WJEC English Literature GCSE 18th and 22nd May.

Please tell me how you got prostitution? Like damn son, you're poetry skills must be on point. Sharp as a god damn needle. So glad that I never have to analyse another poem or any part of Of Mice and Men ever in my life

I WAS SO HAPPY IT WAS CANDY!!! I did so much last minute revision on him too ) But I don't think I referred enough to the context? I did talk about it after each point but it was always just a sentence or two. Also i think my analysis was pretty weak, as in, I only gave two original interpretations, and a lot of the things I said was just explaining the quote and the intended meanings. There were so many other things I wanted to write about! I only had time to talk about loneliness, discrimination against the old, against the disabled, and dreams. I could've talked about sexism and I'm so annoyed I didn't think of it fast enough. ugh.
Most of the people in my school did 1c and that worries me a lot. I didn't immediately understand 1c and now I do? You could literally talk about all the main themes right?

The extract question was terrible. I had a feeling it'd be mood and atmosphere but still did very bad. I think I made up a bunch of words that didn't really describe the mood or atmosphere.

AND POETRY. DAMN POETRY. They weren't as hard as I thought they'd be but I feel like my interpretation was weak and too simple. Is that okay as long as my analysis on language and atmosphere was thorough?

Anyway, I guess I probably got a strong B. Maybe if I do well in Unit 2 I could scrape an A. If only my teacher gave me that one mark for A* in coursework ;_;

What were last year's grade boundaries?

I'm lucky in that one of my Friday books is Lord of the Flies, where Simon is pretty much guaranteed to show up.

However, I'm not so certain who will show their ugly face in the A View From The Bridge essay. I'm guessing Marco, but any suggestions?

Honestly I don't even know, I ran over on my tkam so I literally had 30 mins for poetry so I really rushed it. I saw something about flesh transaction and love open for all so I made an educated guess but poetry is horrific, I have no poetry skill AT ALL.

We are pretty much on the same boat. I looked at b then c and I was like there is no damn way that I am answering c although it does make sense now, I don't think it would've been as strong for me because I revised candy A LOT. Praise the lord for gut instincts. I hated poetry

what are the grade boundaries normally like? How many marks for an a?

how come u think simon will come up?

I'm lucky in that one of my Friday books is Lord of the Flies, where Simon is pretty much guaranteed to show up.

omgg! Did you spend all your time on the essay? But wow, I wrote no imagery or anything. But I still need to have a party because I never have to look at another poem again in my life

I suppose so, our class was given the choice between AAB and 'Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha' and after reading around half of each book, I did prefer AAB!

Any predictions for what the question's will be like?

Yes! I didn't realise how awful my time management was! I would agree with you, but I'm doing literature at a level so more poems for me

Yes! I didn't realise how awful my time management was! I would agree with you, but I'm doing literature at a level so more poems for me

I WAS SO HAPPY IT WAS CANDY!!! I did so much last minute revision on him too ) But I don't think I referred enough to the context? I did talk about it after each point but it was always just a sentence or two. Also i think my analysis was pretty weak, as in, I only gave two original interpretations, and a lot of the things I said was just explaining the quote and the intended meanings. There were so many other things I wanted to write about! I only had time to talk about loneliness, discrimination against the old, against the disabled, and dreams. I could've talked about sexism and I'm so annoyed I didn't think of it fast enough. ugh.
Most of the people in my school did 1c and that worries me a lot. I didn't immediately understand 1c and now I do? You could literally talk about all the main themes right?

The extract question was terrible. I had a feeling it'd be mood and atmosphere but still did very bad. I think I made up a bunch of words that didn't really describe the mood or atmosphere.

AND POETRY. DAMN POETRY. They weren't as hard as I thought they'd be but I feel like my interpretation was weak and too simple. Is that okay as long as my analysis on language and atmosphere was thorough?

Anyway, I guess I probably got a strong B. Maybe if I do well in Unit 2 I could scrape an A. If only my teacher gave me that one mark for A* in coursework ;_;

What were last year's grade boundaries?

36 out of 50 tends to be an A, which if you ask me is pretty high for such a demanding subject. 41-42 tends to be an A*

That happened in my RS exam which I had this afternoon. I was writing and I was all good and chill. Then I look at the time and I only have another 12 minutes to do one other whole section worth 18 marks. Woops...

That happened in my RS exam which I had this afternoon. I was writing and I was all good and chill. Then I look at the time and I only have another 12 minutes to do one other whole section worth 18 marks. Woops...

I suppose so, our class was given the choice between AAB and 'Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha' and after reading around half of each book, I did prefer AAB!

Any predictions for what the question's will be like?