model answer for the part a) extract question on The Merchant of Venice - Component 1 Literature The extract question: Look at how the characters speak and behave here. How do you think an audience might respond to this part of the play? Refer closely to details from the extract to support your answer. [15] Covers all AO’s Extract included with model answer

Q: How does Sheilas's character develop in An Inspector Calls? The start of a model answer Could be used to demonstrate analysis/essay skills to students Activity idea: encouraging students to follow on/complete the answer - tracking Sheila's development throughout the play OR close reading of the answer against the mark scheme so that students can gain an undertanding of how to achieve marks in the exam

Q: How are unhappy relationships presented in Winter Swans and one other poem of your choice? The beginning of a comparison of the poem Winter Swans by Owen Sheers and Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy. Could be used to demonstrate how to compare/ used as a follow on from this…/complete activity for students/peer assessment activity -AQA Love and Relationships cluster

Useful example for that tricky Q3 on Paper 1 - can be used for both KS3 and KS4 Answers Q3 from the AQA KS3 Paper 1 ‘Boy’ by Roald Dahl Would achieve 8/8 against mark scheme criteria Good example for teaching structure/structural devices and how to analyse them

Practice questions to use in class/give for revision purposes

a simple and easy to use grid for students - allows them to think about all parts of analysing a poem and comparing them side by side.

Revision resource for students breaking down every part of both paper 1 and paper 2 for AQA Literature Practice exam questions Suggested timings for each question Tips on how to revise Tips on how to retain quotes and which quotes to choose during revision How to break down quotes so that they are easy to remember without detracting from the language analysis potential

tips on answering the poetry question (could be used with all major exam boards and poems) abridged writing frame for comparison Suggested words to signal comparison/inference

Poetry couplings - similarities and differences Which poems compare well with which

The beginning of a Grade 9 model answer for the A Christmas Carol question on exploring ‘The Importance of Family’ Suggested activity: use the model answer as a starting point for students and ask them to complete/use to mark against the mark scheme/identifying AOs Demonstrates how to do ‘text to whole’ analysis for the AQA 19th Century text question on Paper 1

Ideal for weaker students Breaks down the components of analysis Analysis paragraph on the poem Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley