K2.6 writer as agent, not character

Currently Developing · last touched 2026-10-06

RETIRED — mirror of K5. Do not teach, confirm or count separately. All writer-as-subject evidence goes to K5; adjudicate K5 only.

Every change

When	Change	Evidence	Session
2026-10-07	Developing → Developing	Retired as a duplicate of K5 (writer as subject, not character), parent-approved 6 Oct. The tracker has no delete, so K2.6 is kept as a mirror: K5 is the live ref and carries all evidence; K2.6 is not to be taught or confirmed as a separate target. Untouched since 7 Sep because every piece of evidence went to K5 anyway. Status left where it is — this is an admin merge, not an adjudication.	standalone
2026-09-29	Not started → Developing	Correction (parent rule, 29 Sep): answered on cannot stay notstarted. 7 Sep session 8: writer treated as agent in 3 separate unaided sentences, one opening slip ('She shows') self-corrected to 'Shelley'. Same skill as K5, which moved to developing on that session's evidence; 3/3 unaided → developing, one level.	standalone
2026-09-07	Not started → Not started	Writer treated as agent rather than character in three separate sentences this session; opening slip 'She shows...' corrected to 'Shelley'.	session 8

In papers

No marked question has been recorded against this topic yet.

Materials

AQA 8702 specification (live web version, set texts with first/last-exam markers)

THE document. Sections 3.1 (Shakespeare, 19th-c novel) and 3.2 (modern texts, poetry). Set-text list verified live for June 2027 on 5 Sep 2026; three modern texts ended 2024. Any 2027 change would be notified one year ahead — re-check Sept 2026.

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8702/1 June 2017 — question paper

Section A Shakespeare (Q1–Q6, extract + whole play, 30+4 AO4); Section B 19th-century novel (extract + whole novel, 30). 64 marks, 1h45. Answer one from each section.

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English Literature syllabus (Paige, June 2027) — decomposed from AQA 8702

File held by the parent: english-literature-syllabus.md (5 Sep 2026). Decomposes spec 3.1–3.3 into the S/N/M x.y, P, U and K x.y refs in this tracker, with the 32-week scheme of work (modern text → Shakespeare → novel, poetry in parallel), dated checkpoints (13 Nov, 11 Dec, 29 Jan, 12 Mar, 30 Apr), the six AQA question stems, all three anthology cluster lists, the terminology set, set-text recommendation and coverage audit. No URL — ask the parent for the file or its hosted copy.

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BBC Bitesize: GCSE English Literature — subject hub

Entry point for all Bitesize English Literature material, incl. writing-skills guides. Use Bitesize's own on-site search from here — their URL restructure broke many older /guides/ paths. Fallback if any topic link below is dead.

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Branching Story project — stimulus policy

Approved by parent 9 Sep 2026. K-strand skills (K1 what-how-why, K3 methods/structure to effect, K5 writer as subject) may be taught first on Paige's own choose-your-own-path story, then transferred to a set text IN THE SAME SESSION. The transfer is not optional. Nothing in S/N/M/P strands is replaced: set texts, the Power and Conflict poems and all timed essays are unchanged. Set-text knowledge time is ring-fenced.

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CGP AQA Poetry Guide — Power & Conflict (OWNED, in the house)

THE TEXT SOURCE FOR ALL 15 POWER AND CONFLICT POEMS. ISBN 9781782943617, for the 2027 and 2028 exams. Owned 9 Sep 2026. Prints every poem in full, with notes on meaning, form, structure, language and context, themed comparison sections and exam-style questions. Free Online Edition unlocks with the code in the book: audio of every poem, per-poem discussions, digital quiz. When a poem's text is needed, send Paige to this book, not to a web copy. Stands in for the official AQA anthology.

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An Inspector Calls — full play text (OWNED, in the house)

THE PLAY TEXT. Heinemann Plays edition, ISBN 9780435232825 (ISBN-10 0435232827). Owned and confirmed by the parent 9 Sep 2026. In copyright — there is no legal free full text online, so this printed copy is the only source for quotations, stage directions and close reading. Send Paige to the book whenever the text is needed. This is the edition the stored Oak lessons cite by page, so their page references are usable as given.

