World War I and its Aftermath A Level Literature Paper 2 Option 2A Section B – Part 1

How will I be assessed for this topic? Note the key information: How long should you spend on the unseen section question? How many marks are available for the unseen extract question?

Assessment Objectives As a quick refresher, try translating the objectives into your own words.

How Will I Be Marked? With a partner, discuss the adjectives in each band descriptor. E.g. attempt to summarise, in your own words, what a ‘perceptive’ and ‘assured’ response would look like.

The Mark Scheme

Annotation Guidance Begin with some general observations on the extract’s attitudes to war. The ignorance of the girls and the extreme measures taken by the Broome in reaction to the humiliation, captures the pressure of young men to enlist. (AO1, 3) Factual, economical and unemotional style which creates a typically masculine tone. This tone wavers in the second paragraph (AO2).

The simple statement ‘It was there that I caught enteric fever [typhoid]’ reveals the dreadful conditions the soldiers lived in and their vulnerability to disease. The casual tone of the writer when he explains why he was discharged from the army again suggests how fervent the desire was for so many young men to serve their country (AO1, 3). The phrase, ‘and said something about how I had a good mind to…’ implies a sense of confusion; the writer was so unnerved by the incident he has no clear memory of what his reaction (AO2). The contrast between the first paragraph’s matter-of-fact recount of traumatic events and the reaction to the women’s ignorance in the second paragraph where he claims he felt, ‘most uncomfortable and awfully embarrassed,’ indicates how deeply he was affected by their words. As it has already been established that the writer tends to downplay his emotions, the reader can tell that these understated comments hold a great deal of emotion (AO2).

What to Expect on the Paper

Specimen Insert Read the text and highlight any words or phrases which strike you as significant in relation to suffering. Label the use of language and structural devices. Annotate the effects of these devices.

Suggested Content: Use the notes on suggested content provided by the exam board to enhance your original annotations. Ensure you have addressed all AOs – colour coding your annotations helps.

Suggested Content: Use the notes on suggested content provided by the exam board to enhance your original annotations. Ensure you have addressed all AOs – colour coding your annotations helps.

Exemplar Response 1 As you read the exemplar response from the exam board: Label the use of the assessment objectives. Work with a partner to decide which band this falls into, preparing reasons for your decision. Give the response a target for improvement.

As you read the exemplar response from the exam board: Label the use of the assessment objectives. Work with a partner to decide which band this falls into, preparing reasons for your decision. Give the response a target for improvement.

Commentary: band 3 response Examiner’s Commentary: band 3 response How does it compare to your feedback?

Full response and commentary available in booklet. Exemplar Response 2 Full response and commentary available in booklet. As you read the exemplar response from the exam board: Label the use of the assessment objectives. Work with a partner to decide which band this falls into, preparing reasons for your decision. Give the response a target for improvement.

Tips From the Exam Board: When analysing unseen extracts, students often limit their response by focussing on language devices, however, structure is also important. Using this as a guide, choose an extract from the booklet of texts and focus your annotation and analysis on structure. NB: full list of structural techniques available in the booklet of texts.

Setting Your Own Questions As you know, you have a booklet of example extracts. The following advice will now help you construct example questions. Possible Areas to be Explored

Self-Assessment Examiners are issued with the following advice: Use this advice to check and improve your own response.