not for AQA?
I would say about 52....is an a*
But yeah:P i'm not entirely certain :smile:

Reply 34

cboylan10

i have this exam on thursday and i have absolutely no idea what i am doing!!
any one got any pointers? lol :smile:

Reply 35

techno836

Original post by cboylan10

i have this exam on thursday and i have absolutely no idea what i am doing!!
any one got any pointers? lol :smile:

what exam board ?

Reply 36

cboylan10

CCEA

mine on blood brothers btw

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 37

techno836

Original post by cboylan10

CCEA

damn that doesnt help :L what topics are they ? poetry and of mice and men ?

Reply 38

cboylan10

Original post by techno836

damn that doesnt help :L what topics are they ? poetry and of mice and men ?

it poetry and blood brothers :L

Reply 39

techno836

Original post by cboylan10

it poetry and blood brothers :L

well poetry is unseen and im not doin that until next year but im doing blood brothers now for WJEC literature Unit 2

is the exam format the same ?? an extract and then a theme/character question ??