i was shocked when i saw the parris question cos i really did not think aqa would repeat a question.
i was even more shocked when i saw betrayal because i was thinking is that even a theme????
so i was gonna do parris but then i thought how many points could i really make about him; all i would be saying is parris is a prick, parris is a dick, parris is a weasle etc.
so for some ungodly reason i did betrayal which in the end i think went ok, could've been better but meh

and then the part a question for tkam was dumb as hell cos there was nothing to anayse in the extract but i quite like the mockingbird question and just talked about bae like boo :tongue:

wbu?

Reply 784

jgood

I wrote about the animal imagery, how she is represented as a fish and Lennie a bear ('paws'), and basically how bears prey on fish instinctively, so Lennie couldn't help himself, couldn't control killing her? Also how a fish was like 'bait' for the ranchers, like a trap to cause trouble..

Reply 785

G_J123

Does anyone know what questions and poems are likely to come up tomorrow in the conflict cluster?

Reply 786

username1631419

Are you guys also analysis an unseen poem ?

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Reply 787

thepurplerain

Original post by G_J123

Does anyone know what questions and poems are likely to come up tomorrow in the conflict cluster?

Well Flag, The Falling Leaves and The Right Word apparently haven't come up before but knowing AQA they could just repeat a poem :/

Reply 788

bwcity99

Original post by thepurplerain

Well Flag, The Falling Leaves and The Right Word apparently haven't come up before but knowing AQA they could just repeat a poem :/

Those three won't come up: https://community.tes.co.uk/tes_engl.../t/520082.aspx

Reply 789

thepurplerain

Original post by andyman1006

Those three won't come up: https://community.tes.co.uk/tes_engl.../t/520082.aspx

AQA changed this a few months ago:

http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/subjects/AQA-W-ENGLIT-CHANGES.PDF

'From 2015 any of the 15 poems from each cluster couldbe named on either tier of the examination.'

Reply 790

RR151215

Anyone have any predictions for the Character and voice cluster? My teacher thinks it will be The Ruined Maid, Brendon Gallacher or Give seeing as they're the only 3 that haven't come up, and as they've changed the rules this year they could come up. I think we will get one of them and one repeat, seeing as AQA pretty much repeated a Parris question for the Crucible and used Curley's wife AND Lennie again for OMAM! How is everyone revising?

Reply 791

thepurplerain

Original post by RR151215

Just wondering, when was the Parris question last done? I heard everyone saying this but I didn't see it when I was doing my revision for The Crucible.

Reply 792

RR151215

Original post by thepurplerain

Just wondering, when was the Parris question last done? I heard everyone saying this but I didn't see it when I was doing my revision for The Crucible.

I have a feeling It may have been 2011- I did it at school so not entirely sure. It was effectively the same question, except in the previous one it asked how far you considered Parris to be responsible for Proctor's death so you had to link it to him- if anything this one was far easier!

Reply 793

S.Alexis

Original post by RR151215

My 2015 collins revision guide states that Brendon Gallacher, Give and the ruined maid will only be named on the foundation tier and that medusa,land grands seigneurs and casehistory:Alison will only be named on the higher tier paper. so for the higher paper the questions are going to be a repeat.

Reply 794

zinky99

what themes do you guys think will come up for conflicy poetry? i think possibly nature or patriotism/ heroism?

despite the new change, is there rlly still a possiblilty of them repeating a poem?

Reply 795

bwcity99

Original post by zinky99

what themes do you guys think will come up for conflicy poetry? i think possibly nature or patriotism/ heroism?

despite the new change, is there rlly still a possiblilty of them repeating a poem?

They will either go really predictable and use two from Flag, Falling Leaves and The Right Word as none have been used, or will repeat one or two poems. The best bet is be well prepared on those three because hopefully at least one will come up. This is the second last year of this course, so one will have to be repeated at some point

Reply 796

bellaap

I'm doing the relationships cluster tomorrow- does anyone have any tips on how to get A*? Or a structure format? would really appreciate it :colondollar: