Specifications that use this resource:

WW1 and its aftermath: creating your own questions, paper 2A, section A

Below you will find instructions on how to use the accompanying resources to create your own exam practice questions. This example shows you how to use the WW1 and its aftermath: resource package to set questions for Paper 2A, Section A, for the WW1 and its aftermath component for A-level English Literature A. 

If you have used the relevant question from the specimen assessment materials or want to set a question on a different aspect of the text and WW1 and its aftermath, you can use these documents in the following way:

1. Look at how the relevant questions from the specimen assessment materials are constructed, for example:

Examine the view that women's attempts to write from a male combatant's point of view are unconvincing.

The question stem (Examine the view that…) can remain unchanged. You will need, however, to construct a different 'view' depending upon the aspect of WW1 and its aftermath in the text you want the students to explore.

2. Read the examiner commentary to help you construct a different 'view' to debate. Other sources can be used to construct a view:

  • Look for aspects of WW1 and its aftermath which occur in the text but don't forget that the absence of aspects in a text is equally valid for debate.
  • Look at the list of aspects of WW1 and its aftermath in the specification and make up a critical view around one of these.
  • Research critical views on this text around which to structure a debate.
  • Research critical views on another text about 'WW1 and its aftermath' (non-set texts included) and adapt the quote in a more general sense so that students can consider how far this can be said to be true of the text they have studied.

This resource is part of the WW1 and its aftermath resource package.