Modern times: Literature from 1945 to the present day: creating your own questions
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 'Modern times: Literature from 1945 to the present day' resource package to set questions for Paper 2B, Section B, for the 'Modern times: Literature from 1945 to the present day' component for A-level English Literature A.
Paper 2B, Section B
Unseen text
If you have used the relevant questions from the specimen assessment materials or want to set a question on a different unseen prose extract, 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:
Explore the significance of isolation in this extract. Remember to include in your answer relevant detailed analysis of the ways that Ali shapes meanings.
When setting a different extract, the question wording can remain unchanged with the exception of the area to be explored in the extract (here 'isolation') and the extract writer's name (here 'Ali').
2. Look for an extract which includes a key area of Modern times: Literature from 1945 to the present day; ideas for areas to explore can be found in the specification. This is important if you want students to go on to compare the significance of this area in two other texts as practice for the second question in Section B. Possible sources include:
- extracts from any of the prose texts on the Modern times: Literature from 1945 to the present day set text list
- extracts from other texts which explore this period
- remember to set extracts from literary prose as the unseen text in the examination will always be in this form.
This resource is part of the Modern times - Literature from 1945 to the present day resource package.