ocr a level eng lit help

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i am told that for this a level it is a bell curve. im in y13 got my mocks and got a c/d. end of y12 i was on a b and am predicred a b. im not sure if this is harsher marking or what. any advice, i seem to not to be able to replicate my best work in an exam

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TSR Jessica

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Sorry you've not had any responses about this. :frown:

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Here's a link to our subject forum which should help get you more responses if you post there. :redface:

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lexilumi

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by hefty-ecstasy

i am told that for this a level it is a bell curve. im in y13 got my mocks and got a c/d. end of y12 i was on a b and am predicred a b. im not sure if this is harsher marking or what. any advice, i seem to not to be able to replicate my best work in an exam

I'd say it might be harsher marking, but also in general OCR Eng Lit grade boundaries are pretty rough and you need to consistently produce basically flawless essays to reach an A*. I think what works for me is to have an established formula so when you're actually writing under pressure in an exam it's less inconsistent and spontaneous; for example with a part b comparative essay I'll state an overall similarity between both texts then branch out into differences where they start to diverge.

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lilith402

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by hefty-ecstasy

i am told that for this a level it is a bell curve. im in y13 got my mocks and got a c/d. end of y12 i was on a b and am predicred a b. im not sure if this is harsher marking or what. any advice, i seem to not to be able to replicate my best work in an exam

hello, although the exam board does claim that they mark on a bell curve, the grade boundaries (especially for the top grades) are extremely narrow - for the 15 mark Shakespeare essays, for example, there are single marks between B, A, and A*. (12=B, 13=A, 14=A*)
what I would recommend is organising essays and points thematically:

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raise a theme or a similarity/difference to focus on in each paragraph

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use that to explore the text(s)- it it is comparative, this makes creating points of comparison easier

I am also fighting the grade boundaries atm, so god speed soldier
I hope this helps a bit!!! :smile:

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