← GCSE English Literature

K5 Writer as subject, not character

Currently Developing · last touched 2026-10-22

'they' for the poet: 0 in chat sentences on 8 and 13 Oct; not yet checked inside a paragraph she writes alone.

Every change

WhenChangeEvidenceSession
2026-10-22Developing → Developing22 Oct: Blake as subject in 4 of 4 sentences that named a doer, incl. two in the unaided timed answer ('Blake uses the word', 'Blake blames'); 0 'they' for the poet. Second unaided task with the writer as subject (15 Oct chat sentences, 21 Oct paper Q6). Stays developing; K5 adjudication still owed.session 131
2026-10-21Developing → Developingpaper #10 Q6: 3/4 (chat answer after close, portal blank) — 'the hapless Soldier's sigh' quoted inside her own sentence, recognisable, with a commentsession 126
2026-10-20Developing → DevelopingShakespeare as subject in 3 of 3 written sentences today, including the unaided exit ticket; no 'they' for the writer. Not yet checked across a different task.session 118
2026-10-20Developing → Developing19 Oct: wrote 'Shakespeare makes...' as subject when given the starter 'Shakespeare makes the first prophecy come true quickly in order to'. Starter-prompted, so not counted as unaided evidence.session 116
2026-10-15Developing → Developing15 Oct: writer as subject in 4 of 4 full sentences unprompted - 'Blake puts...', 'Blake make...', 'Browning is showing...', 'the word weakness shows...'. 0 'they' for a poet. One subject-verb slip ('Blake make').session 109
2026-10-14Developing → Developingpaper #9 Q11: 0/8, loss=not_attempted — the one developed-paragraph question on the paper was not startedsession 105
2026-10-13Developing → Developing13 Oct: writer as subject in 4 of 4 full sentences she wrote, two poets, prompted only on the first ('make Browning the one doing it'): 'Browning makes the reader feel...', 'Blake blames...', 'Blake puts blood...', 'Blake shows that...'. 0 'they' for a poet (0 on 8 Oct also). One answer was a fragment with no subject ('to show the darkness in the king body').session 100
2026-10-08Developing → DevelopingSession 86, 8 Oct: writer as subject in both written sentences that named one ('Browning is shows...', 'Browning is showing that...'), 2/2, and 0 'they' for the poet. In the paragraph's quotation sentence the effect clause has the character as subject ('this shows that the Duke could kill...'). 'them' used once for the visitor, not the poet.standalone
2026-09-28Developing → DevelopingWriter as subject held in the one sentence she wrote unaided in the paper: 'The poet shows that the parent is sending the speaker away'. 1/1.session 50
2026-09-24Developing → DevelopingWriter as subject held in every written sentence ('Blake has used', 'Blake keeps repeating', 'Shelley makes'); one slip in a chat answer: 'In the poem London, they describe…'.session 44
2026-09-22Developing → DevelopingWriter as subject held throughout draft 5 and the exit sentence ('Shelley uses', 'Blake shows', 'Shelley's king makes the reader feel'); no evaluative sentence, no 'they', no 'I' (0 faults of those kinds in 1 draft).session 39
2026-09-21Developing → DevelopingNo evaluative 'done a good job' sentence in any of four drafts after it was named as a countable fault before writing (0/4 drafts). New fault: 'they' for a single poet x2 and 'I looked / I saw' as subject in drafts 1-3; both cleared by draft 4 after being named.session 35
2026-09-17Developing → DevelopingWriter as subject held in the draft ('Blake wrote', 'Blake wants us to feel', 2/2). One evaluative sentence ('It seems like he's done a good job'), second instance (first 8 Sep). Named by the tutor; replaced with an effect-on-reader sentence after one narrowing.session 30
2026-09-16Developing → DevelopingClosing sentence unaided with the writer as subject: 'Shelley wants the reader to feel that Power always will crumble' (1/1). Second version slid to 'Shelley thinks' — writer still the subject, effect on the reader dropped.session 28
2026-09-15Developing → DevelopingWriter as subject held in both written sentences ('Shelley wants the reader...'). One slip of a different kind: 'William walks through a London street' - poet named as the speaker; corrected to 'the speaker' for events, 'Blake' for choices.session 25
2026-09-11Developing → DevelopingWriter as grammatical subject throughout both attempts, no slips into praising the writer or into character-as-subject. Third session running.session 18
2026-09-08Developing → DevelopingWriter as subject held through most of the session ('Shelley ends with...', 'Shelley presents...') but collapsed under fatigue at the close: 'Shelley did really good on showing the irony' — evaluative rather than analytical.session 12
2026-09-07Not started → DevelopingWrote 'Shelley's used Ozymandias's pride as a flaw' and 'Shelley moves from the rubble to the inscription' — writer as grammatical subject, unprompted on both occasions in this session.session 8

In papers

No marked question has been recorded against this topic yet.

Materials

Branching Story — stimulus for this topic
Branching Story M4A: she writes about her own choices in the third person - 'the writer places the shift at X in order to Y'. Being the writer makes the writer/character distinction concrete from the inside, then transfers to Shelley or Dickens.
practice
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.
notes
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.
practice
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.
other
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.
paper
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.
paper
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.
paper
8702/2 June 2021 — mark scheme
FOR THE MARKER. Six-level ladders, unseen ladders, AO4 ladder; indicative content. 2021: no public exams sat.
paper
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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