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We have not prescribed specific editions of the named texts for this qualification except where the text is used for extract-based questions in examinations or where the text is a poetry anthology.
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Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
‘No, Thank You, John’
- ‘No, Thank You, John’
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
A Better Resurrection
- A Better Resurrection
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
A Birthday
- A Birthday
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
A Peal of Bells
- A Peal of Bells
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
A Summer Wish
- A Summer Wish
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
After Death
- After Death
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
Amen
- Amen
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
An End
- An End
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
Another Spring
- Another Spring
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
At Home
- At Home
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
Christian and Jew
- Christian and Jew
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
Cousin Kate
- Cousin Kate
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
Dead before Death
- Dead before Death
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
Dream Land
- Dream Land
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
Echo
- Echo
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
Fata Morgana
- Fata Morgana
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
from Devotional Pieces: ‘The Love of Christ which passeth Knowledge’ Christina Rossetti
- from Devotional Pieces: ‘The Love of Christ which passeth Knowledge’ Christina Rossetti
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
Goblin Market Christina Rossetti
- Goblin Market Christina Rossetti
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
In the Round Tower at Jhansi
- In the Round Tower at Jhansi
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
Love from the North
- Love from the North
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
Maude Clare
- Maude Clare
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
My Dream
- My Dream
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
Remember
- Remember
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
Rest
- Rest
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
Shut Out
- Shut Out
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
Song (‘Oh roses for the flush of youth’)
- Song (‘Oh roses for the flush of youth’)
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
Song (‘When I am dead my dearest’)
- Song (‘When I am dead my dearest’)
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
Spring
- Spring
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
Sweet Death
- Sweet Death
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
The Convent Threshold
- The Convent Threshold
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
The World
- The World
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Hard Press, 2006) ISBN 9781406950519 or Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti (Penguin Pocket Poetry, 2017) ISBN 9780241303061
Three Seasons
- Three Seasons
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
2. A Constable Calls
- 2. A Constable Calls
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
3. Orange Drums, Tyrone
- 3. Orange Drums, Tyrone
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
4. Summer 1969
- 4. Summer 1969
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
5. Fosterage
- 5. Fosterage
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
6. Exposure
- 6. Exposure
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
Act of Union
- Act of Union
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
Aisling
- Aisling
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
Antaeus Seamus Heaney
- Antaeus Seamus Heaney
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
Belderg
- Belderg
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
Bog Queen
- Bog Queen
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
Bone Dreams
- Bone Dreams
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
Come to the Bower
- Come to the Bower
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
Freedman
- Freedman
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
Funeral Rites
- Funeral Rites
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
Hercules and Antaeus
- Hercules and Antaeus
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
Kinship
- Kinship
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
North
- North
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
Ocean’s Love to Ireland
- Ocean’s Love to Ireland
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
Punishment
- Punishment
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
Singing School: 1. The Ministry of Fear
- Singing School: 1. The Ministry of Fear
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
Strange Fruit
- Strange Fruit
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
The Betrothal of Cavehill
- The Betrothal of Cavehill
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
The Digging Skeleton
- The Digging Skeleton
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
The Grauballe Man
- The Grauballe Man
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
The Unacknowledged Legislator’s Dream Seamus Heaney
- The Unacknowledged Legislator’s Dream Seamus Heaney
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
Viking Dublin: Trial Pieces
- Viking Dublin: Trial Pieces
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Crossing Boundaries – North, Seamus Heaney (Faber, 1975) ISBN 9780571108138
Whatever You Say Say Nothing
- Whatever You Say Say Nothing
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
Christabel, Part I Samuel T Coleridge
- Christabel, Part I Samuel T Coleridge
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
Daffodils William Wordsworth
- Daffodils William Wordsworth
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
Death of Luco (from On the Inhumanity of the Slave Trade) Ann Yearsley
- Death of Luco (from On the Inhumanity of the Slave Trade) Ann Yearsley
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
Kubla Khan Samuel T Coleridge
- Kubla Khan Samuel T Coleridge
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
La Belle Dame Sans Merci John Keats
- La Belle Dame Sans Merci John Keats
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
Lamentations of Round-Oak Waters (lines 157–96) John Clare
- Lamentations of Round-Oak Waters (lines 157–96) John Clare
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
Lines of Life Laetitia E Landon
- Lines of Life Laetitia E Landon
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
London
- London
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
Lucy Poems William Wordsworth
- Lucy Poems William Wordsworth
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
