AS/A-level
English Language and
Literature
Preparing to teach
Session handout ctical
such as financial analysis, marketing strategies, and
organizational behavior. More importantly, business
exams are designed to test whether students can
apply this knowledge to solve real-world
problems.For example, case study-based questions
in business exams often simulate real-world
business challenges. Students are expected to
analyze complex scenarios, make informed
decisions, and justify their reasoning. This mirrors
the decision-making processes that professionals
engage in every day in the corporate world.
Additionally, exams on quantitative subjects like
finance or economics test a student's ability to
handle numerical data, forecast trends, and assess
financial health, all of which are vital in any business
context.Business exams also serve as a form of
professional preparation. Students in business
programs are expected to work with business tools,
frameworks, and models, which they will continue to
use in their car Published: Summer
2015
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ctical such as financial analysis, marketing strategies, and organizational behavior. More importantly, business exams are designed to test whether students can apply this knowledge to solve real-
world problems.For example, case study-based questions in business exams often simulate real-world business challenges. Students are expected to analyze complex scenarios, make informed decisions,
and justify their reasoning. This mirrors the decision-making processes that professionals engage in every day in the corporate world. Additionally, exams on quantitative subjects like finance or economics
test a student's ability to handle numerical data, forecast trends, and assess financial health, all of which are vital in any business context.Business exams also serve as a form of professional preparation.
Students in business programs are expected to work with business tools, frameworks, and models, which they will continue to use in their car
Contents Page
Imagined Worlds
AS Paper 1: extract from question paper on Frankenstein 6
AS Paper 1: student response on Frankenstein 7
AS Paper 1: mark scheme extract for Frankenstein 9
AS Paper 1: examiner commentary on Frankenstein 10
A-level Paper 1: extract from question paper on Dracula 11
A-level Paper 1: student response on Dracula 12
A-level Paper 1: mark scheme extract for Dracula 13
A-level Paper 1: examiner commentary on Dracula 14
Poetic Voices
AS Paper 1: student response on Heaney 16
List of poems in anthology from specification 18
A-level Paper 1: extract from mark scheme showing indicative content on Duffy 21
A-level Paper 1: student response on Duffy 22
A-level Paper 1: mark scheme for Duffy 23
A-level Paper 1: examiner commentary on Duffy 24
AQA Education (AQA) is a registered charity (number 1073334) and a company limited by guarantee registered in2 of 80
England and Wales (number 3644723). Our registered address is AQA, Devas Street, Manchester M15 6EX.
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ctical such as financial analysis, marketing strategies, and organizational behavior. More importantly, business exams are designed to test whether students can apply this knowledge to solve real-
world problems.For example, case study-based questions in business exams often simulate real-world business challenges. Students are expected to analyze complex scenarios, make informed decisions,
and justify their reasoning. This mirrors the decision-making processes that professionals engage in every day in the corporate world. Additionally, exams on quantitative subjects like finance or economics
test a student's ability to handle numerical data, forecast trends, and assess financial health, all of which are vital in any business context.Business exams also serve as a form of professional preparation.
Students in business programs are expected to work with business tools, frameworks, and models, which they will continue to use in their car
Contents Page
Remembered Places
A-level Paper 1: student response on Paris (analytical comparison) 26
A-level Paper 1: extract from mark scheme 27
A-level Paper 1: examiner commentary 28
AS Paper 2: text extract for rewriting task 29
AS Paper 2: questions for task and commentary 30
AS Paper 2: extract from scheme of work for Re-creative writing 31
Teaching guide: Textual intervention (Writing about society) 34
Re-creative writing teaching ideas: style 36
AS Paper 2: student response and examiner commentary Re-creative writing 38
Re-creative writing teaching ideas: commentary 39
Writing about Society
Teaching ideas: characterisation 42
A-level Paper 2: student response and examiner commentary on Into the Wild 46
AQA Education (AQA) is a registered charity (number 1073334) and a company limited by guarantee registered in3 of 80
England and Wales (number 3644723). Our registered address is AQA, Devas Street, Manchester M15 6EX.
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ctical such as financial analysis, marketing strategies, and organizational behavior. More importantly, business exams are designed to test whether students can apply this knowledge to solve real-
world problems.For example, case study-based questions in business exams often simulate real-world business challenges. Students are expected to analyze complex scenarios, make informed decisions,
and justify their reasoning. This mirrors the decision-making processes that professionals engage in every day in the corporate world. Additionally, exams on quantitative subjects like finance or economics
test a student's ability to handle numerical data, forecast trends, and assess financial health, all of which are vital in any business context.Business exams also serve as a form of professional preparation.
Students in business programs are expected to work with business tools, frameworks, and models, which they will continue to use in their car
Contents Page
Dramatic Encounters
A-level Paper 2: mark scheme extract on All My Sons 51
A-level Paper 2: student response on All My Sons 53
Other Resources
Co-teachability: routes through 55
Co-teachability: guidance 58
Making connections: guidance on non-exam assessment 68
An introduction to stylistics and further reading 72
Resources guide: reading on specification topics 76
AQA Education (AQA) is a registered charity (number 1073334) and a company limited by guarantee registered in4 of 80
England and Wales (number 3644723). Our registered address is AQA, Devas Street, Manchester M15 6EX.
