Year 11 English Advanced -Rotation 1

Preliminary Task 2 Notification 2023

Module B: Critical Study of Literature

Notification Date 10th May 2023

Due Date Week 9 19th June 2023
Time Allocated 40 minutes writing time and 5 minutes reading time
Total Marks 20
Weighting 30%
Feedback Feedback will be provided

Task Description
◻ You will be required to write an extended response to an unseen question on Module B: Critical Study of
Literature -Prescribed Text - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
◻ You will need to have a thorough knowledge of the novel

Instructions/preparation
● Ensure you have read and understood the module description
● Ensure that you have an understanding of how distinctive elements of Austen’s narrative shape meaning
● Ensure you understand how Austen’s use of textual structures, language and stylistic devices are crafted for
particular purposes, audiences and context
● Prepare for this task by consulting your student booklet, revising essay structure, accessing/revising digital
resources, completing class tasks and having a thorough knowledge of all of the prescribed text
● Independent research (avoid plagiarism) will consolidate your knowledge
● Revise College advice about Curriculum and Assessment on pages 28-32 of the College diary and in the Year
11 Assessment Handbook; revise College Glossary of Key Words, page 35 of the College diary . No notes will
be permitted

Outcomes Assessed

● EA11-3- analyses and uses language forms, features and structures of texts, considering appropriateness for
specific purposes, audiences and contexts and evaluates their effects on meaning
● EA11-5- thinks imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and analytically to respond to and compose texts that
include considered and detailed information, ideas and arguments
● EA11-7- evaluates the diverse ways texts can represent personal and public worlds and recognises how they
are valued
● EA11-8- explains and evaluates cultural assumptions and values in texts and their effects on meaning
All provisions apply to the in class task and will be administered by the teacher supervising the task. Students will be
contacted by email regarding their provisions if they have a reader or writer for the task.
MARKING GUIDELINES: Module B

Your answer will be assessed on how well you:

● demonstrate an informed understanding of the ideas expressed in the text
● demonstrate understanding of a text’s context, language, form and ideas using textual evidence
● organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form

MARKING GUIDELINES

Criteria Marks

● Demonstrates a skillful understanding of the ideas expressed in the text

● Demonstrates a well-informed understanding of context, language, form and
ideas using well-selected and detailed analysis of textual references A
● Composes a comprehensive response using language appropriate to audience,
purpose and form
● Demonstrates an effective understanding of the ideas expressed in the text
understanding of the ideas expressed in the text
● Demonstrates an informed understanding of context, language, form and
B
ideas using well-selected analysis of textual references
● Composes an effective response using language appropriate to audience,
purpose and form
● Demonstrates an adequate understanding of ideas in the text
● Demonstrates an understanding of context, language, form and ideas using
some textual references C
● Composes a sound response using language appropriate to audience, purpose
and form

● Demonstrates a limited understanding of the ideas in the text

● Displays limited understanding of context, language, form and ideas using
D
limited textual references
● Composes a limited response to the question

● Attempts to describe aspects of the text

E
● Attempts to compose a response to the question