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AQA 8702 specification PDF (2015, current version)

Offline copy of the spec incl. skills (3.3), AOs and weightings (AO1 37.5 / AO2 42.5 / AO3 15 / AO4 5), scheme of assessment.

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8702/1 June 2017 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Six-level ladder (Level 6 26–30 convincing/critical … Level 1 1–5 simple), AO4 4-mark ladder, indicative content per text.

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Branching Story — day brief M4 (9 Sep 2026)

Module 4 of the self-paced day. Part A: one what-how-why paragraph about her OWN structural choice, written in the third person ('the writer places the shift at X in order to Y') - one idea developed, not a list (K1, K5). Part B: same sentence shape on Ozymandias, whose nested voices mirror a branching structure, closing the outstanding Shelley 1818 / hostility-to-tyranny context as a clause (P1.01). K3.2 still needs a NEW poem and is not covered here.

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AQA 8702 assessment resources page (all series: papers, mark schemes, examiner reports)

Canonical home of every paper and report. File list renders in-browser only, so individual PDFs are stored separately below as they are added. Examiner reports live here.

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8702/1 June 2018 — question paper

Section A Shakespeare (Q1–Q6, extract + whole play, 30+4 AO4); Section B 19th-century novel (extract + whole novel, 30). 64 marks, 1h45. Answer one from each section.

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PMT index: AQA English Literature Paper 1 past papers & mark schemes (2017–2025)

Mirror of the AQA PDFs, one click per series. June 2021 and June 2022 are split into 1M/1N/1P booklets (pandemic contingency) — same marks and ladders. Nov 2020 is labelled 'June 2020'.

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8702/1 June 2018 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Six-level ladder (Level 6 26–30 convincing/critical … Level 1 1–5 simple), AO4 4-mark ladder, indicative content per text.

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PMT index: AQA English Literature Paper 2 past papers & mark schemes (2017–2025)

Mirror of the AQA PDFs. Every 8702/2 paper prints the three cluster contents lists — use it to check the anthology poems.

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8702/1 June 2019 — question paper

Section A Shakespeare (Q1–Q6, extract + whole play, 30+4 AO4); Section B 19th-century novel (extract + whole novel, 30). 64 marks, 1h45. Answer one from each section.

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AQA 8702 specimen Paper 2 question paper (Modern texts and poetry)

Official specimen, 96 marks, 2h15. Pre-dates Worlds and Lives cluster.

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8702/1 June 2019 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Six-level ladder (Level 6 26–30 convincing/critical … Level 1 1–5 simple), AO4 4-mark ladder, indicative content per text.

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AQA 8702 specimen Paper 1 mark scheme (combined)

Shows the six-level ladder and 'how to arrive at a mark' wording the marker skill uses.

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8702/1 June 2020 — question paper

Section A Shakespeare (Q1–Q6, extract + whole play, 30+4 AO4); Section B 19th-century novel (extract + whole novel, 30). 64 marks, 1h45. PMT label 'June 2020' = the November 2020 sitting (no June 2020 exams).

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AQA GCSE subject grade boundaries — June 2025 (8702 row: /160)

8702: 9=136 8=122 7=108 6=92 5=77 4=62 3=46 2=30 1=15. These are the boundaries stored on this subject. College-hosted copy of AQA's PDF; AQA hub: https://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/results-days/grade-boundaries

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8702/1 June 2020 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Six-level ladder, AO4 4-mark ladder, indicative content per text. PMT label 'June 2020' = the November 2020 sitting (no June 2020 exams).

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AQA GCSE exam timetable May/June 2027 (version 1.0)

8702/1 Wednesday 12 May 2027 am (1h45); 8702/2 Wednesday 19 May 2027 am (2h15). Confirm with the centre.

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8702/1 June 2023 — question paper

Section A Shakespeare (Q1–Q6, extract + whole play, 30+4 AO4); Section B 19th-century novel (extract + whole novel, 30). 64 marks, 1h45. Answer one from each section.

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AQA private candidates page

PARENT: confirm the centre enters 8702 for external candidates and the entry deadline (~21 Feb 2027).

