English lit a level

I just got a B for my last year 13 mocks for English lit a level, is this a bad grade? And is it possible to go up one grade in one month

Reply 1

lolo123!

Original post by Buzzinglion

I just got a B for my last year 13 mocks for English lit a level, is this a bad grade? And is it possible to go up one grade in one month

I bet, I went from a E to a B in a month so?

Reply 2

Buzzinglion

Original post by lolo123!

I bet, I went from a E to a B in a month so?

Well there’s a difference between an A and a B in regards to grade boundaries

Reply 3

Bethliography

Original post by Buzzinglion

I just got a B for my last year 13 mocks for English lit a level, is this a bad grade? And is it possible to go up one grade in one month

I guess it depends what you plan to do after your A Levels, but generally a B is not a bad grade at all. I got a B in English Lit and it didn't stop me from getting accepted into the uni I wanted or anything, so it depends on your personal circumstances :smile:

Reply 4

organizing-handb

Original post by Buzzinglion

I just got a B for my last year 13 mocks for English lit a level, is this a bad grade? And is it possible to go up one grade in one month

I recommend focusing on what went wrong and what went well.

I went from a D in Y12 to a B in my Y13 mocks to an A* in my real exam.

It's never too late!

Reply 5

klnlljkklhklll

Original post by organizing-handb

I recommend focusing on what went wrong and what went well.
I went from a D in Y12 to a B in my Y13 mocks to an A* in my real exam.
It's never too late!

how????

Reply 6

organizing-handb

Original post by klnlljkklhklll

how????

I'm not sure which part you're referring to, but I'll answer them both.

"I recommend focusing on what went wrong and what went well'

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Look at your feedback and see where you did well and what you did well, then keep trying to replicate where you did well.

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target your weak spots

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keep doing essays and keep getting them marked

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reading articles on your texts helps

Grades
To be honest, I was a little surprised that I managed to get an A*. I wasn't a particularly motivated student and never really paid attention in class. I never revised English because I absolutely hated doing exam questions (on top of the fact that I was doing History and Religious Studies, which were very content-heavy so I put more focus into those 2 subjects rather than English), so by the time my exams rolled around, I had only remembered some quotes to take into my exam the morning of for Paper 1. I never revised Paper 2. Overall, I did 40 minutes of revision for my 2 papers. (Don't do this by the way!!! )

With that being said, I did have a tutor and he'd set me 1 small task per week that I did, and they genuinely did help me a lot. I also did all the homework set for me in class.

Additionally, I always had varied grades. I was always stuck at a 16/25 for my essays up to Y13 (with 1 24/25 and quite a few 12/13 marks), however, I knew I wasn't a D grade level. During GCSEs I was achieving 5s/6s, but I still ended up achieving a 9. I think I was just an exception, to be quite frank. My biggest tip is to just keep doing essays, though.

Hope that helps.

Reply 7

klnlljkklhklll

Original post by organizing-handb

I'm not sure which part you're referring to, but I'll answer them both.
"I recommend focusing on what went wrong and what went well'

•

Look at your feedback and see where you did well and what you did well, then keep trying to replicate where you did well.

•

target your weak spots

•

keep doing essays and keep getting them marked

•

reading articles on your texts helps

Grades
To be honest, I was a little surprised that I managed to get an A*. I wasn't a particularly motivated student and never really paid attention in class. I never revised English because I absolutely hated doing exam questions (on top of the fact that I was doing History and Religious Studies, which were very content-heavy so I put more focus into those 2 subjects rather than English), so by the time my exams rolled around, I had only remembered some quotes to take into my exam the morning of for Paper 1. I never revised Paper 2. Overall, I did 40 minutes of revision for my 2 papers. (Don't do this by the way!!! )
With that being said, I did have a tutor and he'd set me 1 small task per week that I did, and they genuinely did help me a lot. I also did all the homework set for me in class.
Additionally, I always had varied grades. I was always stuck at a 16/25 for my essays up to Y13 (with 1 24/25 and quite a few 12/13 marks), however, I knew I wasn't a D grade level. During GCSEs I was achieving 5s/6s, but I still ended up achieving a 9. I think I was just an exception, to be quite frank. My biggest tip is to just keep doing essays, though.
Hope that helps.

wow and how did u end up getting a 9?

Reply 8

organizing-handb

Original post by klnlljkklhklll

wow and how did u end up getting a 9?

This probably isn’t very helpful but I didn’t really do much.

I had a tutor who was really helpful + I wrote a lot.

I will say though, revise quotes. Going in to the exam, I had 15 quotes for all the main and minor-ish characters. I also was really good analysis so that helped a lot.

If you want structures that I followed, I can help with that. I was bad at essay writing so following set structures really helped.

Reply 9

klnlljkklhklll

Original post by organizing-handb

This probably isn’t very helpful but I didn’t really do much.
I had a tutor who was really helpful + I wrote a lot.
I will say though, revise quotes. Going in to the exam, I had 15 quotes for all the main and minor-ish characters. I also was really good analysis so that helped a lot.
If you want structures that I followed, I can help with that. I was bad at essay writing so following set structures really helped.