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GCSE English Literature 8702 - Paper 2 - 23rd May 2019

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How did your AQA English lit Paper 2 go?

Loved the paper - Feeling positive 34%
The paper was reasonable 49%
Not feeling great about that exam... 13%
It was TERRIBLE4%
Total votes: 661
AQA GCSE English Literature 8702 - Paper 2 - 23rd May


Exam technique, night before breakdowns and discussion regarding this exam... It's all here :gthumb: Feel free to add resources to the thread as well as anything that may be helpful to others :smartass:

This thread covers the following papers:

8702/2 Modern texts and poetry 2h 15m 23 May 2019 am


The official specification: https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/english/specifications/AQA-8702-SP-2015.PDF

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Specimen and past papers
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-literature-8702/assessment-resources

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What are your predictions as to what’s going to come up?
Not Ozymandias for Power and Conflict poetry - it turned up in last year's paper and it was in the spec too (a lifesaver - probably what got me the 9 in English Lit considering my paper 1 was shambolic - I was too stressed so I didn't finish the Christmas Carol Q and I spent too long on Macbeth) Good luck to whoever's doing it this year as the boundaries will be even higher than last year's and the year before! Thank goodness I did my GCSEs last year!
i don't think there going to go up any higher as statistically your year is more intelligent than ours and if we get harder questions then lower grade boundaries
Original post by chibichibi_xx
Not Ozymandias for Power and Conflict poetry - it turned up in last year's paper and it was in the spec too (a lifesaver - probably what got me the 9 in English Lit considering my paper 1 was shambolic - I was too stressed so I didn't finish the Christmas Carol Q and I spent too long on Macbeth) Good luck to whoever's doing it this year as the boundaries will be even higher than last year's and the year before! Thank goodness I did my GCSEs last year!
all i know is that maths grade boundaries are goingup fsssss
Original post by nicole123444xxx
i don't think there going to go up any higher as statistically your year is more intelligent than ours and if we get harder questions then lower grade boundaries
Fair enough - they didn't go up much for English but they did for maths which gave me a mini heart attack on the morning of results day
Original post by nicole123444xxx
i don't think there going to go up any higher as statistically your year is more intelligent than ours and if we get harder questions then lower grade boundaries
haha did u do alright tho? and well done for that 9 in english lit! amazing
Original post by chibichibi_xx
Fair enough - they didn't go up much for English but they did for maths which gave me a mini heart attack on the morning of results day
Got a 9 in maths by only 2 marks - the papers were easy so I did even worse (I got full marks in the first set I did as mocks even though they were so hard). Thank you so much!
Original post by nicole123444xxx
haha did u do alright tho? and well done for that 9 in english lit! amazing
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Hey all,
Does anyone have anything that they can analyse for an Inspector Calls, no matter what the question is?
I did a lot of research and found this knowledge organiser really good
This is the link - http://www.kingcharlesschool.co.uk/index.php/knowledge-organisers/file/Year%2010/English/An%20Inspector%20Calls%20KO.pdf

I also found these:
Inspector Calls knowledge organiser (KO) - http://www.kingcharlesschool.co.uk/i...Calls%20KO.pdf
Jekyll & Hyde KO - http://www.kingcharlesschool.co.uk/i...0Hyde%20KO.pdf
Jekyll & Hyde KO 2 - https://www.kingscollegeguildford.co.../984690191.pdf
Jekyll & Hyde mindmap - https://www.goconqr.com/mindmap/3244...ll-and-mr-hyde
Power & conflict Poetry KO - https://southaxholmeacademy.co.uk/SA...t-Poetry-1.pdf
Romeo & Juliet KO - https://www.stmonicas.co.uk/wp-conte..._Juliet_KO.pdf
Romeo & Juliet quote analysis - https://getrevising.co.uk/revision-c...quote-analysis

Quizlet ( https://quizlet.com/en-gb ) is also a great site for you to practice and memorize quotes and has great analysis's from other people as well.

Your Welcome :wavey:
Original post by Ewie1234
Hey all,
Does anyone have anything that they can analyse for an Inspector Calls, no matter what the question is?
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What are predictions for love and relationships?
Original post by nicole123444xxx
i don't think there going to go up any higher as statistically your year is more intelligent than ours and if we get harder questions then lower grade boundaries


What do you mean statistically their year is higher than ours?
Please could everyone post the quotes they've memorized for the exam here?


Hey, this is from my school's website! :smile:
Reply 16
Has anyone got any predictions for aqa gcse Jekyll and Hyde? And Macbeth?
Macbeth is likely to be a theme such as Kingship. Poetry I'm going for poppies or war photographer
Reply 18
Any predicted poems?
Any predictions for Romeo and Juliet or A christmas Carol?

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