how do you nea for english?

hi !!! i am currently about to start NEA coursework drafting soon and i am literally so lost on how to structure my essay. I do OCR A Level English Literature and I have done like an outline of what to include but I just can't start my draft because I do not know where to begin and my teacher hasn't really been that helpful, she just tells us to read some JSTOR articles. Can someone please help me like give me like some sentence starters (that's like really childish ik but it would be soooo beneficial) or like show me their like plans or like structure?

If you do give me some advice that would be super helpful and appreciated <33333

Reply 1

MillieeM2

Hi, I think the exam board should have some exemplars online

Reply 2

lilith402

Original post by scammed2myheart

hi !!! i am currently about to start NEA coursework drafting soon and i am literally so lost on how to structure my essay. I do OCR A Level English Literature and I have done like an outline of what to include but I just can't start my draft because I do not know where to begin and my teacher hasn't really been that helpful, she just tells us to read some JSTOR articles. Can someone please help me like give me like some sentence starters (that's like really childish ik but it would be soooo beneficial) or like show me their like plans or like structure?
If you do give me some advice that would be super helpful and appreciated <33333

hey, idk if this is still relevant or if you've done your coursework by now (if so, you're a trooper ✊✊)
I suppose you're doing similar structures to us, so a poetry analysis essay and a comparative one
For the comparative one, which is the one you seem to want help with (i presume due to the articles), I would recommend identifying key themes from both of your texts, then attempting to link them in some way. For example, I did mine on A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie, and my point of interest was cultural heritage. One of my points was, for example, characters finding solace in their cultural heritage: for one of my texts I looked at dance, and in the other I examined food and cultural cooking. To support these, I essentially trawled things like jstor to find relevant articles (but as I already had a set topic that I wanted to find research on, it was easier than just looking for generic things).
And then the rest of my paragraphs essentially followed the same model!!
i hope this helps 🫶