Teaching guide: Elements of political and social protest writing

A range of resources to help you plan your teaching and assessment for the Elements of political and social protest writing component of 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. Don't forget to consult the specification for a list of possible elements.

These resources 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.

Paper 2B, Section A

• Creating your own questions
• Exemplar student response - band 4 - A man for all seasons
• Exemplar student response - band 5 - A man for all seasons
• Specimen question commentary - A man for all seasons
• Download the full package for Paper 2B, Section A

Paper 2B, Section B

• Creating your own questions
• Exemplar student response - band 5 - Harvest
• Exemplar student response - band 2 - Harvest
• Specimen question commentary - Harvest
• Text overview - Harvest
• Download the whole package for Paper 2B, Section B

Paper 2B, Section C

• Creating your own questions
• Exemplar student response - band 5 - Henry IV Part 1 and Harrison poetry
• Text overview - Henry IV Part 1
• Exemplar student response - band 3 - The Kite Runner and The Handmaid's Tale
• Text overview - The Kite Runner
• Text overview - The Handmaid's Tale
• Specimen question commentary

Text overviews

• Text overview - A Doll's House
• Text overview - Hard Times
• Text overview - Songs of Innocence and of Experience
• Text overview - Harrison: Selected Poems