English (Standard)
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This site contains student responses to past examination questions and tasks. The standards described in the performance bands and applied in the marking process do not change from year to year. The responses provide examples of standards of performance at the band cut-offs.
Student responses of the day
Question 2c Drama:
Exemplary response William Shakespeare, Macbeth
Question 10a Elective 3: Into the World:
Band 5/6 response Willy Russell, Educating Rita
Question 10a Elective 3: Into the World:
Band 5/6 response Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot
Question 3:
Band 5/6 response Gwen Harwood, Selected Poems
Question 5b Prose Fiction:
Band 5/6 response Jane Yolen, Briar Rose