Ode to a Nightingale John Keats
- Ode to a Nightingale John Keats
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
Ode to the West Wind Percy B Shelley
- Ode to the West Wind Percy B Shelley
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year
- On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
Pains of Sleep
- Pains of Sleep
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
Slavery: A Poem Hannah More
- Slavery: A Poem Hannah More
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
The Ancient Mariner Samuel T Coleridge
- The Ancient Mariner Samuel T Coleridge
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
The Chimney Sweeper William Blake
- The Chimney Sweeper William Blake
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
The Discharged Soldier William Wordsworth
- The Discharged Soldier William Wordsworth
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
The Factory Laetitia E Landon
- The Factory Laetitia E Landon
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
The Farmer’s Boy (from Summer) Robert Bloomfield
- The Farmer’s Boy (from Summer) Robert Bloomfield
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
The Leech-Gatherer
- The Leech-Gatherer
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
The London Beggar William Wordsworth
- The London Beggar William Wordsworth
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
The Maid of Athens Lord Byron
- The Maid of Athens Lord Byron
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
The Solitary Reaper
- The Solitary Reaper
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
The Tyger
- The Tyger
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
To a Mountain Daisy Robert Burns
- To a Mountain Daisy Robert Burns
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
To a Mouse, On Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough Robert Burns
- To a Mouse, On Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough Robert Burns
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
To the Skylark Percy B Shelley
- To the Skylark Percy B Shelley
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
To the South Downs Charlotte Smith
- To the South Downs Charlotte Smith
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
Westminster Bridge William Wordsworth
- Westminster Bridge William Wordsworth
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
When I Have Fears that I May Cease to Be John Keats
- When I Have Fears that I May Cease to Be John Keats
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth (Penguin Classics, 2005) ISBN 9780140435689
Written between Dover and Calais, July 1792 Mary Robinson
- Written between Dover and Calais, July 1792 Mary Robinson
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The Waste Land and Other Poems, T S Eliot (Faber, 2002) ISBN 9780571097128
Ash-Wednesday
- Ash-Wednesday
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The Waste Land and Other Poems, T S Eliot (Faber, 2002) ISBN 9780571097128
Gerontion
- Gerontion
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The Waste Land and Other Poems, T S Eliot (Faber, 2002) ISBN 9780571097128
II Virginia
- II Virginia
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The Waste Land and Other Poems, T S Eliot (Faber, 2002) ISBN 9780571097128
II. A Game of Chess
- II. A Game of Chess
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The Waste Land and Other Poems, T S Eliot (Faber, 2002) ISBN 9780571097128
III Usk
- III Usk
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The Waste Land and Other Poems, T S Eliot (Faber, 2002) ISBN 9780571097128
III. The Fire Sermon
- III. The Fire Sermon
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The Waste Land and Other Poems, T S Eliot (Faber, 2002) ISBN 9780571097128
IV. Death by Water
- IV. Death by Water
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The Waste Land and Other Poems, T S Eliot (Faber, 2002) ISBN 9780571097128
Journey of the Magi
- Journey of the Magi
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The Waste Land and Other Poems, T S Eliot (Faber, 2002) ISBN 9780571097128
Landscapes: I New Hampshire
- Landscapes: I New Hampshire
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The Waste Land and Other Poems, T S Eliot (Faber, 2002) ISBN 9780571097128
Marina
- Marina
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The Waste Land and Other Poems, T S Eliot (Faber, 2002) ISBN 9780571097128
Preludes
- Preludes
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The Waste Land and Other Poems, T S Eliot (Faber, 2002) ISBN 9780571097128
Sweeney Among the Nightingales
- Sweeney Among the Nightingales
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The Waste Land and Other Poems, T S Eliot (Faber, 2002) ISBN 9780571097128
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock T S Eliot
- The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock T S Eliot
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The Waste Land and Other Poems, T S Eliot (Faber, 2002) ISBN 9780571097128
The Waste Land: I. The Burial of the Dead
- The Waste Land: I. The Burial of the Dead
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Encounters – The Waste Land and Other Poems, T S Eliot (Faber, 2002) ISBN 9780571097128
V. What the Thunder Said
- V. What the Thunder Said
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
‘Batter my Heart’
- ‘Batter my Heart’
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
A Dialogue of Friendship Multiplied
- A Dialogue of Friendship Multiplied
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
A Letter to her Husband, Absent upon Public Employment Anne Bradstreet
- A Letter to her Husband, Absent upon Public Employment Anne Bradstreet
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
- A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
Bermudas
- Bermudas
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
Constancy Sidney Godolphin
- Constancy Sidney Godolphin
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
Damon the Mower
- Damon the Mower
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
Easter Wings
- Easter Wings
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
Elegy over a Tomb Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury
- Elegy over a Tomb Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
Elegy: To his Mistress Going to Bed
- Elegy: To his Mistress Going to Bed
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
Jordan (I)
- Jordan (I)
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
Jordan (II)
- Jordan (II)
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
Perseverance
- Perseverance
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
Redemption George Herbert
- Redemption George Herbert
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
Song
- Song
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
The Anniversary
- The Anniversary
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
The Canonization
- The Canonization
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
The Collar
- The Collar
