An ‘A’ grade example response for the A Level Edexcel English Literature Paper three: unseen poetry comparison unit. This response compares ‘Ode on a Grayson Perry Urn’ by Tim Turnball to the unseen poem ‘Beauty’ by Helen Mort.

This is an A grade example response for Edexcel A level Paper three (the unseen poetry unit). It compares Seamus Heaney’s poem "Out Of The Bag’ with the unseen poem ‘Out of Control’ by Dennis O’Driscoll.

Two level 9 responses to the GCSE AQA power and conflict poetry cluster. Responses are colour coded by assessment objective. The first answers the following question: Compare how poets present anger in the poem ‘Checking Out Me History’ by John Agard and one other poem from the power and conflict cluster. This response uses ‘London’ by William Blake as the second poem. The second response answers the question: Compare how poets convey the moral problem of war in ‘War Photographer’ by Carol Ann Duffy and one other poem from the power and conflict cluster. This response uses ‘Remains’ by Simon Armitage as the second poem. These models could be used with a top set or parts of each response re-written to show a pupil moving up the mark scheme. It also offers one way of structuring a response - comparative intro/first poem/comparative point/second poem/conclusion - something which might help students organize their ideas.

An ‘A’ grade response comparing ‘Eat Me’ from the Poems of the Decade Anthology with the unseen poem ‘Harvest’ by Owen Sheers. This resource can be used to model a higher level approach to unseen poetry. Pupils can highlight where the answer meets the assessment criteria as a way of breaking down the mark scheme in a practical fashion. The first few paragraphs have italicised and bold phrases to demonstrate this, but these can be removed before pupils read it.

A level 8/9 example response for AQA GCSE English literature Paper One: Shakespeare and the Nineteenth Century Novel. This response answers the following question: Write about how Dickens presents the changes in Pip’s character. Please note that no extract was used for this response, it writes about the novel as a whole.

A level nine example response for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper one: Shakespeare and the nineteenth Century Novel. This response is based on an AQA specimen paper which uses an extract from chapter eight (when Estella and Pip first meet) and asks the question: Starting with this extract, write about how Dickens presents the unequal relationship between Pip and Estella.

A level 9 response for AQA GCSE Literature paper one: Shakespeare and the Nineteenth Century novel. The question answered is: Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens presents Miss Havisham as a broken character. The extract referred to is from chapter eight - when Pip first meets Miss Havisham and Estella.

A level 9 example answer in response to the specimen question: Starting with this conversation, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents Lord Capulet as a good father. The extract referred to is from Act Three Scene Five.

A level nine example response to AQA English literature paper one: Shakespeare and the nineteenth Century novel. This response refers to an extract from Act five Scene three and answers the following question: Starting with this extract, write about how Shakespeare presents tragic love in the play. It is pitched at a high level to push an able top set.