Teaching guide: aspects of comedy
A range of resources to help you plan your teaching and assessment for the Aspects of comedy component of AS and A-level English Literature B.
How to use these resources
The text overviews and sample mark schemes give you details about some of the elements of the genre each text covers, which can help you decide. Don't forget to consult the specification for a list of possible elements.
These documents will help you to focus your teaching on those elements and to work towards the relevant exam question in the sample assessment materials. The example student responses with marking commentary act as models for the students and help you to assess their work.
AS
Paper 1, Section B
- Creating your own questions - She Stoops to Conquer
- Exemplar student response - band 3 - She Stoops to Conquer
- Exemplar student response - band 5 - She Stoops to Conquer
- Exemplar student response - band 4/5 - The Importance of Being Earnest
- Specimen question commentary - She Stoops to Conquer
- Text overview - She Stoops to Conquer
Paper 2B, Section B
Text overviews
These resources give an introductory overview of how the text can be considered through the lens of comedy.
A-level
Paper 1B, Section A
- Creating your own questions
- Exemplar student response - band 3 - Twelfth Night
- Exemplar student response - band 5 - Twelfth Night
- Specimen question commentary - Twelfth Night
- Text overview - Twelfth Night
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Paper 1B, Section B
- Creating your own questions
- Exemplar student response - band 4
- Exemplar student response - band 5
- Specimen question commentary
- Text overview - The Taming of the Shrew
Paper 1B, Section C
- Creating your own questions
- Exemplar student response - band 4 - The Importance of Being Earnest and Emma
- Specimen question commentary - Connecting two texts
- Text overview - Emma
- Text overview - The Importance of Being Earnest
Text overviews
These resources give an introductory overview of how the text can be considered through the lens of comedy.
- Text overview - The Nun's Priest's Tale
- Text overview - Small Island
- Text overview - The Poetry Anthology (Comedy)