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  • Paper 1 revision: poetry

    As the May examinations fast approach, this week we have added another student revision page for Paper 1 with a poem and guiding question. There...

  • Paper 1 revision: prose fiction extract

    As the May examinations fast approach, this week we have added another student revision page for Paper 1 with a fiction prose extract and guiding...

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  • 25 April 2024
    David White
    Individual oral exemplar #5: Alias Grace and Szymborska
    Hi Jason.  With some exceptions, we have not marked or graded these samples ourselves but post what they did actually receive, as is the case with this one. That doesn't mean you (or we) necessarily agree with all of the marks but we do...
  • 25 April 2024
    Jason Rinka
    Individual oral exemplar #5: Alias Grace and Szymborska
    "it has a clearly defined global issue which allows for a close and detailed exploration of two well-selected extracts." This is true, But it it almost completely ignores the work as a whole in both cases. The ONLY mention of Szymborska's...
  • 25 April 2024
    Jason Rinka
    The Individual Oral: a worked example
    I agree with TN above- 9 seems high considering that even when works as a whole are brought into the discussion, there is a lack of techniques and choices discussed. It's very pleasant to listen to and the issue is well-developed. I would almost...
  • 24 April 2024
    Jeff Darnall
    Global Issues #2
    Thank you for the reassurance, Mark. And thanks for the "one thing in terms of another idea."