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
The Coronet Andrew Marvell
- The Coronet Andrew Marvell
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
The Enjoyment Abraham Cowley
- The Enjoyment Abraham Cowley
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
The Forerunners
- The Forerunners
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
The Good Morrow John Donne
- The Good Morrow John Donne
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
The Nymph Complaining for the Death of her Fawn
- The Nymph Complaining for the Death of her Fawn
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
The Reconcilement
- The Reconcilement
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
The Relic
- The Relic
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
The Sun Rising
- The Sun Rising
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
The Vow-breach Owen Felltham
- The Vow-breach Owen Felltham
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
To His Coy Mistress
- To His Coy Mistress
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
To My Excellent Lucasia, on Our Friendship Katherine Philips
- To My Excellent Lucasia, on Our Friendship Katherine Philips
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) ISBN 9780140424447
Woman’s Constancy
- Woman’s Constancy
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
A Birthday Present
- A Birthday Present
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Among the Narcissi
- Among the Narcissi
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
An Appearance
- An Appearance
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Ariel
- Ariel
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
By Candlelight
- By Candlelight
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Crossing the Water
- Crossing the Water
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Cut
- Cut
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Daddy Sylvia Plath
- Daddy Sylvia Plath
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Death & Co.
- Death & Co.
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Edge
- Edge
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Elm
- Elm
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Face Lift
- Face Lift
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Finisterre
- Finisterre
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Full Fathom Five
- Full Fathom Five
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Lesbos
- Lesbos
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Letter in November
- Letter in November
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Little Fugue
- Little Fugue
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Mary’s Song
- Mary’s Song
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Maudlin
- Maudlin
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Mirror
- Mirror
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Miss Drake Proceeds to Supper Sylvia Plath
- Miss Drake Proceeds to Supper Sylvia Plath
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Morning Song
- Morning Song
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Nick and the Candlestick
- Nick and the Candlestick
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Poppies in July
- Poppies in July
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Poppies in October
- Poppies in October
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Resolve
- Resolve
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Sheep in Fog
- Sheep in Fog
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Spinster
- Spinster
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Suicide off Egg Rock
- Suicide off Egg Rock
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
The Babysitters
- The Babysitters
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
The Bee Meeting
- The Bee Meeting
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
The Hermit at the Outermost House
- The Hermit at the Outermost House
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
The Manor Garden
- The Manor Garden
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
The Moon and the Yew Tree
- The Moon and the Yew Tree
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
The Munich Mannequins
- The Munich Mannequins
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
The Stones (from ‘Poem for a Birthday’)
- The Stones (from ‘Poem for a Birthday’)
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Tulips
- Tulips
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Winter Trees
- Winter Trees
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Words
- Words
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
Wuthering Heights
- Wuthering Heights
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Love and Loss – Sylvia Plath Selected Poems (Faber, 2003) ISBN 9780571135868
You’re
- You’re
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
A Study of Reading Habits
- A Study of Reading Habits
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Afternoons
- Afternoons
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Ambulances
- Ambulances
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
An Arundel Tomb
- An Arundel Tomb
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
As Bad as a Mile
- As Bad as a Mile
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Broadcast
- Broadcast
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Days
- Days
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Dockery and Son
- Dockery and Son
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Essential Beauty
- Essential Beauty
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Faith Healing
- Faith Healing
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
First Sight
- First Sight
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
For Sidney Bechet
- For Sidney Bechet
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Here Philip Larkin
- Here Philip Larkin
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Home is so Sad
- Home is so Sad
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Ignorance
- Ignorance
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Love Songs in Age
- Love Songs in Age
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
MCMXIV
- MCMXIV
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Mr Bleaney
- Mr Bleaney
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Naturally the Foundation will Bear Your Expenses
- Naturally the Foundation will Bear Your Expenses
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Nothing To Be Said
- Nothing To Be Said
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Reference Back
- Reference Back
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Self’s the Man
- Self’s the Man
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Send No Money
- Send No Money
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Sunny Prestatyn Philip Larkin
- Sunny Prestatyn Philip Larkin
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Take One Home for the Kiddies
- Take One Home for the Kiddies
