AS/A-level English Literature A and B For first teaching in September 2015 Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. June 2015 Follow us on AS and A-level co-teaching and resources

Approaches to co-teaching Version 3.0Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. We know from talking to teachers that there will be a number of different approaches to AS and A-level: teaching the A-level course over two years, with no AS assessments teaching AS to all students in year 1 with all students taking the AS exams; with some students completing the course with an AS qualification and others moving on to year 2 and A-level teaching AS to all students in year 1 with some students taking the AS qualification, and some continuing straight to A-level with no AS assessment teaching AS to all students in year 1 with all students taking the AS exams as a form of mock, with all students moving on to year 2 and A-level We’ve designed our specifications to give you the flexibility to plan, resource and teach your classes in a way that keeps your students’ options open.

How we’ve designed our specifications to be co- teachable Version 3.0 Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Shared assessment Shared content: themes (Lit A), genres (Lit B) Shared texts

Content for Literature A A-level Paper 1 and AS Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Students explore aspects of a literary theme (Love through the ages) as seen over time. Students study three texts for A-level: one poetry and one prose text (of which one must be pre-1900) and one Shakespeare play. Students study four texts for AS: one poetry two prose texts and one Shakespeare play.

Literature A – Choosing your texts Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, Measure for Measure, The Winter’s Tale Anthology of Love poetry through the ages Pre Anthology of Love poetry through the ages Post- 1900

Literature A – Choosing the prose texts Choice of prose texts for comparison by a variety of authors across time: A-level (and AS) texts Persuasion, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Awakening, Tess of the D’Urbervilles, (pre-1900) The Great Gatsby, A Room with a View, The Go-Between, Rebecca, Atonement, (post-1900) AS only texts The Mill on the Floss The Rotters’ Club Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.

Literature A – Choosing the prose texts Version 3.0Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Which route works for you? 2 texts from A-level list1 text from A-level list, 1 from AS only list Choice of prose text to write about in the A-level, Paper 1, Section C examination More initial choice of comparative prose texts for study and examination in AS paper 2, Section B Wider reading on the theme of Love through the Ages Complete independence in NEA The option to use this taught text for NEA

Content for Literature B A-level Paper 1 and AS Version 3.0 Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Students read and explore aspects of a mainstream literary genre: Aspects of Tragedy OR Aspects of Comedy. Students study three texts for A-level: one Shakespeare play a second drama text and one further text. One of the two further texts must have been written pre Students study four texts for AS: one Shakespeare play a second drama text one prose text and one poetry text

Literature B – Choosing your texts Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Aspects of tragedy: Othello, King Lear Death of a Salesman, Richard II Aspects of comedy: The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night She Stoops to Conquer, The Importance of Being Earnest

Literature B - Choosing the prose and poetry texts Version 3.0 Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. A-level (and AS) texts - TragedyA-level (and AS) texts - Comedy The Great GatsbyEmma Tess of the D’UrbervillesSmall Island Keats: ‘Lamia’, ‘Isabella or The Pot of Basil’, ‘La Belle Dame sans merci’, ‘The Eve of St Agnes’ ‘The Nun’s Priest’s Tale’ Poetry Anthology TragedyPoetry Anthology Comedy AS only texts The Remains of the DayWise Children Thomas Hardy selectionJohn Betjeman selection

Choosing the prose and poetry texts Version 3.0 Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Which route works for you? 2 texts from A-level list1 text from A-level list, 1 from AS only list Choice of poetry or prose text to write about in the A- level, Paper 1, section C examination More initial choice of poetry and prose texts for study and examination in AS paper 2, sections A and B Wider reading on the genre of Tragedy or Comedy Complete independence in NEA The option to use this taught text for NEA

AQA Resources for AS and A-level English Literature A and B Resources available to all schools and colleges on our website for Literature A and B : Specimen papers and mark schemes Sample resource packages Webinars Summary of changes Teacher endorsements Guidance on how to co-teach the specifications

Commit to teach and access a wide range of support and resources Free printed anthologies for all poetry AQA English e-library Commentaries on how the different types of question might be approached Advice sheet on how to prepare your own sample questions Student responses and commentaries Non exam assessment (NEA) guidance document Support with course planning Guidance on co-teaching Programmes of study for co-teaching Scheme of work for co-teaching Direct access to our dedicated subject team Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Visit aqa.org.uk/crime-oliver to try our sample resource package.aqa.org.uk/crime-oliver Contact or call

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