WJEC English Literature GCSE 18th and 22nd May.

How do you know?

That's only for the AQA board apparently.


also, looks like we can rule out Curley's Wife out now!

How would you know anyway

That's very true. Thank you.

I personally don't think Lennie could be blamed, because he isn't fully aware and in control of his own strength.
I also think Curley is partially to blame because if he treated his wife better she wouldn't have to be looking for company.
I also think that maybe Curley's wife herself is responsible for her own death, as maybe even though she is lonely she should of been more careful and aware of Lennie. After all, she knew what he had done to Curley's hand and she knew what he had done to the puppy. Maybe she was simply too naive?
Or maybe it was just the 1930s American society that is to blame.

I'm not really sure myself, I just thought it could be a possible question, and I'm not sure who I would choose.

I agree that Lennie is not to blame for the same reason you have used. There is also foreshadowing of his unpredictable strength . I also agree Curley is partly blame for the same reason. However, I disagree that Curley's wife is to blame. As you have said she has been mistreated and so is lonely and isolated. She seeks company(real company) and she enjoys the company of Lennie. She may and should have been aware of Lennie's strength your right, but Lennie hasn't done anything as drastic to kill someone, especially as Curley's wife hasn't done anything drastically wrong to him. Therefore, I believe Curley's wife isn't to blame. Personally,I think no one is to blame truthfully and even if Curley had treated her better she may have still came into contact with Lennie as a friend and it still wouldn't have prevented his unpredictable strength. But from an essay based perspective and if I had to chose a character to blame most I would have to say Curley.

I believe that Candy or Curley's wife will come up tomorrow as they haven't ever before and I think the theme question will be based on the idea of loneliness
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Does anyone have any tips for quickly answering the extract question (WJEC)? I feel as if planning the answer and reading the extract takes too much time, but not planning before writing the answer just makes my answer bad. Does anyone know if plans be written in the answer book?

Does anyone have any tips for quickly answering the extract question (WJEC)? I feel as if planning the answer and reading the extract takes too much time, but not planning before writing the answer just makes my answer bad. Does anyone know if plans be written in the answer book?

I have been told you should use between 10-12 quotes from the extract, they don't have to be massive sentences, just key words or phrases would be enough. You should really prepare, I have been told to spend 5 of the 20 mins of the extract planning, and around 5-10 mins planning of the 40 mins for the essay, so around 30-35 mins writing time which I feel is enough. I am equally confused about whether we just write it in the actual booklet, or if we are given a sheet separate, can anyone shine a light on this?

Does anyone have any tips for quickly answering the extract question (WJEC)? I feel as if planning the answer and reading the extract takes too much time, but not planning before writing the answer just makes my answer bad. Does anyone know if plans be written in the answer book?

WJEC BOARD exam tomorrow character predictions and chances/probability of coming up

Well I really would recommend reading through the extract at least once. I'm not sure if we can highlight the paper, but if we can then highlight anything you think could be useful as you go through it, and try to highlight and annotate 10 things (ask your teacher beforehand to make sure you can highlight and stuff though)

Other than that there's not much else you can do, because we just don't know what'll come up. Although if you honestly have no idea, write something anyway. Even if you think it's a stupid idea or you're repeating yourself - write it down. You might get marks for it. I did that on an About A Boy mock and got 9/10 on it, even though I thought I was repeating myself

Curleys wife was in January 2015