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8702/1 June 2023 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Six-level ladder (Level 6 26–30 convincing/critical … Level 1 1–5 simple), AO4 4-mark ladder, indicative content per text.

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8702/1 June 2024 — question paper

Section A Shakespeare (Q1–Q6, extract + whole play, 30+4 AO4); Section B 19th-century novel (extract + whole novel, 30). 64 marks, 1h45. Answer one from each section.

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8702/1 June 2024 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Six-level ladder (Level 6 26–30 convincing/critical … Level 1 1–5 simple), AO4 4-mark ladder, indicative content per text.

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8702/1 June 2025 — question paper

Section A Shakespeare (Q1–Q6, extract + whole play, 30+4 AO4); Section B 19th-century novel (extract + whole novel, 30). 64 marks, 1h45. Answer one from each section. Most recent series.

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8702/1 June 2025 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Six-level ladder (Level 6 26–30 convincing/critical … Level 1 1–5 simple), AO4 4-mark ladder, indicative content per text.

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8702/1 Specimen — question paper (PMT copy)

Original 2015 specimen. Section A Shakespeare (30+4 AO4); Section B 19th-century novel (30). 64 marks.

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8702/1 Specimen — mark scheme (PMT copy)

FOR THE MARKER. Original 2015 specimen scheme; same ladders as live papers.

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8702/1M June 2021 — question paper (Modern texts)

Pandemic-era split booklet: Modern texts (Paper 2 Section A content, 30+4 AO4) despite the '1' code. 2021: no public exams sat; this is the paper AQA prepared and published.

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8702/1M June 2021 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Mark scheme for the 1M booklet (Modern texts).

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8702/1N June 2021 — question paper (19th-century novel)

Pandemic-era split booklet: 19th-century novel (extract + whole novel, 30). 2021: no public exams sat; this is the paper AQA prepared and published.

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8702/1N June 2021 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Mark scheme for the 1N booklet (19th-century novel).

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8702/1P June 2021 — question paper (Poetry anthology)

Pandemic-era split booklet: anthology comparison (named poem printed, 30). Cluster contents printed inside. 2021: no public exams sat; this is the paper AQA prepared and published.

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8702/1P June 2021 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Mark scheme for the 1P booklet (Poetry anthology comparison).

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8702/1M June 2022 — question paper (Modern texts)

Pandemic-era split booklet: Modern texts (Paper 2 Section A content, 30+4 AO4) despite the '1' code. Same marks and ladders as normal papers.

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8702/1M June 2022 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Mark scheme for the 1M booklet (Modern texts).

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8702/1N June 2022 — question paper (19th-century novel)

Pandemic-era split booklet: 19th-century novel (extract + whole novel, 30). Same marks and ladders as normal papers.

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8702/1N June 2022 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Mark scheme for the 1N booklet (19th-century novel).

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8702/1P June 2022 — question paper (Poetry anthology)

Pandemic-era split booklet: anthology comparison (named poem printed, 30). Cluster contents printed inside. Same marks and ladders as normal papers.

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8702/1P June 2022 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Mark scheme for the 1P booklet (Poetry anthology comparison).

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8702/1M Specimen (2022) — question paper (Modern texts)

2022 specimen in the split-booklet format: Modern texts (Paper 2 Section A content, 30+4 AO4).

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8702/1M Specimen (2022) — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Mark scheme for the 1M specimen booklet.

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8702/1N Specimen (2022) — question paper (19th-century novel)

2022 specimen in the split-booklet format: 19th-century novel (30).

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8702/1N Specimen (2022) — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Mark scheme for the 1N specimen booklet.

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8702/1P Specimen (2022) — question paper (Poetry anthology)

2022 specimen in the split-booklet format: anthology comparison (30).

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8702/1P Specimen (2022) — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Mark scheme for the 1P specimen booklet.

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8702/2 June 2017 — question paper

Section A modern text (choice of two, no extract, 30+4 AO4); Section B anthology (named poem printed, 30); Section C unseen (24 + 8). 96 marks, 2h15. No Worlds and Lives section (pre-2025).

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8702/2 June 2017 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Six-level ladders for Sections A and B (30), 24-mark unseen ladder, 8-mark comparison ladder; AO4 ladder for Section A; indicative content per text and poem.

