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English Literature m
8702/2- Paper 2 Modern Texts and Poetry
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Mark scheme
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Junem2018
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, MARKm SCHEMEm –m GCSEm ENGLISHm LITERATUREm –m 8702/2m –
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MarkmschemesmarempreparedmbymthemLeadmAssessmentmWritermandmconsidered,mtogethermwithmthemrelev
antmquestions,mbymampanelmofmsubjectmteachers.mThismmarkmschememincludesmanymamendmentsmmademat
mthemstandardisationmeventsmwhichmallmassociatesmparticipateminmandmismthemschememwhichmwasmusedmby
mthemminmthismexamination.mThemstandardisationmprocessmensuresmthatmthemmarkmschememcoversmthemstu
dents’mresponsesmtomquestionsmandmthatmeverymassociatemunderstandsmandmappliesmitminmthemsamemcorre
ctmway.
Asmpreparationmformstandardisationmeachmassociatemanalysesmamnumbermofmstudents’mscripts.mAlternative
answersmnotmalreadymcoveredmbymthemmarkmschememaremdiscussedmandmlegislatedmfor.mIf,maftermthemstan
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dardisationmprocess,massociatesmencountermunusualmanswersmwhichmhavemnotmbeenmraisedmtheymaremreq
uiredmtomrefermthesemtomthemLeadmAssessmentmWriter.
Itmmustmbemstressedmthatmammarkmschememismamworkingmdocument,minmmanymcasesmfurthermdevelopedma
ndmexpandedmonmthembasismofmstudents’mreactionsmtomamparticularmpaper.mAssumptionsmaboutmfuturemm
arkmschemesmonmthembasismofmonemyear’smdocumentmshouldmbemavoided;mwhilstmthemguidingmprinciplesm
ofmassessmentmremainmconstant,mdetailsmwillmchange,mdependingmonmthemcontentmofmamparticularmexami
nationmpaper.
Furthermcopiesmofmthismmarkmschememaremavailablemfrommaqa.org.uk
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AQAmretainsmthemcopyrightmonmallmitsmpublications.mHowever,mregisteredmschools/collegesmformAQAmarempermittedmtomcopymmaterialmfrommthi
smbookletmformtheirmownminternalmuse,mwithmthemfollowingmimportantmexception:mAQAmcannotmgivempermissionmtomschools/collegesmtomphotoco
pymanymmaterialmthatmismacknowledgedmtomamthirdmpartymevenmforminternalmusemwithinmthemcentre.
, MARKm SCHEMEm –m GCSEm ENGLISHm LITERATUREm –m 8702/2m –
m JUNEm 2018
Statementmofmimportance
GCSEmEnglishmLiteraturemismthemstudymofmhowmwritersmcommunicatemtheirmideasmaboutmthemworld,mandmh
owmreadersmmightmrespondmtomthesemideas.mItmaimsmtomdevelopmamcriticalmunderstandingmofmthemwaysminm
whichmliterarymtextsmaremamreflectionmof,mandmexplorationmof,mthemhumanmcondition,mthemstudymofmwhichmd
evelopsmempathicmunderstandingmofmhumanmnature.mHigh-
qualitymEnglishmliteraturemismwritingmwhichmdisplaysmrecognisablemliterarymqualitiesmand,malthoughmshaped
mbymparticularmcontexts,mtranscendsmthemmandmspeaksm aboutmthemuniversalitymofmthemhumanmcondition.mG
CSEmEnglishmLiteraturemaimsmtomenablemstudentsmtomappreciatemthesemqualities,mdevelopingmandmpresent
ingminformed,mcriticalmresponsesmtomthemideasminmliterarymtextsmandmthemwaysmwritersmpresentmthesemideas
.mItmaimsmtomenablemstudentsmtommakemlinksmbetweenmamvarietymofmwrittenmtextsmandmbetweenmthemtextman
dmthemcontextmwithinmwhichmitmwasmshaped.
Principlesmofmmarkmschememconstruction
EachmmarkmschememismdrivenmbymthemtaskmandmbymthemstatementmofmimportancemaboutmGCSEmEn
glishmLiterature.mItmaimsmtomdomtwomthings:
tomdescribemtypicalmfeaturesmofmresponseminmordermtomdecidemonmammark
tomidentifymtypicalmfeaturesmofmproficiencyminmordermtomaidmdiscriminationmbetweenmlevel
smofmperformance.
Eachmlongmformmanswermmarkmschememismconstructedmusingmsixmlevels.mThismismtomreflectmthemabilitymlev
elmofmthemwholemcohort.mTheremaremfourmormfivemmarksmwithinmeachmlevelmtomallowmformlevelsmofmproficienc
ymandmtomallowmformdiscriminationmbetweenmlevelsmofmcognitivemabilitymacrossmthemwholemcohort.
EachmmarkmschememplacesmassessmentmobjectivesmAO1mandmAO2masmthemkeymskills.mThismismdrivenmbymt
hemstatementmofmimportancemofmthemsubject,minmthatmthemstudymofmgreatmliterarymtextsmismthemstudymofmthemi
nterrelationshipmbetweenmthemreadermandmthemwritermofmthemtextmandmthatmthemcommunicationmandmrecept
ionmofmthesemideasmismanminherentmfeaturemofmEnglishmliterature.mItmismalsomdrivenmbymthemacknowledgeme
ntmthatmGCSEmEnglishmLiteraturemassessesmcognitivemlevelsmofmability;mthemlevelmofmresponsemtomideasmwi
llmhavemparitymwithmthemlevelmofmresponsemtomthemmethodsmofmcommunicatingmthosemideas.
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, MARKm SCHEMEm –m GCSEm ENGLISHm LITERATUREm –m 8702/2m –
m JUNEm 2018
Howmtomapplymthemmarkmscheme
Themmarkmschememismconstructedmusingmsixmlevelsmofmattainmentmthatmspanmthemwholemrangemofmabilitymat
mGCSE.mThemdescriptorsmofmattainmentmreferencemthemassessmentmobjectivesmformthatmparticularmquestion
.mExaminersmaremrequiredmtomusemthemmarkmschememtomconsidermthemwholemresponsemandmdecidemuponmt
hemmostmappropriatemlevel.mThemmarkmschememprovidesmtwomdescriptors:mamdescriptionmofmtypicalmfeature
smofmamresponseminmeachmlevel,mandmamdescriptionmofmthemkindsmofmskillsmcandidatesminmthatmlevelmwillmbemp
roficientmin.mThismisminmordermtomsupportmexaminersminmmakingmtheirmjudgementmofmthemextentmtomwhichmthem
qualitiesmandmskillsmbeingmdemonstratedmmeritmamparticularmlevelmofmattainment.mAsmeachmresponsembeing
mmarkedmismamresponsemtomamparticularmtask,mexaminersmaremassessingmthemextentmtomwhichmthemcandidat
emhasmrespondedmtomthemtask,mandmalsomthemlevelmofmskillmthatmthemcandidatemhasmdemonstrated.
Eachmlevelmhasmfourmormfivemmarksmavailablemandmfourmormfivemskillsmdescriptors.mFairmapplicationmofmthem
markmschememtomallmcandidatesmismdrivenmbymthemdescriptorsminmthemmarkmscheme,mandmthereforemexami
nersmaremrequiredmtommakemamjudgementmaboutmthemextentmtomwhichmamcandidatemachievesmeverymdescri
ptorminmthatmparticularmlevelminmordermtomwarrantmammarkmatmthemtopmofmthatmlevel.mIfmamcandidatemachieves
meverythingminmamlevel,mtheymshouldmbemawardedmthemmarkmatmthemtopmofmthatm level.
Sincemanswersmwillmrarelymmatchmamdescriptorminmallmrespects,mexaminersmmustmallowmgoodmperformanc
eminmsomemaspectsmtomcompensatemformshortcomingsminmothermrespects.mConsequently,mthemlevelmismdet
erminedmbymthem‘bestmfit’mrathermthanmrequiringmeverymelementmofmthemdescriptormtombemmatched.mExamin
ersmshouldmaimmtomusemthemfullmrangemofmlevelsmandmmarks,mtakingmintomaccountmthemstandardmthatmcanmr
easonablymbemexpectedmofmcandidatesmaftermonemormtwomyearsmofmstudymonmthemGCSEmcoursemandminmth
emtimemavailableminmthemexamination.
Ifmamcandidatemdoesmnotmaddressmamparticularmdefiningmfeaturemofmamtask,mexaminersmaremrequiredmtomma
kemamjudgementmaboutmthemextentmtomwhichmothermskillsmcanmplacemthemresponseminmamparticularmlevel,man
dmwheremthemresponsemshouldmbemplaced.
Stepm1mDeterminemamlevel
Startmatmthemlowestmlevelmofmthemmarkmschememandmusemitmasmamladdermtomseemwhethermthemanswermmeets
mthem
descriptormformthatmlevel.mThemdescriptormformthemlevelmindicatesmthemdifferentmqualitiesmthatmmightmbem
seenminmthemstudent’smanswermformthatmlevel.mIfmitmmeetsmthemlowestmlevelmthenmgomtomthemnextmonemandmde
cidemifmitmmeetsmthismlevel,mandmsomon,muntilmyoumhavemammatchmbetweenmthemlevelmdescriptormandmthemans
wer.mWithmpracticemandmfamiliaritymyoumwillmfindmthatmformbettermanswersmyoumwillmbemablemtomquicklymskipmt
hroughmthemlowermlevelsmofmthemmarkmscheme.
Whenmassigningmamlevelmyoumshouldmlookmatmthemoverallmqualitymofmthemanswermandmnotmlookmtompickmhole
sminmsmallmandmspecificmpartsmofmthemanswermwheremthemstudentmhasmnotmperformedmquitemasmwellmasmthem
rest.mIfmthemanswermcoversmdifferentmaspectsmofmdifferentmlevelsmofmthemmarkmschememyoumshouldmusemamb
estmfitmapproachmformdefiningmthemlevelmandmthenmusemthemvariabilitymofmthemresponsemtomhelpmdecidemthem
markmwithinmthemlevel;mi.e.mifmthemresponsemismpredominantlymlevelm3mwithmamsmallmamountmofmlevelm4mmate
rialmitmwouldmbemplacedminmlevelm3mbutmbemawardedmammarkmnearmthemtopmofmthemlevelmbecausemofmthemleve
lm4mcontent.
Stepm2mDeterminemammark
Oncemyoumhavemassignedmamlevelmyoumneedmtomdecidemonmthemmark.mThemdescriptorsmonmhowmtomallocat
emmarksmcanmhelpmwithmthis.mThemexemplarmmaterialsmusedmduringmstandardisationmwillmalsomhelp.mThere
mwillm
bemanmanswerminmthemstandardisingmmaterialsmwhichmwillmcorrespondmwithmeachmlevelmofmthemmarkms
cheme.mThismanswermwillmhavembeenmawardedmammarkmbymthemLeadmExaminer.mYoumcanmcomparemthems
tudent’smanswermwithmthemexamplemtomdeterminemifmitmismofmthemsamemstandard,mbettermormworsemthanmthe
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English Literature m
8702/2- Paper 2 Modern Texts and Poetry
m m m m m m
Mark scheme
m
Junem2018
Version/Stage:m1.0mFinal
, MARKm SCHEMEm –m GCSEm ENGLISHm LITERATUREm –m 8702/2m –
m JUNEm 2018
MarkmschemesmarempreparedmbymthemLeadmAssessmentmWritermandmconsidered,mtogethermwithmthemrelev
antmquestions,mbymampanelmofmsubjectmteachers.mThismmarkmschememincludesmanymamendmentsmmademat
mthemstandardisationmeventsmwhichmallmassociatesmparticipateminmandmismthemschememwhichmwasmusedmby
mthemminmthismexamination.mThemstandardisationmprocessmensuresmthatmthemmarkmschememcoversmthemstu
dents’mresponsesmtomquestionsmandmthatmeverymassociatemunderstandsmandmappliesmitminmthemsamemcorre
ctmway.
Asmpreparationmformstandardisationmeachmassociatemanalysesmamnumbermofmstudents’mscripts.mAlternative
answersmnotmalreadymcoveredmbymthemmarkmschememaremdiscussedmandmlegislatedmfor.mIf,maftermthemstan
m
dardisationmprocess,massociatesmencountermunusualmanswersmwhichmhavemnotmbeenmraisedmtheymaremreq
uiredmtomrefermthesemtomthemLeadmAssessmentmWriter.
Itmmustmbemstressedmthatmammarkmschememismamworkingmdocument,minmmanymcasesmfurthermdevelopedma
ndmexpandedmonmthembasismofmstudents’mreactionsmtomamparticularmpaper.mAssumptionsmaboutmfuturemm
arkmschemesmonmthembasismofmonemyear’smdocumentmshouldmbemavoided;mwhilstmthemguidingmprinciplesm
ofmassessmentmremainmconstant,mdetailsmwillmchange,mdependingmonmthemcontentmofmamparticularmexami
nationmpaper.
Furthermcopiesmofmthismmarkmschememaremavailablemfrommaqa.org.uk
Copyrightm©m2018mAQAmandmitsmlicensors.m Allmrightsmreserved.
2
AQAmretainsmthemcopyrightmonmallmitsmpublications.mHowever,mregisteredmschools/collegesmformAQAmarempermittedmtomcopymmaterialmfrommthi
smbookletmformtheirmownminternalmuse,mwithmthemfollowingmimportantmexception:mAQAmcannotmgivempermissionmtomschools/collegesmtomphotoco
pymanymmaterialmthatmismacknowledgedmtomamthirdmpartymevenmforminternalmusemwithinmthemcentre.
, MARKm SCHEMEm –m GCSEm ENGLISHm LITERATUREm –m 8702/2m –
m JUNEm 2018
Statementmofmimportance
GCSEmEnglishmLiteraturemismthemstudymofmhowmwritersmcommunicatemtheirmideasmaboutmthemworld,mandmh
owmreadersmmightmrespondmtomthesemideas.mItmaimsmtomdevelopmamcriticalmunderstandingmofmthemwaysminm
whichmliterarymtextsmaremamreflectionmof,mandmexplorationmof,mthemhumanmcondition,mthemstudymofmwhichmd
evelopsmempathicmunderstandingmofmhumanmnature.mHigh-
qualitymEnglishmliteraturemismwritingmwhichmdisplaysmrecognisablemliterarymqualitiesmand,malthoughmshaped
mbymparticularmcontexts,mtranscendsmthemmandmspeaksm aboutmthemuniversalitymofmthemhumanmcondition.mG
CSEmEnglishmLiteraturemaimsmtomenablemstudentsmtomappreciatemthesemqualities,mdevelopingmandmpresent
ingminformed,mcriticalmresponsesmtomthemideasminmliterarymtextsmandmthemwaysmwritersmpresentmthesemideas
.mItmaimsmtomenablemstudentsmtommakemlinksmbetweenmamvarietymofmwrittenmtextsmandmbetweenmthemtextman
dmthemcontextmwithinmwhichmitmwasmshaped.
Principlesmofmmarkmschememconstruction
EachmmarkmschememismdrivenmbymthemtaskmandmbymthemstatementmofmimportancemaboutmGCSEmEn
glishmLiterature.mItmaimsmtomdomtwomthings:
tomdescribemtypicalmfeaturesmofmresponseminmordermtomdecidemonmammark
tomidentifymtypicalmfeaturesmofmproficiencyminmordermtomaidmdiscriminationmbetweenmlevel
smofmperformance.
Eachmlongmformmanswermmarkmschememismconstructedmusingmsixmlevels.mThismismtomreflectmthemabilitymlev
elmofmthemwholemcohort.mTheremaremfourmormfivemmarksmwithinmeachmlevelmtomallowmformlevelsmofmproficienc
ymandmtomallowmformdiscriminationmbetweenmlevelsmofmcognitivemabilitymacrossmthemwholemcohort.
EachmmarkmschememplacesmassessmentmobjectivesmAO1mandmAO2masmthemkeymskills.mThismismdrivenmbymt
hemstatementmofmimportancemofmthemsubject,minmthatmthemstudymofmgreatmliterarymtextsmismthemstudymofmthemi
nterrelationshipmbetweenmthemreadermandmthemwritermofmthemtextmandmthatmthemcommunicationmandmrecept
ionmofmthesemideasmismanminherentmfeaturemofmEnglishmliterature.mItmismalsomdrivenmbymthemacknowledgeme
ntmthatmGCSEmEnglishmLiteraturemassessesmcognitivemlevelsmofmability;mthemlevelmofmresponsemtomideasmwi
llmhavemparitymwithmthemlevelmofmresponsemtomthemmethodsmofmcommunicatingmthosemideas.
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, MARKm SCHEMEm –m GCSEm ENGLISHm LITERATUREm –m 8702/2m –
m JUNEm 2018
Howmtomapplymthemmarkmscheme
Themmarkmschememismconstructedmusingmsixmlevelsmofmattainmentmthatmspanmthemwholemrangemofmabilitymat
mGCSE.mThemdescriptorsmofmattainmentmreferencemthemassessmentmobjectivesmformthatmparticularmquestion
.mExaminersmaremrequiredmtomusemthemmarkmschememtomconsidermthemwholemresponsemandmdecidemuponmt
hemmostmappropriatemlevel.mThemmarkmschememprovidesmtwomdescriptors:mamdescriptionmofmtypicalmfeature
smofmamresponseminmeachmlevel,mandmamdescriptionmofmthemkindsmofmskillsmcandidatesminmthatmlevelmwillmbemp
roficientmin.mThismisminmordermtomsupportmexaminersminmmakingmtheirmjudgementmofmthemextentmtomwhichmthem
qualitiesmandmskillsmbeingmdemonstratedmmeritmamparticularmlevelmofmattainment.mAsmeachmresponsembeing
mmarkedmismamresponsemtomamparticularmtask,mexaminersmaremassessingmthemextentmtomwhichmthemcandidat
emhasmrespondedmtomthemtask,mandmalsomthemlevelmofmskillmthatmthemcandidatemhasmdemonstrated.