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Talking in Bed
- Talking in Bed
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
The Importance of Elsewhere
- The Importance of Elsewhere
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
The Large Cool Store
- The Large Cool Store
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
The Whitsun Weddings
- The Whitsun Weddings
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Toads Revisited
- Toads Revisited
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Water
- Water
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin (Faber, 2001) ISBN 9780571097104
Wild Oats
- Wild Oats
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, editor James Winny (Cambridge, 1994) ISBN 9780521466899
The Wife of Bath’s Prologue Geoffrey Chaucer
- The Wife of Bath’s Prologue Geoffrey Chaucer
Appendix 5: Prescribed texts – Society and the Individual – The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, editor James Winny (Cambridge, 1994) ISBN 9780521466899
The Wife of Bath’s Tale
- The Wife of Bath’s Tale
Assessment Objectives and weightings
Analyse ways in which meanings are shaped in texts
- Analyse ways in which meanings are shaped in texts
Assessment Objectives and weightings
Apply concepts and methods from integrated linguistic and literary study as appropriate, using associated terminology and coherent written expression
- Apply concepts and methods from integrated linguistic and literary study as appropriate, using associated terminology and coherent written expression
Assessment Objectives and weightings
Demonstrate expertise and creativity in the use of English to communicate in different ways
- Demonstrate expertise and creativity in the use of English to communicate in different ways
Assessment Objectives and weightings
Demonstrate understanding of the significance and influence of the contexts in which texts are produced and received
- Demonstrate understanding of the significance and influence of the contexts in which texts are produced and received
Assessment Objectives and weightings
Explore connections across texts, informed by linguistic and literary concepts and methods
- Explore connections across texts, informed by linguistic and literary concepts and methods
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing
apply linguistic and literary methodologies and concepts to inform their responses to and interpretations of texts
- apply linguistic and literary methodologies and concepts to inform their responses to and interpretations of texts
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing
apply relevant methods for text analysis, drawing on linguistic and literary fields
- apply relevant methods for text analysis, drawing on linguistic and literary fields
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing
apply varied strategies for reading and listening according to text type and purpose for study
- apply varied strategies for reading and listening according to text type and purpose for study
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing
explore connections across a wide range of literary and non-literary texts
- explore connections across a wide range of literary and non-literary texts
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing
identify and describe how meanings and effects are created and conveyed in texts
- identify and describe how meanings and effects are created and conveyed in texts
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing
make accurate reference to texts and sources
- make accurate reference to texts and sources
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing
show awareness of the different language levels, as appropriate, drawn from: phonetics, phonology and prosodics, lexis and semantics, grammar and morphology, pragmatics, and discourse
- show awareness of the different language levels, as appropriate, drawn from: phonetics, phonology and prosodics, lexis and semantics, grammar and morphology, pragmatics, and discourse
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing
show knowledge and understanding of the ways in which texts relate to the contexts in which they are produced and received
- show knowledge and understanding of the ways in which texts relate to the contexts in which they are produced and received
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing
Students will develop their understanding of how writers and speakers shape and craft language to present an identity or persona, and will look at connections between texts as well as the significance and influence of context.
- Students will develop their understanding of how writers and speakers shape and craft language to present an identity or persona, and will look at connections between texts as well as the significance and influence of context.
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing
Students will study how spoken voices are formed and written voices created in literary, non-literary and digital texts.
- Students will study how spoken voices are formed and written voices created in literary, non-literary and digital texts.
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing
synthesise and reflect on their knowledge and understanding of linguistic and literary concepts and methods in the study of texts.
- synthesise and reflect on their knowledge and understanding of linguistic and literary concepts and methods in the study of texts.
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing
This component has an explicit focus on the concept of ‘voice’.
- This component has an explicit focus on the concept of ‘voice’.
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing
use a range of techniques to evaluate the effectiveness of texts for different audiences and purposes, informed by wide reading and listening
- use a range of techniques to evaluate the effectiveness of texts for different audiences and purposes, informed by wide reading and listening
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing
use English appropriately, accurately and creatively
- use English appropriately, accurately and creatively
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing – Anthology
Students will study a wide range of non-literary and digital texts from the 20th- and 21st centuries.
- Students will study a wide range of non-literary and digital texts from the 20th- and 21st centuries.
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing – Anthology
Teaching will be supported by Voices in Speech and Writing: An Anthology provided by Pearson free of charge.
- Teaching will be supported by Voices in Speech and Writing: An Anthology provided by Pearson free of charge.
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing – Anthology
The anthology contains a variety of non-literary and digital texts from different forms, such as interviews, broadcasts, podcasts, blogs, screenplays and travelogues.
- The anthology contains a variety of non-literary and digital texts from different forms, such as interviews, broadcasts, podcasts, blogs, screenplays and travelogues.
