1. A level English Literature Unit 2 Assessment 1
Timed – 55mins /clean copy
Mark/Grade
(Advance prep – learn plan – cold write in test with grid )

2. ‘condition of being a woman’
womanhood
‘condition of being a woman’
‘the qualities considered to be natural to or characteristic of a woman’

3. How are ideas about womanhood presented in chapters 1-8 (Paper 2 Section B)
All A0s assessed
Introduction – assert you argument (5mins)
Section 1 (10mins)
Section 2 (10mins)
section 3 (10mins)
Section 4 (15mins)
Conclusion (5mins)
Prepare a detailed plan – highlight AO1/2/3 on plan
Find 2 critic quotes that can be used in your response (AO5)

4. Ideas to consider for 3 sections
Roles of women in Gilead (Life of a Handmaid)– their purpose/how they are defined/link to rules of Gilead/Red Centre (chapters 1-2) (AO2 focus)
Presentation of Offred and Serena Joy (chapter 3) (AO2/3
Presentation of women in Gilead – regression of feminism. Language used to define femininity in Gilead and the indoctrination/abuse of power that reduces women’s identity and freedom(chapter 5) (AO2 and AO3)
Offred’s current resistance – memory narrative/storytelling/women in ‘time before’ Moira /her mother(chapter 7) (AO2 and AO3 and AO4)
Critic quote in intro( genre focus) and one other section (feminist perspective) AO5 – could fit in either section 2 or 4
AO1 – all sections – clear ‘signposted’ response/accurate SPAG/well chosen vocabulary/use of subject terminology.
AO3 – reader reception across time – all sections
AO3 – feminism - section 4