English Language and
Literature
Preparing to teach
Session handout ctical
such as financial analysis, marketing strategies, and
organizational behavior. More importantly, business
exams are designed to test whether students can
apply this knowledge to solve real-world
problems.For example, case study-based questions
in business exams often simulate real-world
business challenges. Students are expected to
analyze complex scenarios, make informed
decisions, and justify their reasoning. This mirrors
the decision-making processes that professionals
engage in every day in the corporate world.
Additionally, exams on quantitative subjects like
finance or economics test a student's ability to
handle numerical data, forecast trends, and assess
financial health, all of which are vital in any business
context.Business exams also serve as a form of
professional preparation. Students in business
programs are expected to work with business tools,
frameworks, and models, which they will continue to
use in their car Published: Summer
2015
, Contents
ctical such as financial analysis, marketing strategies, and organizational behavior. More importantly, business exams are designed to test whether students can apply this knowledge to solve real-
world problems.For example, case study-based questions in business exams often simulate real-world business challenges. Students are expected to analyze complex scenarios, make informed decisions,
and justify their reasoning. This mirrors the decision-making processes that professionals engage in every day in the corporate world. Additionally, exams on quantitative subjects like finance or economics
test a student's ability to handle numerical data, forecast trends, and assess financial health, all of which are vital in any business context.Business exams also serve as a form of professional preparation.
Students in business programs are expected to work with business tools, frameworks, and models, which they will continue to use in their car
Contents Page
Imagined Worlds
AS Paper 1: extract from question paper on Frankenstein 6
AS Paper 1: student response on Frankenstein 7
AS Paper 1: mark scheme extract for Frankenstein 9
AS Paper 1: examiner commentary on Frankenstein 10
A-level Paper 1: extract from question paper on Dracula 11
A-level Paper 1: student response on Dracula 12
A-level Paper 1: mark scheme extract for Dracula 13
A-level Paper 1: examiner commentary on Dracula 14
Poetic Voices
AS Paper 1: student response on Heaney 16
List of poems in anthology from specification 18
A-level Paper 1: extract from mark scheme showing indicative content on Duffy 21
A-level Paper 1: student response on Duffy 22
A-level Paper 1: mark scheme for Duffy 23
A-level Paper 1: examiner commentary on Duffy 24
AQA Education (AQA) is a registered charity (number 1073334) and a company limited by guarantee registered in2 of 80
England and Wales (number 3644723). Our registered address is AQA, Devas Street, Manchester M15 6EX.
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ctical such as financial analysis, marketing strategies, and organizational behavior. More importantly, business exams are designed to test whether students can apply this knowledge to solve real-
world problems.For example, case study-based questions in business exams often simulate real-world business challenges. Students are expected to analyze complex scenarios, make informed decisions,
and justify their reasoning. This mirrors the decision-making processes that professionals engage in every day in the corporate world. Additionally, exams on quantitative subjects like finance or economics
test a student's ability to handle numerical data, forecast trends, and assess financial health, all of which are vital in any business context.Business exams also serve as a form of professional preparation.
Students in business programs are expected to work with business tools, frameworks, and models, which they will continue to use in their car
Contents Page
Remembered Places
A-level Paper 1: student response on Paris (analytical comparison) 26
A-level Paper 1: extract from mark scheme 27
A-level Paper 1: examiner commentary 28
AS Paper 2: text extract for rewriting task 29
AS Paper 2: questions for task and commentary 30
AS Paper 2: extract from scheme of work for Re-creative writing 31
Teaching guide: Textual intervention (Writing about society) 34
Re-creative writing teaching ideas: style 36
AS Paper 2: student response and examiner commentary Re-creative writing 38
Re-creative writing teaching ideas: commentary 39
Writing about Society
Teaching ideas: characterisation 42
A-level Paper 2: student response and examiner commentary on Into the Wild 46
AQA Education (AQA) is a registered charity (number 1073334) and a company limited by guarantee registered in3 of 80
England and Wales (number 3644723). Our registered address is AQA, Devas Street, Manchester M15 6EX.
, Contents
ctical such as financial analysis, marketing strategies, and organizational behavior. More importantly, business exams are designed to test whether students can apply this knowledge to solve real-
world problems.For example, case study-based questions in business exams often simulate real-world business challenges. Students are expected to analyze complex scenarios, make informed decisions,
and justify their reasoning. This mirrors the decision-making processes that professionals engage in every day in the corporate world. Additionally, exams on quantitative subjects like finance or economics
test a student's ability to handle numerical data, forecast trends, and assess financial health, all of which are vital in any business context.Business exams also serve as a form of professional preparation.
Students in business programs are expected to work with business tools, frameworks, and models, which they will continue to use in their car
Contents Page
Dramatic Encounters
A-level Paper 2: mark scheme extract on All My Sons 51
A-level Paper 2: student response on All My Sons 53
Other Resources
Co-teachability: routes through 55
Co-teachability: guidance 58
Making connections: guidance on non-exam assessment 68
An introduction to stylistics and further reading 72
Resources guide: reading on specification topics 76
AQA Education (AQA) is a registered charity (number 1073334) and a company limited by guarantee registered in4 of 80
England and Wales (number 3644723). Our registered address is AQA, Devas Street, Manchester M15 6EX.
