EDEXCEL GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE 2022 MARKSCHEME PAPER 2 OPTION 1

Mark Scheme (Results)

Summer 2022

Pearson Edexcel GCSE in English Literature (1ET0)

Paper 2

Option 1: 19th-century Novel

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 response in determining if the answer fulfils the requirements of the question.

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Placing a mark within a level

• Examiners should first decide which descriptor most closely matches the

answer and place it in that level. The mark awarded within the level will be

decided based on the quality of the answer and will be modified according to

how securely all bullet points are displayed at that level.

• In cases of uneven performance, the points above will still apply. Candidates

will be placed in the level that best describes their answer according to the

descriptors in that level. Marks will be awarded towards the top or bottom of

that level depending on how they have evidenced each of the descriptor bullet

points.

• If the candidate’s answer meets the requirements fully, markers should be

prepared to award full marks within the level. The top mark in the level is used

for work that is as good as can realistically be expected within that level.

The table below shows the number of raw marks allocated for each question in this

mark scheme.

 Assessment Objectives Total

Component AO1 AO2 AO3 AO4 mark

Component2:

19th-century Novel

Questions 1a to 7a 20

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0

20

Questions 1b to 7b 20 20

AO1 Read, understand and respond to texts. Students should be able to:

● maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response

● use textual references, including quotations, to support and

illustrate interpretations.

AO2 Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings

and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.

AO3 Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in

which they were written.

AO4 Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and

effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.

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Section A – 19th-century Novel

Jane Eyre

Question

Number

Indicative Content

1 (a) The indicative content is not prescriptive. Reward responses that explore the

ways in which Brontë presents Helen Burns in this extract.

Responses may include:

• Helen Burns is presented as pragmatic, tolerant, considerate, intelligent

and self-deprecating. Her faith in God helps her to endure the harsh

treatment that she receives at Lowood

• Jane Eyre approaches the girl and learns that her name is Helen Burns.

The girls engage in conversation and Jane feels sympathy for Helen. Jane

asks Helen a number of questions

• Helen tells Jane that she comes from the Scottish borders, but she does

not reveal the exact location. Helen hopes to return some day but

accepts that ‘nobody can be sure of the future’, demonstrating her

pragmatic nature

• she is accepting of her situation and values the opportunity of gaining an

education. Helen considers it would be a waste to leave Lowood without

one, showing her resolve and strength of character

• Jane feels that Miss Scatcherd is cruel towards Helen. Helen exclaims that

she believes otherwise, ‘Not at all!’, and demonstrates her tolerance when

suggesting that the teacher is simply ‘severe’

• Jane is incredulous that Helen is so accepting of her situation. Helen

demonstrates endurance and patience. The alliterative ‘great grief’

emphasises Helen’s desire to avoid causing trouble for her relations

• Helen’s faith in God is demonstrated when she cites the Bible: ‘the Bible

bids us return good for evil’

• she is older and wiser than Jane. She picks up on Jane’s ‘could not bear it’

and repeats how Jane should ‘bear’ the situation that they are both in.

The italicised ‘cannot bear’ emphasises Helen’s view that it is ‘weak and

silly’ not to accept it

• Helen is self-deprecating. She lists her faults: ‘slatternly’, does not keep

things in order, ‘careless’, forgets rules, reads when she should not, ‘no

method’

• the triplet is used by Helen to describe and juxtapose Miss Scatcherd’s

virtues: ‘naturally neat, punctual, and particular’.

Reward all valid points.

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Level Mark Descriptor – Bullets 1 and 2 – AO2 (20 marks)

Please see page 4

0 No rewardable material.

Level 1 1–4 • The response is simple and the identification of language, form

and structure is minimal.

• Little evidence of relevant subject terminology.

Level 2 5–8 • The response is largely descriptive. There is some comment on

the language, form and structure.

• Limited use of relevant subject terminology to support examples

given.

Level 3 9–12 • The response shows an understanding of a range of language,

form and structure features and links them to their effect on the

reader.

• Relevant subject terminology is used to support examples given.

Level 4 13–16 • The response is focused and detailed. Analysis of language, form

and structure features and their effect on the reader is

sustained.

• Relevant subject terminology is used accurately and

appropriately to develop ideas.

Level 5 17–20 • The response is a cohesive evaluation of the interrelationship of

language, form and structure and their effect on the reader.

• Relevant subject terminology is integrated and precise