Eng Lit NEA: 3 Model Essays Bundle

Three original model comparative essays for the AQA A-level English Literature A coursework (NEA). Each one shows students how to build a sustained comparative argument across a pre-1900 and a later text. The essays weave in close analysis, critical views and context, and every paragraph is labelled by assessment objective. All six texts are out of copyright and none is on AQA’s list of excluded texts. Teacher notes explain how to use the models within AQA’s rules on coursework support.

The three essays:

Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) and The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde): creation, responsibility and the monstrous self

Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy) and Sons and Lovers (D. H. Lawrence): aspiration, class and the cost of desire

Lady Audley’s Secret (Mary Elizabeth Braddon) and Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf): madness, power and who gets to decide

Each essay includes:

Teacher notes on using model essays within AQA’s coursework rules
The question, why it works, and a paragraph plan with the assessment objectives for each paragraph
The full model essay, about 2,000 words (under the 2,500-word limit)
A bibliography and referencing guide
Commentary: strengths by assessment objective, and the critics and context used
Common mistakes and discussion questions
Skills tasks using class texts
The mark bands in plain English
Editable Word file and PDF (11 pages each)

Suitable for: Year 12 and Year 13, AQA A-level English Literature A (7712). Not produced or endorsed by AQA.