AQA-7707-2ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE FINAL MARK SCHEME PAPER 2_EXPLORING CONFLICT-A LEVEL-JUL2024

AQA-7707-2ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE FINAL MARK SCHEME PAPER 2_EXPLORING CONFLICT-A LEVEL-JUL2024. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Q3: Read the section of Chapter 18, from ‘In the summer of 1881 Whicher fell ill with gastritis and a stomach ulcer, and on 29 June, after his stomach wall was perforated, he died, aged sixty-six.’ to ‘This love of flowers had originated with Jack Whicher’s father, the Camberwell gardener, and seemed now to have been passed on through the first sixty years of the detective force, from man to man.’ This describes the lives and careers of the detectives Jack Whicher and Dolly Williamson after the Road Hill House murder case had concluded. Recast the base text into an account that a detective inspector, who worked alongside Whicher and Williamson at Scotland Yard, gives to a new police officer. In your transformation you should consider: • the detective inspector’s observations about the impact of the murder case on Whicher and Williamson • the detective inspector’s own experiences of policing and views about the detective force of the time. Some possible content/stylistic points: • presentational choices – first or third person point of view, use of omniscient narrator and other narration devices • presentational choices – use of dialogue to contribute to narrative action and/or characters’ views and attitudes and/or aspects of characterisation; a variety of speech presentations for different effects eg direct speech; thought presentation to reflect characters’ attitudes and beliefs • presentational choices – use of specific devices to create a characterisation for the account giver and the specified audience; creation of rounded or flat characters • presentational choices – choice and creation of setting (in regards to location and temporal choices) and choices of specific genres as appropriate for task • the detective inspector’s own opinions of the type of people Whicher and Williamson were and on the outcome of the Road House case – these could reflect admiration or dismay • potential regret, sadness or pride in recalling life in the police force and working with Williamson and Whicher • the detective inspector could be presented as a honourable officer or one who associated with the criminal underworld • the choices made by the detective inspector of what to tell a new police officer, and how to tell it, or what to omit. 000011 Page 11 of 41 ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE MARK SCHEME – A-LEVEL ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE – 7707/2 – JUNE 2024 10 Indicative content The Great Gatsby Q5: Read the section of Chapter 6, from ‘It was a halt, too, in my association with his affairs.’ to ‘Tom and I shook hands, the rest of us exchanged a cool nod, and they trotted quickly down the drive, disappearing under the August foliage just as Gatsby, with hat and light overcoat in hand, came out the front door.’ This describes an unexpected visit by Tom Buchanan, Mr Sloane and an unnamed lady to Gatsby’s house. Recast the base text into an account that Mr Sloane gives to another West Egg resident about this meeting with Gatsby. In your transformation you should consider: • Mr Sloane’s feelings about meeting Gatsby and his views of Gatsby’s character • Mr Sloane’s own status within the wider social world of West Egg. • There is an error in Q5 – the question refers to Mr Sloane as being from West Egg when he is from East Egg in the novel. • Accept any approach taken by students, whether their answer reflects question wording or the novel. This applies to the recreative writing task (Q5) and the critical commentary (Q6). • Students might acknowledge and explore the social differences between Mr Sloane (East Egg) and the account receiver (West Egg), ignoring the question wording. Students might simply assume that Sloane is from West Egg, so overlook this as a base text error and accept this presentation of him, as well as any comments about his background in the commentary. • Whilst we are accepting either interpretation of Mr Sloane, the mark scheme for Q5 must still be applied as normal i.e. how successful the students’ construction of the account is deemed to be in terms of the creation of a new and original piece of writing and the control of the chosen style. • If you identify a script where it appears that a candidate who has attempted Q5/6 may have been disadvantaged by this error, and is not covered by the mark scheme, we would ask that you escalate the script in E2 so that this can be reviewed by the Lead Examiner. Some possible content/stylistic points: • presentational choices – first or third person point of view, use of omniscient narrator and other narration devices • presentational choices – use of dialogue to contribute to narrative action and/or characters’ views and attitudes and/or aspects of characterisation; a variety of speech presentations for different effects eg direct speech; thought presentation to reflect characters’ attitudes and beliefs • presentational choices – use of specific devices to create a characterisation for the account giver and the specified audience; creation of rounded or flat characters.