Unit study hub
Modern texts and poetry
Closed-book written exam for AQA GCSE English Literature 8702. Paper 2 assesses modern prose or drama, the poetry anthology and unseen poetry in 2 hours 15 minutes, with 96 marks and 60 percent of the GCSE.
At a glance
16
Topics
106
Objectives
8702
Spec
English Literature
Subject
Topics
Choose a topic to revise
An Inspector Calls
Revise An Inspector Calls overview using Birling, Sheila, Eric, Sybil, Gerald, Eva, Inspector, Goole, responsibility, capitalism, socialism, dramatic, irony, nineteen,…
Open topic hubBlood Brothers
Revise Blood Brothers overview using Mickey, Edward, Mrs, Johnstone, Mrs, Lyons, Linda, narrator, superstition, twins, class, education, council, estate, fate, song,…
Open topic hubDNA
Revise DNA overview using Phil, Leah, Adam, Cathy, Brian, John, Tate, grille, woods, guilt, bullying, leadership, silence, DNA, contemporary, staging, morality, hedge…
Open topic hubA Taste of Honey
Revise A Taste of Honey overview using Jo, Helen, Geof, Peter, Manchester, flat, pregnancy, race, poverty, independence, jazz, social, realism, gender, family,…
Open topic hubPrincess & The Hustler
Revise Princess & The Hustler overview using Princess, Phyllis, Wendell, Bristol, bus, boycott, Carnival, family, race, community, performance, aspiration, activism,…
Open topic hubLeave Taking
Revise Leave Taking overview using Enid, Viv, Del, Mai, obeah, migration, education, motherhood, heritage, Caribbean, Britain, identity, ritual, language, belonging,…
Open topic hubLord of the Flies
Revise Lord of the Flies overview using Ralph, Jack, Piggy, Simon, island, conch, beast, fire, glasses, tribe, savagery, civilisation, fear, allegory, rescue, choir,…
Open topic hubTelling Tales
Revise Telling Tales overview using anthology, voice, memory, perspective, identity, short, story, narrator, relationships, form, viewpoint, setting, twist,…
Open topic hubAnimal Farm
Revise Animal Farm overview using Napoleon, Snowball, Boxer, Squealer, Old, Major, commandments, windmill, propaganda, revolution, corruption, allegory, Manor, Farm,…
Open topic hubAnita and Me
Revise Anita and Me overview using Meena, Anita, Tollington, Sam, Nanima, Sherrie, identity, race, community, youth, Wolverhampton, migration, belonging, narration,…
Open topic hubPigeon English
Revise Pigeon English overview using Harri, Lydia, Dean, pigeon, Dell, Farm, Ghana, urban, violence, innocence, voice, trainers, detective, school, estate, migration,…
Open topic hubMy Name is Leon
Revise My Name is Leon overview using Leon, Jake, Maureen, Sylvia, Tufty, care, system, family, separation, race, identity, allotment, child, perspective, nineteen,…
Open topic hubLove and Relationships
Revise Love and Relationships overview using Eden, Rock, Porphyria, Singh, Winter, Swans, Climbing, Letters, Follower, Mother, Distance, memory, desire, loss,…
Open topic hubPower and Conflict
Revise Power and Conflict overview using Ozymandias, London, Prelude, Charge, Bayonet, Remains, Poppies, Tissue, Emigree, Kamikaze, authority, war, memory, resistance,…
Open topic hubWorlds and Lives
Revise Worlds and Lives overview using heritage, place, belonging, migration, identity, voice, perspective, community, landscape, memory, language, culture,…
Open topic hubUnseen poetry
Revise Unseen poetry Topic Overview with speaker, tone, imagery, volta, title, structure, comparison, viewpoint, mood, contrast, evidence, methods, context,…
Open topic hubSample objectives
What this unit covers
- An Inspector Calls: AO2: analyse the language, form and structure used by the writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.
- An Inspector Calls: AO4: use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.
- Blood Brothers: AO2: analyse the language, form and structure used by the writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.
- Blood Brothers: AO3: show understanding of the relationships between the text and the contexts in which it was written.
- DNA: AO1: read, understand and respond to the text, maintaining a critical style and an informed personal response.
- DNA: AO1: use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.
- A Taste of Honey: AO1: use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.
- A Taste of Honey: AO4: use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.
- Princess & The Hustler: Study the whole text as the selected modern prose or drama set text.
- Princess & The Hustler: AO2: analyse the language, form and structure used by the writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.
- Leave Taking: Study the whole text as the selected modern prose or drama set text.
- Leave Taking: AO2: analyse the language, form and structure used by the writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.
- Lord of the Flies: Study the whole text as the selected modern prose or drama set text.
- Lord of the Flies: AO4: use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.
- Telling Tales: Study the whole text as the selected modern prose or drama set text.
- Telling Tales: AO1: read, understand and respond to the text, maintaining a critical style and an informed personal response.
- Animal Farm: AO1: read, understand and respond to the text, maintaining a critical style and an informed personal response.
- Animal Farm: AO1: use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.
- Anita and Me: Study the whole text as the selected modern prose or drama set text.
- Anita and Me: AO1: read, understand and respond to the text, maintaining a critical style and an informed personal response.
- Pigeon English: Study the whole text as the selected modern prose or drama set text.
- Pigeon English: AO1: use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.
- My Name is Leon: AO1: read, understand and respond to the text, maintaining a critical style and an informed personal response.
- My Name is Leon: AO2: analyse the language, form and structure used by the writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.
- Love and Relationships: Be prepared to write about any poem in the chosen anthology cluster in the examination.
- Love and Relationships: AO4: use accurate spelling, punctuation, vocabulary and sentence structures.
- Power and Conflict: AO4: use accurate spelling, punctuation, vocabulary and sentence structures.
- Power and Conflict: Study all 15 poems in the chosen anthology cluster.
- Worlds and Lives: Study all 15 poems in the chosen anthology cluster.
- Worlds and Lives: Be prepared to write about any poem in the chosen anthology cluster in the examination.
- Unseen poetry: Analyse key features of an unseen poem, including content, theme, structure and use of language.
- Unseen poetry: AO1: read, understand and respond to an unseen poem with an informed personal response.
- Unseen poetry: AO4: use accurate spelling, punctuation, vocabulary and sentence structures.
- Unseen poetry: AO2: compare how poets use language, form and structure to create meanings and effects.