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AS and A Level English Literature - H072, H472 Teaching from 2015

English Literature - H072, H472 (from 2015)

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Assessment

  • A Level

  • AS Level

Question papers, mark schemes and reports

2021 - November series

  • Question papers H072/H472 - interchange login required
  • Mark schemes H072, H472 - interchange login required
  • Examiners' report - Drama and poetry pre-1900 H472/01 - interchange login required
  • Examiners' report - Comparative and contextual study H472/02 - interchange login required

2020 - November series

  • Question papers H472 - interchange login required
  • Question papers H472 - interchange login required
  • Question paper - Drama and poetry pre-1900 H472/01 - PDF 1MB
  • Mark scheme - Drama and poetry pre-1900 H472/01 - PDF 539KB
  • Examiners' report - Drama and poetry pre-1900 H472/01 - PDF 360KB
  • Question paper - Comparative and contextual study H472/02 - PDF 649KB
  • Mark scheme - Comparative and contextual study H472/02 - PDF 471KB
  • Examiners' report - Comparative and contextual study H472/02 - PDF 352KB
  • Modified papers H472/01/02 - ZIP 3MB

2019 - June series

  • Question paper - Drama and poetry pre-1900 H472/01 - PDF 4MB
  • Mark scheme - Drama and poetry pre-1900 H472/01 - PDF 529KB
  • Examiners' report - Drama and poetry pre-1900 H472/01 - PDF 908KB
  • Question paper - Comparative and contextual study H472/02 - PDF 2MB
  • Mark scheme - Comparative and contextual study H472/02 - PDF 497KB
  • Examiners' report - Comparative and contextual study H472/02 - PDF 1MB
  • Examiners' report - Literature post-1900 H472/03 - PDF 469KB
  • Summer highlights report H472 - PDF 206KB
  • Modified Papers H472/01-H472/02 - ZIP 38MB

2018 - June series

  • Question paper - Drama and poetry pre-1900 H472/01 - PDF 5MB
  • Mark scheme - Drama and poetry pre-1900 H472/01 - PDF 992KB
  • Examiners' report - Drama and poetry pre-1900 H472/01 - PDF 488KB
  • Question paper - Comparative and contextual study H472/02 - PDF 6MB
  • Mark scheme - Comparative and contextual study H472/02 - PDF 886KB
  • Examiners' report - Comparative and contextual study H472/02 - PDF 544KB
  • Examiners' report H472/03 - PDF 293KB
  • Modified papers H472/01-H472/02 - ZIP 14MB

2017 - June series

  • Question paper - Drama and poetry pre-1900 H472/01 - PDF 4MB
  • Mark scheme - Drama and poetry pre-1900 H472/01 - PDF 1007KB
  • Question paper - Comparative and contextual study H472/02 - PDF 2MB
  • Mark scheme - Comparative and contextual study H472/02 - PDF 851KB
  • Examiners' report H472 - PDF 358KB
  • Modified papers ZIP 33MB

Sample assessment materials

  • Marking instructions are included at the beginning of specimen assessment material mark schemes and were accurate at the time of publication. Marking instructions may be revised in live papers as appropriate during the lifetime of the qualification.

    We're currently revising our SAMs to update third-party copyright agreements. For question examples see our question papers, marks schemes and reports.

  • Drama and poetry pre-1900 H472/01 - Sample question paper and mark scheme. PDF 488KB
  • Comparative and contextual study H472/02 - Sample question paper and mark scheme. PDF 1MB
  • Annotated sample assessment materials H472 - ZIP 694KB

Candidate exemplars

2019 - June series

  • Drama and poetry pre-1900, Section 1 H472/01 - PDF 13MB
  • Drama and poetry pre-1900, Section 2 H472/01 - PDF 15MB
  • Comparative and contextual study - American literature H472/02 - PDF 5MB
  • Comparative and contextual study - Dystopia H472/02 - PDF 3MB
  • Comparative and contextual study - The Gothic H472/02 - PDF 5MB
  • Comparative and contextual study - Women in literature, The immigrant experience H472/02 - PDF 4MB
  • Literature post-1900 H472/03 - PDF 14MB

