Roadmap

Component 1 - Poetry and Modern Prose

Section A - Unseen Poetry

Reading an Unseen Poem
Language, Imagery and Tone
Form, Structure and Sound
Building AO2 Paragraphs
Writing the 20-Mark Unseen Essay

Section B - Anthology Poetry

If–: Voice and Advice
Prayer Before Birth: Fear and Protection
Blessing: Scarcity and Joy
Search For My Tongue: Language and Identity
Half-past Two: Childhood and Time
Piano: Memory and Loss
Hide and Seek: Suspense and Childhood
Sonnet 116: Love and Constancy
La Belle Dame sans Merci: Mystery and Desire
Poem at Thirty-Nine: Family and Memory
War Photographer: Conflict and Witness
The Tyger: Power and Wonder
My Last Duchess: Power and Control
Half-caste: Voice and Prejudice
Do not go gentle into that good night: Grief and Resistance
Remember: Love and Letting Go
Linking Themes and Voices
Understanding the Two Comparison Formats
Comparing Language and Imagery
Comparing Form and Structure
Building Comparative Paragraphs
Writing the 30-Mark Anthology Comparison

Section C - To Kill a Mockingbird

Childhood, Boo and Early Maycomb
The Trial: Segregation and Injustice
After the Verdict: Tom, Bob Ewell and Boo
Scout's Family: Jem, Atticus and Calpurnia
Maycomb's Hierarchy and Outsiders
Jim Crow, Depression and Changing Audiences
Innocence, Courage and the Mockingbird
Planning a Whole-Text Essay
40-Mark Essay

Section C - Of Mice and Men

Six Sections and the Riverbank Frame
George, Lennie and the Final Decision
The Ranch Hierarchy and Its Outsiders
Dreams, Work and Depression America
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Loneliness, Prejudice and Violence
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Planning a Whole-Text Essay
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Writing and Reviewing a Whole-Text Essay
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Section C - The Whale Rider

From Ancestry to Renewal
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Kahu, Koro and the Whangara Family
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Tradition, Gender and Leadership
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Whales, Nature and Cultural Survival
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Signs, Tests and Whole-Text Evidence
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Planning a Whole-Text Essay
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40-Mark Essay
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Section C - The Joy Luck Club

Four Families, Sixteen Stories
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Suyuan and Jing-mei: Loss, Hope and Return
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Lindo and Waverly: Will, Pride and Conflict
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An-mei and Rose: Voice, Marriage and Choice
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Ying-ying and Lena: Silence, Fear and Change
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The Mothers' China: War, Patriarchy and Migration
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The Daughters' America: Language and Identity
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Storytelling, Inheritance and Cross-Family Evidence
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Planning a Cross-Story Essay
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40-Mark Essay
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Section C - Things Fall Apart

Part One: Status, Family and Ikemefuna
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Part One: Clan Life, Ezinma and Exile
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Part Two: Mbanta, Nwoye and the Missionaries
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Part Three: Return, Colonial Rule and Collapse
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Okonkwo: Masculinity, Fear and Foils
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Igbo Kinship, Religion and Justice
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Colonial Rupture and Achebe's Intervention
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Planning a Three-Part Essay
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40-Mark Essay
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Section C - Klara and the Sun

Store, Sun and Selection
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Josie's Home, Social World and the Portrait Plan
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Recovery, Separation and the Yard
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Love, Replacement and Personhood
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Lifting, Automation and Inequality
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Faith, Service and Ambiguous Evidence
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Planning a Store-to-Yard Essay
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40-Mark Essay
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Section C - Western Lane

Home, Court and Competition
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Gopi, Pa, Her Sisters and Ged
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Grief, Silence and Family Care
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Squash, Discipline and Belonging
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Matches, Memories and the Western Lane Title
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Planning a Home-to-Court Essay
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Developing and Revising an Essay
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Component 3 - Modern Drama and Literary Heritage Texts

Coursework - Focus, drafting and revision

Coursework: Choosing a literary focus
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Coursework: Developing an analytical argument
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Coursework: Revising and acknowledging sources
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Assignment A - A View from the Bridge

Eddie's Fall: Opening to Catastrophe
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Alfieri's Frame and the Brooklyn Stage
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Catherine and the Cousins: Loyalties in Conflict
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Law, Honour and Betrayal on Stage
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Practice Plan: Conflict Across Eddie's Arc
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Building and Revising an Argument
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Assignment A - An Inspector Calls

From Birling Celebration to Final Call
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The Inspector Controls the Stage
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Generations in Conflict
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Responsibility Under Interrogation
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Planning an Argument about Responsibility
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Developing and Revising Drama Analysis
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Assignment A - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Wellington to London and Beyond
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Christopher's World in Performance
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Ed and Judy: Trust in Conflict
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Truth, Order and Courage on Stage
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Practice Plan: Trust in Christopher's World
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30-Mark Practice: Trust and Independence
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Assignment A - Kindertransport

Eva to Evelyn: The Past Returns
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The Attic, the Ratcatcher and Two Times
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Helga, Lil and Faith: Claims on Evelyn
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Identity, Exile and Inherited Loss
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Practice Plan: Identity Across Two Times
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30-Mark Practice: Identity Across Two Times
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Assignment A - Death and the King's Horseman

Elesin's Passage from Ritual to Rupture
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Drums, Dance and Dramatic Worlds
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Duties in Conflict
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Honour, Authority and Sacrifice
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Planning a Coursework Argument
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Drafting and Revising
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Assignment B - Romeo and Juliet

From Feud to Tomb
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Lovers, Families and Guides
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Love, Honour and Violence
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Sonnets, Speed and Stagecraft
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Verona, Elizabethan England and Tragedy
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Practice Plan: Love, Honour and Tragedy
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Writing and Reviewing a Whole-Play Response
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Assignment B - Macbeth

From Prophecy to Fall
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Power and Partnership
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Ambition, Kingship and Guilt
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Soliloquies, Spectacle and Reversal
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Witchcraft, Succession and Jacobean Rule
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Planning a Whole-Play Argument
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Developing and Revising a Response
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Assignment B - The Merchant of Venice

From Bond to Rings
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Shylock, Antonio and Portia
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Money, Mercy and Belonging
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Caskets, Courtroom and Comedy
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Venice, Elizabethan England and Changing Audiences
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Practice Plan: Mercy, Money and Belonging
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Building and Revising an Argument
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Assignment B - Pride and Prejudice

From Meryton to Pemberley
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Elizabeth and Darcy: Misjudgement and Change
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Marriage, Money and Reputation
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Irony, Letters and the Marriage Plot
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Entailment, Rank and Regency Womanhood
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Practice Plan: Love, Rank and Judgement
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30-Mark Practice: Love, Rank and Judgement
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Assignment B - Great Expectations

From Marshes to Expectations and Back
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Pip's Debts: Joe, Estella and Magwitch
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Ambition, Shame and Loyalty
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Retrospect, Secrets and Serial Reversals
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Class, Crime and Victorian Self-Making
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Practice Plan: Ambition, Loyalty and Growth
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30-Mark Practice: Ambition, Loyalty and Growth
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Assignment B - The Scarlet Letter

Three Scaffolds and a Return
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Hester's Circle: Dimmesdale, Chillingworth and Pearl
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Sin, Secrecy and Identity
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Romance, Symbol and Public Spectacle
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Puritan Boston Through Hawthorne's America
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Practice Plan: Sin, Secrecy and Identity
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30-Mark Practice: Sin, Secrecy and Identity
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