Eachmlevelmhasmfourmormfivemmarksmavailablemandmfourmormfivemskillsmdescriptors.mFairmapplicationmofmthem
markmschememtomallmcandidatesmismdrivenmbymthemdescriptorsminmthemmarkmscheme,mandmthereforemexami
nersmaremrequiredmtommakemamjudgementmaboutmthemextentmtomwhichmamcandidatemachievesmeverymdescri
ptorminmthatmparticularmlevelminmordermtomwarrantmammarkmatmthemtopmofmthatmlevel.mIfmamcandidatemachieves
meverythingminmamlevel,mtheymshouldmbemawardedmthemmarkmatmthemtopmofmthatm level.
Sincemanswersmwillmrarelymmatchmamdescriptorminmallmrespects,mexaminersmmustmallowmgoodmperformanc
eminmsomemaspectsmtomcompensatemformshortcomingsminmothermrespects.mConsequently,mthemlevelmismdet
erminedmbymthem‘bestmfit’mrathermthanmrequiringmeverymelementmofmthemdescriptormtombemmatched.mExamin
ersmshouldmaimmtomusemthemfullmrangemofmlevelsmandmmarks,mtakingmintomaccountmthemstandardmthatmcanmr
easonablymbemexpectedmofmcandidatesmaftermonemormtwomyearsmofmstudymonmthemGCSEmcoursemandminmth
emtimemavailableminmthemexamination.
Ifmamcandidatemdoesmnotmaddressmamparticularmdefiningmfeaturemofmamtask,mexaminersmaremrequiredmtomma
kemamjudgementmaboutmthemextentmtomwhichmothermskillsmcanmplacemthemresponseminmamparticularmlevel,man
dmwheremthemresponsemshouldmbemplaced.
Stepm1mDeterminemamlevel
Startmatmthemlowestmlevelmofmthemmarkmschememandmusemitmasmamladdermtomseemwhethermthemanswermmeets
mthem
descriptormformthatmlevel.mThemdescriptormformthemlevelmindicatesmthemdifferentmqualitiesmthatmmightmbem
seenminmthemstudent’smanswermformthatmlevel.mIfmitmmeetsmthemlowestmlevelmthenmgomtomthemnextmonemandmde
cidemifmitmmeetsmthismlevel,mandmsomon,muntilmyoumhavemammatchmbetweenmthemlevelmdescriptormandmthemans
wer.mWithmpracticemandmfamiliaritymyoumwillmfindmthatmformbettermanswersmyoumwillmbemablemtomquicklymskipmt
hroughmthemlowermlevelsmofmthemmarkmscheme.
Whenmassigningmamlevelmyoumshouldmlookmatmthemoverallmqualitymofmthemanswermandmnotmlookmtompickmhole
sminmsmallmandmspecificmpartsmofmthemanswermwheremthemstudentmhasmnotmperformedmquitemasmwellmasmthem
rest.mIfmthemanswermcoversmdifferentmaspectsmofmdifferentmlevelsmofmthemmarkmschememyoumshouldmusemamb
estmfitmapproachmformdefiningmthemlevelmandmthenmusemthemvariabilitymofmthemresponsemtomhelpmdecidemthem
markmwithinmthemlevel;mi.e.mifmthemresponsemismpredominantlymlevelm3mwithmamsmallmamountmofmlevelm4mmate
rialmitmwouldmbemplacedminmlevelm3mbutmbemawardedmammarkmnearmthemtopmofmthemlevelmbecausemofmthemleve
lm4mcontent.
Stepm2mDeterminemammark
Oncemyoumhavemassignedmamlevelmyoumneedmtomdecidemonmthemmark.mThemdescriptorsmonmhowmtomallocat
emmarksmcanmhelpmwithmthis.mThemexemplarmmaterialsmusedmduringmstandardisationmwillmalsomhelp.mThere
mwillm
bemanmanswerminmthemstandardisingmmaterialsmwhichmwillmcorrespondmwithmeachmlevelmofmthemmarkms
cheme.mThismanswermwillmhavembeenmawardedmammarkmbymthemLeadmExaminer.mYoumcanmcomparemthems
tudent’smanswermwithmthemexamplemtomdeterminemifmitmismofmthemsamemstandard,mbettermormworsemthanmthe
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