Literacy in Context for AQA A has been written for the new AQA GCSE English and English Literature specification A. It includes a wide variety of lively and accessible texts, including a range of media and non-fiction material, as well as fiction, drama and selected poems from the AQA Anthology. The book is divided into units which can be studied in any order. Units follow a regular pattern: students read a text of a particular type, analyse its distinctive features through a series of linked activities, then tackle an exam-style writing task. There is a strong focus on comparing texts, as required by the AQA specifications. Tasks are differentiated - with support for students studying at Foundation tier and extension activities for those at Higher tier. Each unit includes a step-by-step guide to tackling exam questions and coursework assignments, written by an experienced senior examiner.

Table of Contents

Comparing media texts: Writing to analyse, review and comment on film; Analysing print-media advertisements; Analysing moving-image advertisements; Comparing news reports; Comparing print-media advertisements; Reading and writing non-fiction and literary non-fiction: Writing to argue; Writing to persuade; Writing to advise; Writing to inform; Writing to explain; Writing to describe; Approaches to original writing: Writing to imagine; Writing biography and autobiography; Reading and comparing poetry: Reading and responding to poems from different cultures and traditions; Comparing poems by Seamus Heaney and Gillian Clarke; Comparing poems by Carol Ann Duffy and Simon Armitage; Reading and responding to post-1914 prose; Language and techniques of 20th-century drama; Reading and responding to Shakespeare; Glossary of English and English Literature terms; Glossary of examiner's terms; Overview of the AQA specifications A for English and English Literature.