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Monday, June 14, 2010

Literature in English GCE Examinaiton Paper Codes

Literature in English Paper 1: Prose and Unseen Texts
The "prose" here refers to a set novel or collection of short stories which a school picks for its Literature students.  In the case of St. Hilda's Secondary School, in 2010, we are offering "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time".  YOU ONLY NEED TO ANSWER ONE QUESTION FROM THE TWO ESSAY QUESTIONS AND ONE PASSAGE-BASED QUESTION SET.  This is 25/25 marks.

The "unseen" texts here refer to one UNSEEN prose and one UNSEEN poem.  YOU ONLY NEED TO CHOOSE EITHER ONE AND ATTEMPT IT.  This is 25/25 marks. The paper  is to be attempted within 1 hour 40 minutes.  BOTH ELECTIVE AND FULL Literature students MUST attempt this paper.  For the ELECTIVE Literature students, this paper is known as COMBINED HUMANITIES 2192/4 (O level) and 2193/4(N level). 

Literature in English Paper 2: Drama (Open Selection)
"Drama" here refers to "Off Centre" in the case of St. Hilda's Secondary School in 2010.  Students will answer ONE compulsory passage-based question and ONE essay question on the selected text.  Each question is 25/25 marks.  This paper is to be attempted within 1 hour 30 minutes.  Only FULL LITERATURE students need to attempt this paper.

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