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Co-teaching guide: Love through the ages

Our AS and A-level English Literature courses provide strong stand-alone qualifications that are fully co-teachable, so you can choose the approach that best suits your and your students’ needs.

The features that make them so co-teachable include:

the same Assessment objectives (AOs) across AS and A-level
a common mark scheme across all components of AS and A-level
A-level texts available to students at AS
AS content mirrors that of A-level Paper 1.

Love through the ages

Below, we outline how to co-teach the 'Love through the ages' content for both AS and A-level English Literature A.

Co-teaching guide: Love through the ages

Our AS and A-level English Literature courses provide strong stand-alone qualifications that are fully co-teachable, so you can choose the approach that best suits your and your students’ needs.

The features that make them so co-teachable include:

the same Assessment objectives (AOs) across AS and A-level

a common mark scheme across all components of AS and A-level

A-level texts available to students at AS

AS content mirrors that of A-level Paper 1.

Love through the ages

Below, we outline how to co-teach the 'Love through the ages' content for both AS and A-level English Literature A.

AS paper/ section	AS assessment	A-level paper/ section	A-level assessment	Additional guidance
Paper 1 Section A	Study of one Shakespeare play. Choice of: Othello Taming of the Shrew Measure for Measure The Winter’s Tale	Paper 1 Section A	Students are required to write about a passage from the play (passage printed in paper), and open out to wider play	The same Shakespeare play can be taught to both AS and A-level students. Both AS/A-level assessments include a question which focuses on a passage and which invites links to the wider play so all students can be prepared in the same way
	Students are required to write about a passage from the play (passage printed in paper), and open out to wider play			The necessary difference in demand in the assessment between AS/A-level lies in the increased complexity of the given view at A-level and in the provision of a stepped question at AS. The stepped AS questions can also be used as a starting point for A-level students before they move onto questions without this scaffolding
Paper 1 Section B	Students respond to question on a poem from their choice of poetry anthologies (Pre/post-1900). The poem is printed in the paper	Paper 1 Section B	Students respond to two unseen poems	The poetry anthologies can be used to prepare A-level students for the unseen poetry in Paper 1, Section B. A choice of both anthologies is available as the compulsory poetry text for A-level, Paper 1, Section C comparison
Paper 2 Section A	Students respond to one unseen prose extract	Paper 1 Section C	Students compare two texts, one prose and one poetry (minimum two poems)	AS preparation for unseen prose is useful for A-level students who will approach unseen prose in Paper 2, Section B. Both AS and A-level students will be learning the required skills of comparison
Paper 2 Section B	Students compare two set prose texts			AS students can select prose texts from the same set text list as A-level students. The additional prose text required at AS can be used as wider reading for A-level students and provides them with choice of prose text for comparison on Paper 1, Section C. A-level students can study one of the two additional prose texts which appear on the AS set text list only for use in NEA.

AS paper/ section

AS assessment

A-level paper/ section

A-level assessment

Additional guidance

Paper 1 Section A

Study of one Shakespeare play. Choice of: Othello Taming of the Shrew Measure for Measure The Winter’s Tale

Paper 1 Section A

Students are required to write about a passage from the play (passage printed in paper), and open out to wider play

The same Shakespeare play can be taught to both AS and A-level students. Both AS/A-level assessments include a question which focuses on a passage and which invites links to the wider play so all students can be prepared in the same way

Students are required to write about a passage from the play (passage printed in paper), and open out to wider play

The necessary difference in demand in the assessment between AS/A-level lies in the increased complexity of the given view at A-level and in the provision of a stepped question at AS. The stepped AS questions can also be used as a starting point for A-level students before they move onto questions without this scaffolding

Paper 1 Section B

Students respond to question on a poem from their choice of poetry anthologies (Pre/post-1900). The poem is printed in the paper

Paper 1 Section B

Students respond to two unseen poems

The poetry anthologies can be used to prepare A-level students for the unseen poetry in Paper 1, Section B. A choice of both anthologies is available as the compulsory poetry text for A-level, Paper 1, Section C comparison

Paper 2 Section A

Students respond to one unseen prose extract

Paper 1 Section C

Students compare two texts, one prose and one poetry (minimum two poems)

AS preparation for unseen prose is useful for A-level students who will approach unseen prose in Paper 2, Section B. Both AS and A-level students will be learning the required skills of comparison

Paper 2 Section B

Students compare two set prose texts

AS students can select prose texts from the same set text list as A-level students. The additional prose text required at AS can be used as wider reading for A-level students and provides them with choice of prose text for comparison on Paper 1, Section C. A-level students can study one of the two additional prose texts which appear on the AS set text list only for use in NEA.

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Co-teaching guide: Love through the ages

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Love through the ages