AQA English Literature B - Unit 1, Aspects of Narrative - 8/06/2010

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How did you find this paper? State the texts answered and the option on the poll.

Extremely Easy - Hoping for average grade boundaries (i.e. 80% for an A)29%

Hard - Didn't quite finish the essay and hoping for lower grade boundaries (i.e. 70% for an A)37%

Extremely Hard - Didn't know what the question was asking and hoping for low grade boundaries (i.e. 60% for an A)34%

Total votes: 35

Is anyone doing the texts:
Pride and Prejudice
Kite Runner
Tennyson (Poetry)
Auden (Poetry)

How are we all revising??

Has anyone STARTED revising? lol

:smile:

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Reply 1

CTanner90

yeap(:...well not as much as I should be!
actually bricking it though :frown:

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Im doing pride & prejudice too!
got any notes you wanna share :biggrin:

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Reply 2

Trytostaypositive

coffee345

Is anyone doing the texts:
Pride and Prejudice
Kite Runner
Tennyson (Poetry)
Auden (Poetry)

How are we all revising??

Has anyone STARTED revising? lol

:smile:

Im doing:
Pride and Prejudice
Kite Runner
Tennyson
Keats

So 3 are same as you:P and Not really revised much yet. I got an A in both mocks we did.

How are you revising?

Reply 3

Trytostaypositive

CTanner90

yeap(:...well not as much as I should be!
actually bricking it though :frown:

.
Im doing pride & prejudice too!
got any notes you wanna share :biggrin:

?
x

Hey Im doing Pride and Prejudice as well. It seems popular so far.

Reply 4

black_vine

I'm doing Enduring Love, Browning, Keat & Great Expectations!
Just figuring out how to answer the questions :frown:

Reply 5

Trytostaypositive

black_vine

I'm doing Enduring Love, Browning, Keat & Great Expectations!
Just figuring out how to answer the questions :frown:

Do you have any notes on Keats or anything?? And which one are you most likely to do for section A??

Reply 6

frh_xo

Gatsby, Kiterunner, Rossetti and Coleridge

For section A I'mn going to write about Gatsby,

Reply 7

coffee345

Trytostaypositive

Im doing:
Pride and Prejudice
Kite Runner
Tennyson
Keats

So 3 are same as you:P and Not really revised much yet. I got an A in both mocks we did.

How are you revising?

lol i havent started yet...maybe write essays and notes up :s-smilie:

my teacher said there'll be no point reading the book again now so yeahh ><

have you got any good notes to share?
and whats your section A question going to be?

Reply 8

Trytostaypositive

coffee345

lol i havent started yet...maybe write essays and notes up :s-smilie:

my teacher said there'll be no point reading the book again now so yeahh ><

have you got any good notes to share?
and whats your section A question going to be?

Yh i have some notes somewhere, and for section A probably Keats, unless the named Tennyson poem is Mariana. I am not as confident with the Kite runner section A and i think P+P is more of a section B anyway as it is majorly themes related

Reply 9

Lauren M

Does anyone know what to include for time and sequence?
Anything else apart from flash backs and chronological time order?

Reply 10

aspiring to get 3 A's

im doing kite runner, great expectations, thomas hardy and w.h.auden. resitting it for the third time. got 2 e's. how many hours r u supposed to do to get an A?

Reply 11

aspiring to get 3 A's

which phrases should i use to wow the examiner in order for me to get 3a's?

Reply 12

coffee345

Trytostaypositive

lol yeah theres lots of narrative techniques in Tennyson's Mariana :smile:

and i think im doing the kite Runner for section A...theres lots to write about...unlike P & P...does anyone even like that book?? :P

Reply 13

coffee345

anyone have notes to share with P&P??

Reply 14

ChicRockinTheHijab

I'm doing Kiterunner, Great Gatsby, Rossetti and Browning.
Think i'm gonna get a poem section out of the way for section A that way theres less texts to compare.

The way i've started revising is by reading through each chapter of the novels and make notes on the narrative techniques and so the same for the poems.
Then you should try to also find the form, structure and language of each text and the effect of it.
I also find the examiners report and the mark scheme of each exam helpful as it tells you exactly what the examiner is looking for.
Looking at past candidates responses are also very helpful

Not feeling too confident about section B.
For the majority of the year our teacher told us we have to compare but now she's rang the exam board and they said it is not about comparing, it's about talking about them seperatly but while still linking them.

*sighs* Oh A-levels when are you going to give me my life back

Reply 15

haaaza23

Lauren M

Does anyone know what to include for time and sequence?
Anything else apart from flash backs and chronological time order?

You could discuss how time is used within the novel, i.e. is the chapter just based on 1 day or a number of days
References to clocks/symbols of time
Seasons? Depends on the novel
References to specific dates and times

Reply 16

smalls12

Was there a jan 2010 exam for eng lit??
if so, does anyone know where to get the questions for it??
Thanks =]

Reply 17

Trytostaypositive

smalls12

Was there a jan 2010 exam for eng lit??
if so, does anyone know where to get the questions for it??
Thanks =]

There was yeh:
I dont have it but we did it as a mock:

Named Tennyson poem was Tithonus
Cant remember names keats poem

Section B's were about Crisis or Time