Assessment

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• 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

2019 - June series

2018 - June series

2017 - June series

Candidate style answers

Additional exemplars

• Grade descriptors guidance DOCX 296KB
• Grade descriptors DOCX 32KB
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• 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

2020 - November series

2019 - June series

2018 - June series

2017 - June series

2016 - June series

• 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

2018 - June series

2017 - June series

Candidate style answers

• 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

• Grade descriptors guidance DOCX 296KB
• Grade descriptors DOCX 29KB
• Grading exemplars System login required