GCSE from 2010 | English Literature
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Unit 1: Understanding Prose - 50% of the overall award
Examination: one hour and 45 minutes, available in January and June
• Foundation and Higher tier
• Two questions:
– one on a Literary Heritage text
– one on a Different Cultures text
• Two question styles:
– four-part question based on an extract for Literacy Heritage text
– essay question for Different Cultures text.
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Unit 2: Understanding Poetry - 25% of the overall award
Examination: one hour and 30 minutes, available in January and June
• Foundation and Higher tier
• Two questions:
– response to one unseen poem
– response to two poems based on the collection chosen from the Edexcel Poetry Anthology.
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Unit 3: Shakespeare and Contemporary Drama - 25% of the overall award
Controlled assessment: available in January and June
• Choice of tasks set by Edexcel focused on character, theme or staging
• Choice of either written or multimodal response to Contemporary Drama
• Written response to a Shakespeare text.
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