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Qualification and assessment structure common mistakes
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Updated specification boundary literary-analysis mistake 1
Treating Identify this curriculum source as the updated AQA 7717 specification for first A-level assessment in 2027. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring analysis vs plot summary.
Fix itMake an AO1 claim, use accurate textual evidence, analyse a method for AO2, add relevant AO3 context, connect texts for AO4 and test interpretations for AO5 only where the task requires them.
Updated specification boundary literary-analysis mistake 1
Treating Keep the updated 2027 optional text lists separate from the final 2026 assessment version. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring analysis vs plot summary.
Fix itMake an AO1 claim, use accurate textual evidence, analyse a method for AO2, add relevant AO3 context, connect texts for AO4 and test interpretations for AO5 only where the task requires them.
Updated specification boundary literary-analysis mistake 1
Treating Distinguish A-level English Literature B 7717 from AS English Literature B 7716. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring analysis vs plot summary.
Fix itMake an AO1 claim, use accurate textual evidence, analyse a method for AO2, add relevant AO3 context, connect texts for AO4 and test interpretations for AO5 only where the task requires them.
Paper 1 assessment literary-analysis mistake 1
Treating Describe Paper 1 as a 2 hour 30 minute closed-book written examination worth 75 marks and 40 percent of the A-level. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring analysis vs plot summary.
Fix itMake an AO1 claim, use accurate textual evidence, analyse a method for AO2, add relevant AO3 context, connect texts for AO4 and test interpretations for AO5 only where the task requires them.
Paper 1 assessment literary-analysis mistake 1
Treating Identify the choice between Aspects of tragedy and Aspects of comedy. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring genre pattern vs fixed feature checklist.
Fix itMake an AO1 claim, use accurate textual evidence, analyse a method for AO2, add relevant AO3 context, connect texts for AO4 and test interpretations for AO5 only where the task requires them.
Paper 1 assessment literary-analysis mistake 1
Treating Explain that Paper 1 requires one Shakespeare text, a second drama text and one further text, with one of the latter two written pre-1900. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring connected comparison vs two separate mini-essays.
Fix itMake an AO1 claim, use accurate textual evidence, analyse a method for AO2, add relevant AO3 context, connect texts for AO4 and test interpretations for AO5 only where the task requires them.
Paper 1 assessment literary-analysis mistake 1
Treating Distinguish the passage-based Shakespeare question, Shakespeare essay and linked-text essay. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring unseen passage evidence vs prepared set-text material.
Fix itMake an AO1 claim, use accurate textual evidence, analyse a method for AO2, add relevant AO3 context, connect texts for AO4 and test interpretations for AO5 only where the task requires them.
Paper 2 assessment literary-analysis mistake 1
Treating Describe Paper 2 as a 3 hour open-book written examination worth 75 marks and 40 percent of the A-level. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring analysis vs plot summary.
Fix itMake an AO1 claim, use accurate textual evidence, analyse a method for AO2, add relevant AO3 context, connect texts for AO4 and test interpretations for AO5 only where the task requires them.
Paper 2 assessment literary-analysis mistake 1
Treating Identify the choice between Elements of crime writing and Elements of political and social protest writing. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring genre pattern vs fixed feature checklist.
Fix itMake an AO1 claim, use accurate textual evidence, analyse a method for AO2, add relevant AO3 context, connect texts for AO4 and test interpretations for AO5 only where the task requires them.
Paper 2 assessment literary-analysis mistake 1
Treating Explain that Paper 2 requires one post-2000 prose text, one poetry text and one further text, with one text written pre-1900. as plot summary, unsupported opinion or a place to invent quotations, while blurring connected comparison vs two separate mini-essays.
Fix itMake an AO1 claim, use accurate textual evidence, analyse a method for AO2, add relevant AO3 context, connect texts for AO4 and test interpretations for AO5 only where the task requires them.
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