2018 - June series

  • Drama and poetry H472/01 - PDF 16MB
  • Comparative and contextual study H472/02 - PDF 30MB
  • Literature post-1900 H472/03 - PDF 7MB

2017 - June series

  • Drama and poetry pre-1900 H472/01 - Exemplar candidate work with commentary PDF 12MB
  • Comparative and contextual study H472/02 - Exemplar candidate work with commentary PDF 26MB
  • Literature post-1900 H472/03 - Exemplar candidate work with commentary PDF 9MB

Candidate style answers

  • Drama and poetry pre-1900 H472/01 - These answers have been developed by senior OCR examiners to illustrate how questions on the new texts might be answered, and to demonstrate that approaches to question setting and marking will remain consistent with past practice. PDF 1000KB
  • Comparative and contextual study H472/02 - These answers have been developed by senior OCR examiners to illustrate how questions on the new texts might be answered, and to demonstrate that approaches to question setting and marking will remain consistent with past practice PDF 1MB

Additional exemplars

  • Drama and poetry pre-1900 H472/01 - These A Level responses to the 2014 sample assessment material are generated by candidates under exam conditions with marking and commentary from senior examiners. PDF 9MB
  • Drama and poetry pre-1900 section 1 H472/01 - These A Level responses to the 2014 sample assessment material are generated by candidates under exam conditions with marking and commentary from senior examiners. PDF 19MB
  • Drama and poetry pre-1900 section 1 and 2 H472/01 - These A Level responses to the 2014 sample assessment material are generated by candidates under exam conditions with marking and commentary from senior examiners. PDF 10MB
  • Drama and poetry pre-1900 section 2 H472/01 - These A Level responses to the 2014 sample assessment material are generated by candidates under exam conditions with marking and commentary from senior examiners. PDF 14MB
  • Comparative and contextual study part 1 H472/02 - These A Level responses to the 2014 sample assessment material are generated by candidates under exam conditions, with marking and commentary from senior examiners. PDF 9MB
  • Comparative and contextual study part 2 H472/02 - These A Level responses to the 2014 sample assessment material are generated by candidates under exam conditions, with marking and commentary from senior examiners. PDF 7MB

Assessment guides

  • Assessment support - Girl, Woman, Other H472/02 - This guide reviews past papers for H472/02, offering additional mark scheme material so you can assess the new text using past papers. - interchange login required
  • Assessment support - Parable of the Sower H472/02 - This guide reviews past papers for H472/02, offering additional mark scheme material so you can assess the new text using past papers. - interchange login required
  • Assessment support - Passing H472/02 - This guide reviews past papers for H472/02, offering additional mark scheme material so you can assess the new text using past papers. - interchange login required
  • Assessment support - Rebecca H472/02 - This guide reviews past papers for H472/02, offering additional mark scheme material so you can assess the new text using past papers. - interchange login required
  • Assessment support - The Lonely Londoners H472/02 - This guide reviews past papers for H472/02, offering additional mark scheme material so you can assess the new text using past papers. - interchange login required

Non-exam assessment (NEA)

  • Expanding your NEA library - June 2021 H472/03 - In the third bulletin we offer a range of texts that could be used as an alternative to the three texts we see very frequently in candidates' work. PDF 95KB
  • Expanding your NEA library - July 2020 H472/03 - This resource is the first of biannual bulletins, offering a range of additional texts to be used for non-exam assessment. It focuses on contemporary texts written by Black authors within the last decade. PDF 57KB
  • Expanding your NEA library - October 2020 H472/03 - In the second bulletin we offer a range of texts that refashion, reimagine or repurpose familiar narratives, as well as those that highlight lesser told stories. PDF 56KB
  • How to use the post-1900 text(s) and task(s) tool H472/03 - A step-by-step user guide for teachers on how to use the post-1900 text and task tool. PDF 1MB
  • Literature post-1900: guide to task setting This guide outlines best practice for task setting to support teaching of A Level component 03: Literature post-1900. PDF 624KB
  • Literature post-1900: non-exam assessment guide A useful guidance for teachers to support them in preparing candidates for the non-exam assessment component 03: Literature post-1900. PDF 919KB