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing – Anthology
The anthology has been designed to introduce students to the ways in which ‘voices’ are used or crafted in a variety of non-literary and digital genres, encouraging the analysis of linguistic and literary features and generic conventions in a range of non-literary and digital forms.
- The anthology has been designed to introduce students to the ways in which ‘voices’ are used or crafted in a variety of non-literary and digital genres, encouraging the analysis of linguistic and literary features and generic conventions in a range of non-literary and digital forms.
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing – Anthology
This anthology constitutes a non-literary set text for this qualification and will be assessed in Section A of the examination.
- This anthology constitutes a non-literary set text for this qualification and will be assessed in Section A of the examination.
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing – Drama
A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams (Penguin Modern Classics, 2009) ISBN 9780141190273
- A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams (Penguin Modern Classics, 2009) ISBN 9780141190273
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing – Drama
All My Sons, Arthur Miller (Penguin Classics, 2009) ISBN 9780141189970
- All My Sons, Arthur Miller (Penguin Classics, 2009) ISBN 9780141189970
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing – Drama
Elmina’s Kitchen, Kwame Kwei-Armah (Methuen, 2003) ISBN 9780413773630
- Elmina’s Kitchen, Kwame Kwei-Armah (Methuen, 2003) ISBN 9780413773630
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing – Drama
Equus, Peter Shaffer (Longman, 1993) ISBN 9780582097124
- Equus, Peter Shaffer (Longman, 1993) ISBN 9780582097124
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing – Drama
Students will also study one literary drama text from the prescribed list below, giving them the opportunity to study how writers create different voices within a literary genre.
- Students will also study one literary drama text from the prescribed list below, giving them the opportunity to study how writers create different voices within a literary genre.
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing – Drama
Students will study a choice of one drama text from the following:
- Students will study a choice of one drama text from the following:
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing – Drama
The drama text will be assessed in Section B of the examination.
- The drama text will be assessed in Section B of the examination.
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing – Drama
The History Boys, Alan Bennett (Faber, 2004) ISBN 9780571224647
- The History Boys, Alan Bennett (Faber, 2004) ISBN 9780571224647
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing – Drama
Top Girls, Caryl Churchill (Methuen Drama, 2008) ISBN 9781408106037
- Top Girls, Caryl Churchill (Methuen Drama, 2008) ISBN 9781408106037
Component 1: Voices in Speech and Writing – Drama
Translations, Brian Friel (Faber and Faber, 1981) ISBN 9780571117420
- Translations, Brian Friel (Faber and Faber, 1981) ISBN 9780571117420
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature
apply linguistic and literary methodologies and concepts to inform their responses to and interpretations of texts
- apply linguistic and literary methodologies and concepts to inform their responses to and interpretations of texts
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature
apply relevant methods for text analysis, drawing on linguistic and literary fields
- apply relevant methods for text analysis, drawing on linguistic and literary fields
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature
apply varied strategies for reading and listening according to text type and purpose for study
- apply varied strategies for reading and listening according to text type and purpose for study
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature
explore connections across a wide range of literary and non-literary texts
- explore connections across a wide range of literary and non-literary texts
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature
identify and describe how meanings and effects are created and conveyed in texts
- identify and describe how meanings and effects are created and conveyed in texts
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature
make accurate reference to texts and sources
- make accurate reference to texts and sources
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature
show awareness of the different language levels, as appropriate, drawn from: phonetics, phonology and prosodics, lexis and semantics, grammar and morphology, pragmatics, and discourse
- show awareness of the different language levels, as appropriate, drawn from: phonetics, phonology and prosodics, lexis and semantics, grammar and morphology, pragmatics, and discourse
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature
show knowledge and understanding of the ways in which individual texts are interpreted by different readers or listeners
- show knowledge and understanding of the ways in which individual texts are interpreted by different readers or listeners
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature
show knowledge and understanding of the ways in which texts relate to the contexts in which they are produced and received
- show knowledge and understanding of the ways in which texts relate to the contexts in which they are produced and received
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature
Students will develop their understanding of how writers use language techniques and literary devices to craft their work and communicate ideas or issues, making connections between texts as well as looking at the significance and influence of the contexts in which they were produced and received.
- Students will develop their understanding of how writers use language techniques and literary devices to craft their work and communicate ideas or issues, making connections between texts as well as looking at the significance and influence of the contexts in which they were produced and received.
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature
synthesise and reflect on their knowledge and understanding of linguistic and literary concepts and methods in the study of texts.
- synthesise and reflect on their knowledge and understanding of linguistic and literary concepts and methods in the study of texts.
