Hi!
I got a 9 in English Literature.
PEEL is a good foundation step, but ultimately will not help you shoot into the wider reaches of 7 and beyond, as the exam board are looking for more exploration of the text in your response.
What I'd suggest is something like:
1) Introductory Point
2) Give one direct example of where this is, select judiciously from your text
3) Zoom into a specific word or phrase in this quote, i.e 'where in this quote is the actual point I've made actually happening?'
4) Give alternative interpretations.
5) Potentially choose a couple more examples and do the same thing, but only pertaining to this specific point.
6) Zoom out of your text slightly, dependant on question, they may want you to relate it to development through the text as a whole, compare this to previous key points in the text, what's changed? why do you think it's changed?
7) Zoom out even further, again subjective based on question, perhaps, what were the author's intentions here, why did he include this in the way that it is, perhaps it is something to do with the context of the author? the time or the place it's set or where he/she was? perhaps religious/cultural norms of society at the time? Perhaps a trend that fits the genre of the text?
That and some calculated rambling banked my grades.