AQA GCSE English Literature Exams - 20th and 23rd May 2013 OFFICAL THREAD

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Hi! I'm quite worried, I left like 7 lines and went on the next page to do part b of to kill a mockingbird, will the examiner go to the next page to see it? Because on the front of the booklet it said to leave at least 2 lines, I'm worried the examiner won't go on to the next page and mark my part b!

I wouldn't worry, the examiner will look to see where the question number in the margin is to start marking. Everything's fine if you have put the question number in the margin.

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Reply 2261

RachelBx

Original post by Ava-

I am doing relationships cluster, and have got a lot of notes comparing ghazal with to his coy mistress; tehr eare actually a lot of points! and it kills two possible birds with one stone :smile:

I am also trying to compare Born Yesterday/Hour, which is okay, but not extremeley compatible.

I was wondering if you guys thought it was really risky to just revise the predicted poems e.g Born Yesterday, THCM, Ghazal and 116?
It would be terrifying if none of them came up, but there is so little time!
I focused wayyy too much on the stories!

i know nothing on ghazal :frown:

but yeah i think it could be very risky to just learn predicted, id say go through all poems, maybe watch some of mrbruffs videos and read your notes however just focus on the predicted ones

Reply 2262

ElLeonNino

For anyone doing the Place cluster like me do you know what poems came up in January 2013? and was there a unit 2 paper in January 2011 because I cant find it online.
P.s do Aqa repeat poems are they not going to come up for the upcoming unit e.g London came up in June 2011 so will it probably not come up on Thursday;
Cheers!

Reply 2263

RachelBx

Original post by alibland

I think it's band 5 so thats 48/60 but not completely sure

its know out of 68 because they have added 4 marks for each section for SPaG (spelling punctiuation and grammar).... i definatley did not get those marks

Reply 2264

emers1

Original post by Ava-

I am doing relationships cluster, and have got a lot of notes comparing ghazal with to his coy mistress; tehr eare actually a lot of points! and it kills two possible birds with one stone :smile:

Can we exchange notes on the comparison between To His Coy Mistress and Ghazal? I'm nearing the end of a practise comparison essay at the moment...

Reply 2265

ElLeonNino

My English teacher said the grade boundaries for both papers were ridiculously low!

Reply 2266

emers1

Original post by ElLeonNino

I'm not doing place so I can't answer your first questions..
There wasn't a unit 2 in january 2011 though
There haven't been enough papers to know if aqa repeat poems - I'm going to focus on the ones that haven't come up but make sure I know 2-3 points about the others just in case - remember there is a choice so I reckon 1 of the poems will not have come up before (at least)

Reply 2267

Mallory

Original post by ElLeonNino

My English teacher said the grade boundaries for both papers were ridiculously low!

really?
I hope so!

Reply 2268

Newdle

I'm dreading my result for Eng Lit! I think I've done terrible.
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Like the AIC question (on foundation) was -
"How does Priestly present the different attitudes of Mr Birling and the Inspector".

My response for 1 paragraph was weak..

"One way Priestly presents the different attitudes is what they say. For example Arthur Birling says "a mans gotta get a living for himself". This suggests that Mr Birlings attitude is very much similar to that of a capitalist.

On the other hand, the Inspector says "we all gotta share". This suggests that the Inspector is a very socialist man who's opinions are close to Priestly's own view points."

Obviously I had little bit more to the paragraphs and I had more paragraphs, plus the quotes aren't exact. However, do you think I'll do alright on marks for this section?

Reply 2269

sarah_maqbool

Anyone got any ideas for the grade boundaries will roughly be for the Poetry Exam?

Reply 2270

Mallory

for those who have already dont the poetry , how do you get really good marks? :s-smilie:

Reply 2271

Chat Gris

From when it was sat in January i think possibly:
A*- 38-36
A- 32-28
B-25-19
C-18-16
Hopefully this helps :smile:

I so need to ace poetry to make up for English lit paper 1

Reply 2272

Oiseaux

The grade boundaries are likely going to be higher than last year's due to it being a little more predictable as to what poems are to be featured. I just hope they're not too high :frown:

I'd recommend Mr Bruff's videos on YT to all those who haven't tried them already. They're really useful.

Reply 2273

Avor

Original post by Chat Gris

From when it was sat in January i think possibly:
A*- 38-36
A- 32-28
B-25-19
C-18-16
Hopefully this helps :smile:

I so need to ace poetry to make up for English lit paper 1

i am wondering for the English Lit 1 & 2, how come the grade boundaries are so low?
Do examiners mark responses at Controlled Assessment standard level or something?

Reply 2274

ElLeonNino

Yeah my English teacher said the boundaries were already quite low and the unpredictable question they asked such as Slim in OMAM may have made students stumble!
To get good marks in Unit 2 you need to comment on Themes, Language Structure and Form, Effect on reader and actually compare!

Reply 2275

Chat Gris

Original post by Avor

i am wondering for the English Lit 1 & 2, how come the grade boundaries are so low?
Do examiners mark responses at Controlled Assessment standard level or something?

I am not quite sure I think it is because most people might not do very well and then they base their grade boundaries on that. To be honest I am happy its low basically I think it will be my saving grace :smile:

for ca idk

Reply 2276

Oiseaux

Original post by Chat Gris

From when it was sat in January i think possibly:
A*- 38-36
A- 32-28
B-25-19
C-18-16
Hopefully this helps :smile:

I so need to ace poetry to make up for English lit paper 1

I hope they're like January's. I'm relying on the poetry exam to save me from the abdominable grade I've probably recieved for yesterday's exam :frown:

Reply 2277

username1054255

Original post by GeorgeyG

Oh phew! Thank you! I even wrote the question number again and wrote b! I hope they see it because I did really bad! Thank you! :smile:

Reply 2278

Ava-

Original post by emers1

Can we exchange notes on the comparison between To His Coy Mistress and Ghazal? I'm nearing the end of a practise comparison essay at the moment...

Sure, that sounds good :smile:

Mine are mainly Mr.Bruffs points, but I have compared them and all.
I will type them up now.

Reply 2279

Swag hatter

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Original post by Swag hatter

Am I the only person who did purple hibiscus??????

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FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE! i was starting to think my class was the only one in the country to study this amazing book