GCSE AQA English Literature - June 2016 *Official Thread*

Does anyone know the grade boundaries for each question ? For instance how many marks would be needed for an A*,A and B out of each question in terms of bands. Thanks.


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Did anyone do Sunlight on the grass ?


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Last year it was 24.5 per question + 4 SPaG for an A*, 20.5 per question + 4 SPaG for an A and 16.5 per question + 4 SPaG for a B.

(Band wise: high band 5 for an A*, high band 4 for an A, low band 4 for a B.)

The year before, it was even lower:

23.5/question + 4 SPaG for an A*, 19.5/question + 4 SPaG for an A, and 15.5/question + 4 SPaG for a B!

(Band wise: mid band 5 for an A*, mid band 4 for A, and high band 3 for a B!)

YES which question did you do??

I chose the question on conflict and I elaborated on the conflict within the characters, the impending warfare, the conflict between the classes and Eric's conflict between himself and his family. Is it bad that I said that Eric's drinking habits could illustrate his detachment from the capitalist doctrine as he is evidently uninhibited my the prospect of tainting his family's reputation and how as a result, he's more receptive to The inspectors overall message of societal unity? Feel like I've messed up. I also only had 20 minutes to write the Of Mice and Men section and I I started talking utter rubbish about how the patriarchy and economic instability of the 1930s makes it impossible for the American dream to be attained. So done w life lol

Thanks for that. Is the SPaG a part of the 23.5 or can you still get an A* without any SPaG marks ? Just curious lol.


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If you have no SPaG marks, you'd need 25.5 in each part. But no SPaG marks is nigh on impossible, so... c;

don't worry they'll mark what you wrote. one girl in my year answered a section from an exam she hadn't studied and they gave her an A* as a predicted grade. they'll mark it as if the question was what you answered

did anybody do an inspector calls : gerald and Sheila question and to kill a mockingbird? what points did you make

Yeah Gearld and shiela at the start
at the end
the detraition
The message that priestley is getting across about exploitation about woman
did shiela learn the lesson
the future of woman

Thankyou! which quotes did you use? I used the one where she says about him leaving her all summer and she wondered where he was I said it suggested they have open honest relationship ect and also used the one where she hands him the engagement ring back. I only did 2 paragaphs I ran out of time.

For OMAM what did everyone say about the extract?

ermmm my main points were Lennie still believed the dream, he 'shouted' showing how he's still child, he obeyed george. george tried to detach emotion by being 'business like', the ominous sounds like the 'crashing' etc.
then my personal points were that the pool flowed 'up' inferring it could've been up to heaven not down to hell for Lennie and then when geroge says nobodies gonna hurt lennie no more and the other 2 things he says along those lines- i said he could've been talking about heaven not the dream.

could you talk about the atmosphere being juxtaposed with the intenisty of george when he is shakily and also could you talk about how he distanced himself with lennie? as infered by the word 'didtant

How much did you write for AIC and OMAM? I wrote about 5 sides for AIC but then only about 2 sides OMAM (both questions) and my hand writing it fairly large - especially when I rush. What contextual points did you include for OMAM?

could you talk about the atmosphere being juxtaposed with the intenisty of george when he is shakily and also could you talk about how he distanced himself with lennie? as infered by the word 'didtant

I really hope I get an A* overall for Literature because that is what I'm predicted.


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