Question papers, mark schemes and reports

2021 - November series

  • Question papers H072/H472 - interchange login required
  • Mark schemes H072, H472 - interchange login required

2020 - November series

  • Question paper - Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900 H072/01 - PDF 1MB
  • Mark scheme - Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900 H072/01 - PDF 518KB
  • Question paper - Drama and prose post-1900 H072/02 - PDF 635KB
  • Mark scheme - Drama and prose post-1900 H072/02 - PDF 486KB
  • Modified papers H072/01-H072/02 - ZIP 3MB

2019 - June series

  • Question paper - Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900 H072/01 - PDF 2MB
  • Mark scheme - Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900 H072/01 - PDF 941KB
  • Examiners' report - Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900 H072/01 - PDF 962KB
  • Question paper - Drama and prose post-1900 H072/02 - PDF 1MB
  • Mark scheme - Drama and prose post-1900 H072/02 - PDF 504KB
  • Examiners' report - Drama and prose post-1900 H072/02 - PDF 662KB
  • Modified papers H072 - ZIP 16MB

2018 - June series

  • Question paper - Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900 H072/01 - PDF 1MB
  • Mark scheme - Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900 H072/01 - PDF 477KB
  • Examiners' report H072/01 - PDF 5MB
  • Question paper - Drama and prose post-1900 H072/02 - PDF 1MB
  • Mark scheme - Drama and prose post-1900 H072/02 - PDF 412KB
  • Examiners' report H072/02 - PDF 502KB
  • Modified papers H072/01-H072/02 - ZIP 14MB

2017 - June series

  • Question paper - Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900 H072/01 - PDF 2MB
  • Mark scheme - Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900 H072/01 - PDF 470KB
  • Question paper - Drama and prose post-1900 H072/02 - PDF 1MB
  • Mark scheme - Drama and prose post-1900 H072/02 - PDF 334KB
  • Examiners' report H072 - PDF 491KB
  • Modified papers ZIP 33MB

2016 - June series

  • Question paper - Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900 H072/01 - PDF 813KB
  • Question paper - Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900 erratum H072/01 - PDF 685KB
  • Mark scheme - Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900 H072/01 - PDF 430KB
  • Question paper - Drama and prose post-1900 H072/02 - PDF 803KB
  • Mark scheme - Drama and prose post-1900 H072/02 - PDF 399KB
  • Examiners' report H072 - PDF 360KB
  • Modified papers ZIP 7MB
  • Modified papers ZIP 7MB

Sample assessment materials

  • Marking instructions are included at the beginning of specimen assessment material mark schemes and were accurate at the time of publication. Marking instructions may be revised in live papers as appropriate during the lifetime of the qualification.

    We're currently revising our SAMs to update third-party copyright agreements. For question examples see our question papers, marks schemes and reports.

  • Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900 H072/01 - Sample question paper and mark scheme. PDF 458KB
  • Drama and prose post-1900 H072/02 - Sample question paper and mark scheme. PDF 952KB
  • Annotated sample assessment materials H072 - ZIP 651KB

Candidate exemplars

2018 - June series

  • Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900 H072/01 - PDF 12MB
  • Drama and prose post-1900 H072/02 - PDF 10MB

2017 - June series

  • Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900 H072/01 - Exemplar candidate work with commentary PDF 13MB
  • Drama and prose post-1900 H072/02 - Exemplar candidate work with commentary PDF 17MB

Candidate style answers

  • Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900: candidate style answers H072/01 - These answers have been developed by senior OCR examiners to illustrate how questions on the new texts in AS Level English Literature might be answered, and to demonstrate that approaches to question setting and marking will remain consistent with past practice. PDF 1MB
  • Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900: sample candidate responses H072/01 - These responses have been generated under exam conditions by candidates studying the AS specification and have been marked and commented on by senior examiners. PDF 54MB
  • Drama and prose post-1900: candidate style answers H072/02 - These answers have been developed by senior OCR examiners to illustrate how questions on the new texts in AS Level English Literature might be answered, and to demonstrate that approaches to question setting and marking will remain consistent with past practice. PDF 995KB
  • Drama and prose post-1900: sample candidate responses H072/02 - These responses have been generated under exam conditions by candidates studying the AS specification and have been marked and commented on by senior examiners. PDF 34MB
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