How to improve in English Literature A level eduquas

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I'm currently getting 'b/c' in English, I would like to get an 'a' minimum. and for my specification we do Carol Ann Duffy but how do I get a better grade? In my recent mock, I got 8/10 on AO1 and A02 and 6/10 on AO3 and AO4 (we weren't marked on AO5 and we haven't done Larkin yet so we didn't get marked on him). What should I do to get into the top bands and improve overall? My spelling is also bad if anyone has any tips on how to improve that and to expand my vocabulary?

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Kayla35689

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by pochita

I'm currently getting 'b/c' in English, I would like to get an 'a' minimum. and for my specification we do Carol Ann Duffy but how do I get a better grade? In my recent mock, I got 8/10 on AO1 and A02 and 6/10 on AO3 and AO4 (we weren't marked on AO5 and we haven't done Larkin yet so we didn't get marked on him). What should I do to get into the top bands and improve overall? My spelling is also bad if anyone has any tips on how to improve that and to expand my vocabulary?

Hi,

I don’t do the same exam boards as you but honestly practice essays will be your best friend. If you take the key ideas, quotes and analysis and place it on a mind map it may help you. For better spelling practice will help you, look at past writing and identify commonly misspelled words and work on those, lots of spelling apps. Finally, for vocabulary you can download this app called vocabulary (if not there are lots of alternatives if you search vocabulary on the App Store) and reading will really build it too!

Best of luck

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MillieeM2

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Exam exemplars and examiner commentary, studocu or knowunity. ChatGPT can be helpful with vocabulary

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pochita

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by Kayla35689

Hi,
I don’t do the same exam boards as you but honestly practice essays will be your best friend. If you take the key ideas, quotes and analysis and place it on a mind map it may help you. For better spelling practice will help you, look at past writing and identify commonly misspelled words and work on those, lots of spelling apps. Finally, for vocabulary you can download this app called vocabulary (if not there are lots of alternatives if you search vocabulary on the App Store) and reading will really build it too!
Best of luck

thank you!! this is really helpful!

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pochita

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by MillieeM2

Exam exemplars and examiner commentary, studocu or knowunity. ChatGPT can be helpful with vocabulary

thank you!

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sillysparrow

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i dont do eduqas, i do AQA B spec but it looks like our AOs are basically the same. my best advice would be to make sure you have those AOs ingrained into your brain. practice ‘exploding’ quotes and try to think of something for every AO e.g every quote should have a method (AO2) and ideally a contextual link (AO3), AO4 and AO5 as much as you can though they are worth fewer marks. then try writing a paragraph about that quote, if it helps literally write AO2 AO3 etc. at the top of your page and tick them off as you use them

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