Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2024
Pearson Edexcel Level GCE Advance Subsidiary
In English Literature (8ET0)
Paper 1: Poetry and Drama
,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body. We
provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and
specific programmes for employers. For further information visit our qualifications websites at
www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk. Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the
details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus.
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help everyone
progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of
people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years,
and by working across 70 countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international
reputation for our commitment to high standards and raising achievement through
innovation in education. Find out more about how we can help you and your Candidates at:
www.pearson.com/uk
Summer 2024
Question Paper Log Number P72916
Publications Code 8ET0_01_2406_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2024
, General Marking Guidance
All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the first candidate in
exactly the same way as they mark the last.
• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for
what they have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their
perception of where the grade boundaries may lie.
• There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme should be
used appropriately.
• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners
should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the
mark scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the
candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles
by which marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to
a candidate’s response, the team leader must be consulted.
• Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it
with an alternative response.
Specific Marking Guidance
The marking grids have been designed to assess student work holistically. The grids identify
which Assessment Objective is being targeted by each bullet point within the level descriptors.
One bullet point is linked to one Assessment Objective, however please note that the number
of bullet points in the level descriptor does not directly correlate to the number of marks in
the level descriptor.
When deciding how to reward an answer, examiners should consult both the indicative
content and the associated marking grid(s). When using a levels-based mark scheme, the ‘best
fit’ approach should be used:
• examiners should first decide which descriptor most closely matches the answer and
place it in that level
• the mark awarded within the level will be decided based on the quality of the answer
and will be modified according to how securely all bullet points are displayed at that
level
• in cases of uneven performance, the points above will still apply. Candidates will be
placed in the level that best describes their answer according to each of the
Assessment Objectives described in the level. Marks will be awarded towards the top
or bottom of that level depending on how they have evidenced each of the descriptor
bullet points
Summer 2024
Pearson Edexcel Level GCE Advance Subsidiary
In English Literature (8ET0)
Paper 1: Poetry and Drama
,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body. We
provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and
specific programmes for employers. For further information visit our qualifications websites at
www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk. Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the
details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus.
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help everyone
progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of
people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years,
and by working across 70 countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international
reputation for our commitment to high standards and raising achievement through
innovation in education. Find out more about how we can help you and your Candidates at:
www.pearson.com/uk
Summer 2024
Question Paper Log Number P72916
Publications Code 8ET0_01_2406_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2024
, General Marking Guidance
All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the first candidate in
exactly the same way as they mark the last.
• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for
what they have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their
perception of where the grade boundaries may lie.
• There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme should be
used appropriately.
• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners
should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the
mark scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the
candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles
by which marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to
a candidate’s response, the team leader must be consulted.
• Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it
with an alternative response.
Specific Marking Guidance
The marking grids have been designed to assess student work holistically. The grids identify
which Assessment Objective is being targeted by each bullet point within the level descriptors.
One bullet point is linked to one Assessment Objective, however please note that the number
of bullet points in the level descriptor does not directly correlate to the number of marks in
the level descriptor.
When deciding how to reward an answer, examiners should consult both the indicative
content and the associated marking grid(s). When using a levels-based mark scheme, the ‘best
fit’ approach should be used:
• examiners should first decide which descriptor most closely matches the answer and
place it in that level
• the mark awarded within the level will be decided based on the quality of the answer
and will be modified according to how securely all bullet points are displayed at that
level
• in cases of uneven performance, the points above will still apply. Candidates will be
placed in the level that best describes their answer according to each of the
Assessment Objectives described in the level. Marks will be awarded towards the top
or bottom of that level depending on how they have evidenced each of the descriptor
bullet points
