English Language and Literature

Assessment

Telling Stories: Exam worth 40% of A Level In this component, you will develop the work completed in Year 12. You will consider how writers produce prose fiction, poetry and non-fiction in a variety of forms. You will focus on settings, voices and genre and how they are used to tell stories. Exploring Conflict: Exam worth 40% of A Level In this unit, you will explore how prose author Khalid Hosseini creates and uses conflict in The Kite Runner. You will be asked to write creatively about this novel. You will also consider how dramatists create conflict through speech in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. Non Examined Assessment (Coursework): 20% of A Level This component is your opportunity to be more independent. You will complete a formal investigation, for which you will be required to gather data (with the guidance of staff) and learn about a topic that really interests you. You might like to look at how writers present fiction and non-fiction events differently or how speech is used differently in different contexts.