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8702/2 June 2018 — question paper

Section A modern text (choice of two, no extract, 30+4 AO4); Section B anthology (named poem printed, 30); Section C unseen (24 + 8). 96 marks, 2h15. No Worlds and Lives section (pre-2025).

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8702/2 June 2018 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Six-level ladders for Sections A and B (30), 24-mark unseen ladder, 8-mark comparison ladder; AO4 ladder for Section A; indicative content per text and poem.

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8702/2 June 2019 — question paper

Section A modern text (choice of two, no extract, 30+4 AO4); Section B anthology (named poem printed, 30); Section C unseen (24 + 8). 96 marks, 2h15. No Worlds and Lives section (pre-2025).

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8702/2 June 2019 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Six-level ladders for Sections A and B (30), 24-mark unseen ladder, 8-mark comparison ladder; AO4 ladder for Section A; indicative content per text and poem.

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8702/2 June 2020 — question paper

Section A modern text (choice of two, no extract, 30+4 AO4); Section B anthology (30); Section C unseen (24 + 8). 96 marks, 2h15. PMT label 'June 2020' = the November 2020 sitting (no June 2020 exams).

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8702/2 June 2020 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Six-level ladders, unseen ladders, AO4 ladder; indicative content. PMT label 'June 2020' = the November 2020 sitting.

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8702/2 June 2021 — question paper

Section A modern text (30+4 AO4); Section B anthology (30); Section C unseen (24 + 8). 96 marks. 2021: no public exams sat; this is the paper AQA prepared and published.

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8702/2 June 2021 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Six-level ladders, unseen ladders, AO4 ladder; indicative content. 2021: no public exams sat.

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8702/2 June 2022 — question paper

Section A modern text (choice of two, no extract, 30+4 AO4); Section B anthology (named poem printed, 30); Section C unseen (24 + 8). 96 marks, 2h15. No Worlds and Lives section (pre-2025).

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8702/2 June 2022 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Six-level ladders for Sections A and B (30), 24-mark unseen ladder, 8-mark comparison ladder; AO4 ladder for Section A; indicative content per text and poem.

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8702/2 June 2023 — question paper

Section A modern text (choice of two, no extract, 30+4 AO4); Section B anthology (named poem printed, 30); Section C unseen (24 + 8). 96 marks, 2h15. No Worlds and Lives section (pre-2025).

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8702/2 June 2023 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Six-level ladders for Sections A and B (30), 24-mark unseen ladder, 8-mark comparison ladder; AO4 ladder for Section A; indicative content per text and poem.

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8702/2 June 2024 — question paper

Section A modern text (choice of two, no extract, 30+4 AO4); Section B anthology (named poem printed, 30); Section C unseen (24 + 8). 96 marks, 2h15. Last series with The History Boys, Curious Incident and Never Let Me Go; no Worlds and Lives section.

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8702/2 June 2024 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Six-level ladders for Sections A and B (30), 24-mark unseen ladder, 8-mark comparison ladder; AO4 ladder for Section A; indicative content per text and poem.

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8702/2 June 2025 — question paper

Section A modern text (choice of two, no extract, 30+4 AO4); Section B anthology (named poem printed, 30); Section C unseen (24 + 8). 96 marks, 2h15. FIRST series with the 2027 text list: Princess & The Hustler, Leave Taking, My Name is Leon and the Worlds and Lives cluster. Best model paper.

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8702/2 June 2025 — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. Six-level ladders for Sections A and B (30), 24-mark unseen ladder, 8-mark comparison ladder; AO4 ladder for Section A; indicative content per text and poem, incl. the 2025 additions.

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8702/2 Specimen (2022) — question paper

2022 specimen: Section A modern text (30+4 AO4); Section B anthology (30); Section C unseen (24 + 8). 96 marks.

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8702/2 Specimen (2022) — mark scheme

FOR THE MARKER. 2022 specimen scheme; same ladders as live papers.

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8702/2 Specimen — mark scheme (PMT copy)

FOR THE MARKER. Original 2015 specimen scheme (question paper already stored from AQA filestore).

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