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature
This component focuses on the ways in which different writers convey their thoughts or ideas on a theme in literary and non-fiction writing.
- This component focuses on the ways in which different writers convey their thoughts or ideas on a theme in literary and non-fiction writing.
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature
use a range of techniques and evaluate the effectiveness of texts for different audiences and purposes, informed by wide reading and listening
- use a range of techniques and evaluate the effectiveness of texts for different audiences and purposes, informed by wide reading and listening
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature
use English appropriately, accurately and creatively
- use English appropriately, accurately and creatively
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Content
Both anchor texts may be studied if desired.
- Both anchor texts may be studied if desired.
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Content
Each theme will offer the choice of two prose fiction anchor texts and a choice of five other texts from the genres of prose fiction, drama and poetry.
- Each theme will offer the choice of two prose fiction anchor texts and a choice of five other texts from the genres of prose fiction, drama and poetry.
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Content
In addition to the study of two literary texts within a theme, students will also be expected to read widely across a range of non-fiction genres in preparation for responding to an unseen extract in Section A of the examination.
- In addition to the study of two literary texts within a theme, students will also be expected to read widely across a range of non-fiction genres in preparation for responding to an unseen extract in Section A of the examination.
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Content
Students will explore and evaluate the ways different writers convey similar themes and issues in different texts.
- Students will explore and evaluate the ways different writers convey similar themes and issues in different texts.
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Content
Students will study one theme from a choice of four.
- Students will study one theme from a choice of four.
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Content
Teaching will cover the study of one prose fiction anchor text and one other text from the prescribed list below.
- Teaching will cover the study of one prose fiction anchor text and one other text from the prescribed list below.
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Content
The prescribed editions and lists of poems to be studied can be found in Appendix 5: Prescribed texts.
- The prescribed editions and lists of poems to be studied can be found in Appendix 5: Prescribed texts.
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Content
The two studied texts will be assessed in Section B of the examination.
- The two studied texts will be assessed in Section B of the examination.
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Theme: Crossing Boundaries
Drama texts: Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare; Oleanna, David Mamet
- Drama texts: Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare; Oleanna, David Mamet
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Theme: Crossing Boundaries
If both anchor texts are not selected, choose one text from the list below:
- If both anchor texts are not selected, choose one text from the list below:
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Theme: Crossing Boundaries
Poetry texts: Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti; North, Seamus Heaney
- Poetry texts: Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti; North, Seamus Heaney
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Theme: Crossing Boundaries
Prose fiction anchor texts: Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys and/or Dracula, Bram Stoker
- Prose fiction anchor texts: Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys and/or Dracula, Bram Stoker
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Theme: Crossing Boundaries
Prose fiction text: The Lowland, Jhumpa Lahiri
- Prose fiction text: The Lowland, Jhumpa Lahiri
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Theme: Encounters
Drama texts: Hamlet, William Shakespeare; Rock ‘N’ Roll, Tom Stoppard
- Drama texts: Hamlet, William Shakespeare; Rock ‘N’ Roll, Tom Stoppard
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Theme: Encounters
If both anchor texts are not selected, choose one text from the list below:
- If both anchor texts are not selected, choose one text from the list below:
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Theme: Encounters
Poetry texts: The Waste Land and Other Poems, T S Eliot; The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth
- Poetry texts: The Waste Land and Other Poems, T S Eliot; The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, editor Jonathan Wordsworth
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Theme: Encounters
Prose fiction anchor texts: A Room with a View, E M Forster and/or Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
- Prose fiction anchor texts: A Room with a View, E M Forster and/or Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Theme: Encounters
Prose fiction text: The Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter
- Prose fiction text: The Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Theme: Love and Loss
Drama texts: Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare; Betrayal, Harold Pinter
- Drama texts: Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare; Betrayal, Harold Pinter
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Theme: Love and Loss
If both anchor texts are not selected, choose one text from the list below:
- If both anchor texts are not selected, choose one text from the list below:
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Theme: Love and Loss
Poetry texts: Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow; Sylvia Plath Selected Poems, Sylvia Plath
- Poetry texts: Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow; Sylvia Plath Selected Poems, Sylvia Plath
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Theme: Love and Loss
Prose fiction anchor texts: A Single Man, Christopher Isherwood and/or Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
- Prose fiction anchor texts: A Single Man, Christopher Isherwood and/or Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Theme: Love and Loss
Prose fiction text: Enduring Love, Ian McEwan
- Prose fiction text: Enduring Love, Ian McEwan
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Theme: Society and the Individual
Drama texts: Othello, William Shakespeare; A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry
- Drama texts: Othello, William Shakespeare; A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Theme: Society and the Individual
If both anchor texts are not selected, choose one text from the list below:
- If both anchor texts are not selected, choose one text from the list below:
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Theme: Society and the Individual
Poetry texts: The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, Geoffrey Chaucer; The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin
- Poetry texts: The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, Geoffrey Chaucer; The Whitsun Weddings, Philip Larkin
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Theme: Society and the Individual
Prose fiction anchor texts: The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald and/or Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
- Prose fiction anchor texts: The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald and/or Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
Component 2: Varieties in Language and Literature – Theme: Society and the Individual
Prose fiction text: The Bone People, Keri Hulme
- Prose fiction text: The Bone People, Keri Hulme
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts
apply linguistic and literary methodologies and concepts to inform their responses to and interpretations of texts
- apply linguistic and literary methodologies and concepts to inform their responses to and interpretations of texts
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts
apply relevant methods for text analysis, drawing on linguistic and literary fields
- apply relevant methods for text analysis, drawing on linguistic and literary fields
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts
apply varied strategies for reading and listening according to text type and purpose for study
- apply varied strategies for reading and listening according to text type and purpose for study
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts
explore connections across a wide range of literary and non-literary texts
- explore connections across a wide range of literary and non-literary texts
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts
explore the ways in which individual texts are interpreted by different readers or listeners
- explore the ways in which individual texts are interpreted by different readers or listeners
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts
identify and describe how meanings and effects are created and conveyed in texts
- identify and describe how meanings and effects are created and conveyed in texts
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts
In exploring the various forms of writing and the ways different writers use linguistic and literary techniques in texts, students will acquire the synthesised knowledge and understanding required to produce original pieces of writing.
- In exploring the various forms of writing and the ways different writers use linguistic and literary techniques in texts, students will acquire the synthesised knowledge and understanding required to produce original pieces of writing.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts
make accurate reference to texts and sources
- make accurate reference to texts and sources
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts
show awareness of the different language levels, as appropriate drawn from: phonetics, phonology and prosodics, lexis and semantics, grammar and morphology, pragmatics, and discourse
- show awareness of the different language levels, as appropriate drawn from: phonetics, phonology and prosodics, lexis and semantics, grammar and morphology, pragmatics, and discourse
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts
show knowledge and understanding of the ways in which texts relate to the contexts in which they are produced and received
- show knowledge and understanding of the ways in which texts relate to the contexts in which they are produced and received
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts
synthesise and reflect on their knowledge and understanding of linguistic and literary concepts and methods in the study of texts.
- synthesise and reflect on their knowledge and understanding of linguistic and literary concepts and methods in the study of texts.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts
The non-examination assessment component has been designed to allow students to demonstrate their skills as writers, crafting their own original texts for different audiences and purposes.
- The non-examination assessment component has been designed to allow students to demonstrate their skills as writers, crafting their own original texts for different audiences and purposes.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts
This component permits students to pursue their own interests, applying the skills they have developed to investigate a topic they are interested in.
- This component permits students to pursue their own interests, applying the skills they have developed to investigate a topic they are interested in.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts
use a range of techniques to evaluate the effectiveness of texts for different audiences and purposes, informed by wide reading and listening
- use a range of techniques to evaluate the effectiveness of texts for different audiences and purposes, informed by wide reading and listening
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts
use English appropriately, accurately and creatively
- use English appropriately, accurately and creatively
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Assignment 1: Original writing
Creative non-fiction uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate texts.
- Creative non-fiction uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate texts.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Assignment 1: Original writing
Fiction deals with events that are imaginary, i.e. invented by the author.
- Fiction deals with events that are imaginary, i.e. invented by the author.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Assignment 1: Original writing
Students select a topic that will help to frame their investigation and provide adequate scope from which to find examples of fiction and non-fiction texts.
- Students select a topic that will help to frame their investigation and provide adequate scope from which to find examples of fiction and non-fiction texts.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Assignment 1: Original writing
Students will be required to reflect on the influence of their studied texts in their accompanying commentaries.
- Students will be required to reflect on the influence of their studied texts in their accompanying commentaries.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Assignment 1: Original writing
Students’ chosen texts should be supplemented by wider reading of literary and non-literary sources, which will be explored as background research for the chosen area of investigation.
- Students’ chosen texts should be supplemented by wider reading of literary and non-literary sources, which will be explored as background research for the chosen area of investigation.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Assignment 1: Original writing
Texts studied for examination purposes should not be chosen as non-examination assessment texts.
- Texts studied for examination purposes should not be chosen as non-examination assessment texts.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Assignment 1: Original writing
The subject matter should be documentable, i.e. chosen from the real world rather than invented from the writer’s mind.
- The subject matter should be documentable, i.e. chosen from the real world rather than invented from the writer’s mind.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Assignment 1: Original writing
The texts studied can act as a direct stimulus for students’ own writing or as style models.
- The texts studied can act as a direct stimulus for students’ own writing or as style models.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Assignment 2: Commentary
In their commentary, students will reflect on the writing process for both pieces.
- In their commentary, students will reflect on the writing process for both pieces.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Assignment 2: Commentary
Students should ensure that any texts and other sources used are accurately referenced.
- Students should ensure that any texts and other sources used are accurately referenced.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Assignment 2: Commentary
Students will produce an analytical commentary to accompany their original writing.
- Students will produce an analytical commentary to accompany their original writing.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Assignment 2: Commentary
the findings of their initial research into the topic and texts
- the findings of their initial research into the topic and texts
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Assignment 2: Commentary
the influence of their studied texts and how they are reflected in their written pieces
- the influence of their studied texts and how they are reflected in their written pieces
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Assignment 2: Commentary
the language choices they made, through the drafting process, to achieve effects appropriate to the chosen function and target audience
- the language choices they made, through the drafting process, to achieve effects appropriate to the chosen function and target audience
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Assignment 2: Commentary
the linguistic and literary features used in the style models that they have adopted in their own writing
- the linguistic and literary features used in the style models that they have adopted in their own writing
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Assignment 2: Commentary
They should evaluate:
- They should evaluate:
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Content
Students should be encouraged to choose texts they would enjoy studying and exploring further.
- Students should be encouraged to choose texts they would enjoy studying and exploring further.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Content
Students will choose a topic that reflects their personal interests, studying two texts that relate to their chosen topic.
- Students will choose a topic that reflects their personal interests, studying two texts that relate to their chosen topic.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Content
Students will study their texts before producing their own original pieces of writing.
- Students will study their texts before producing their own original pieces of writing.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Content
Teaching and wider reading will help students to develop their writing style through the synthesis of linguistic and literary knowledge and skills developed throughout the course.
- Teaching and wider reading will help students to develop their writing style through the synthesis of linguistic and literary knowledge and skills developed throughout the course.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Content
Texts in translation are acceptable to study as stimulus materials.
- Texts in translation are acceptable to study as stimulus materials.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Content
Texts studied must be complete texts and may be selected from genres of fiction such as prose fiction, poetry, drama and short stories, and genres of non-fiction such as travel writing, journalism, reportage, diaries, biographies and collections of letters.
- Texts studied must be complete texts and may be selected from genres of fiction such as prose fiction, poetry, drama and short stories, and genres of non-fiction such as travel writing, journalism, reportage, diaries, biographies and collections of letters.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Content
Texts that are set for study elsewhere in the specification, as well as those suggested in the example tasks below, should be considered indicative of the type and quality of texts appropriate for this component.
- Texts that are set for study elsewhere in the specification, as well as those suggested in the example tasks below, should be considered indicative of the type and quality of texts appropriate for this component.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Content
The two texts are free choice; however, they must be selected from different genres: one must be fiction and one non-fiction.
- The two texts are free choice; however, they must be selected from different genres: one must be fiction and one non-fiction.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Content
These include knowledge and skills pertaining to genre conventions, audience and purpose, connections between texts and the contexts in which texts are produced and received.
- These include knowledge and skills pertaining to genre conventions, audience and purpose, connections between texts and the contexts in which texts are produced and received.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Content
They are also required to write an analytical commentary, explaining their decisions, the influence of their studied texts, the links and connections in their studied texts and their written pieces, and how their writing has been influenced by their wider reading and research.
- They are also required to write an analytical commentary, explaining their decisions, the influence of their studied texts, the links and connections in their studied texts and their written pieces, and how their writing has been influenced by their wider reading and research.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Content
They are welcome to draw on texts named elsewhere in the specification that have not been selected by their centre for examination assessment.
- They are welcome to draw on texts named elsewhere in the specification that have not been selected by their centre for examination assessment.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Writing assignments
Assignment 1: two pieces of original writing, one piece of fiction writing and one piece of creative non-fiction writing
- Assignment 1: two pieces of original writing, one piece of fiction writing and one piece of creative non-fiction writing
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Writing assignments
Assignment 2: one separate analytical commentary reflecting on the studied texts and pieces of writing they have produced.
- Assignment 2: one separate analytical commentary reflecting on the studied texts and pieces of writing they have produced.
Non-examination assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts – Writing assignments
Students will produce the two assignments:
- Students will produce the two assignments:
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 601/4912/7
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- Pearson
- Qualification Type
- GCE A Level
- Operational Start
- Sept 2015