The 2008 edition of the AQA Anthology

The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (the AQA) has produced Anthologies for GCSE English and English Literature studied in English schools. This follows on from AQA's predecessor organisations; Northern Examinations and Assessment Board (NEAB) and Southern Examining Group (SEG).

2000 Anthology

The 2000 AQA anthology covered four sections: poets in the English Literary Heritage, poems from other cultures and traditions, 20th-century prose, and 20th- or pre-20th-century poetry.[1]

English: Poets in the English Literary Heritage

Simon Armitage

Ted Hughes

Carol Ann Duffy

English: Poems from other cultures and traditions

English literature: 20th-century prose

English literature: 20th- or pre-20th-century poetry

2004 Anthology

The 2004 AQA Anthology was a collection of poems and short texts. The anthology was split into several sections covering poems from other cultures, the poetry of Seamus Heaney,[4] Gillian Clarke, Carol Ann Duffy and Simon Armitage, and a bank of pre-1914 poems. There was also a section of prose pieces, which could have been studied in schools which had chosen not to study a separate set text.

English: Poems from Other Cultures

Seamus Heaney

GCSE English students studied all of the poems in either cluster and answered a question on them in Section A of Paper 2. In 2005, Andrew Cunningham, an English teacher at Charterhouse School complained in the Telegraph that the inclusion of the poems represented an "obsession with multi-culturalism".[5]

Cluster 1

Cluster 2

English Literature: Poetry

Seamus Heaney

Gillian Clarke

Carol Ann Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy

Simon Armitage

Pre-1914 Poetry Bank

English Literature: Prose

2008 Reissued Anthology

In 2008 the Anthology was reissued without "Education for Leisure" following complaints about its reference to knives and concerns about rising levels of knife crime in schools.[6] In the new Anthology the poem was replaced with a "This page is left intentionally blank" notice. After removing "Education for Leisure" from the anthology the exam board was accused of censorship.[7]

2010 Anthology

The fifth anthology was produced for first teaching in 2010.[8]

The anthology includes poems under the heading "Moon on the Tides" and prose under the heading "Sunlight on the Grass".[9] Some of the poems are by authors of poems in the first anthology such as Agard and Armitage.

The poetry anthology was divided into four clusters, titled "Character and voice",[10] "Place",[11] "Conflict",[12] and "Relationships".[13]

Poems

Character and voice

Place

Conflict

Relationships

Modern Prose

2015 Anthology

The newest edition of the anthology was produced for first teaching in 2015,[14][15] in line with the reformed GCSE English Literature qualification. The anthology includes poems under the title "Poems Past and Present", and prose under the title "Telling Tales".

The poetry anthology is divided into two clusters - "Love and Relationships" and "Power and Conflict".

Poems Past and Present

Love and Relationships

Power and Conflict

Telling Tales

See also

References

  1. ^ ASIN 0435101315, NEAB Anthology: English and English Literature 2000/2001 GCSE (2000)
  2. ^ Moore, Andrew; Justice, Sue (2000). "The NEAB/AQA English Anthology". Universal Teacher. Archived from the original on 2020-11-05. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  3. ^ Moore, Andrew (2001). "Teachers' Virtual English Department". Universal Teacher. Archived from the original on 2020-01-13. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  4. ^ "Teachit.co.uk". Archived from the original on 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
  5. ^ Cunningham, Andrew (2005-12-17). "No prayers nor bells for the finest". ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  6. ^ The Guardian (4 September 2008). "Top exam board asks schools to destroy book containing knife poem". Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  7. ^ Curtis, Polly; editor, education (2008-09-03). "Top exam board asks schools to destroy book containing knife poem". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2019-12-22. ((cite news)): |last2= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ "AQA - Anthology Zone - Home page". 2010-03-30. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  9. ^ AQA, https://anthology.aqa.org.uk/ Archived 2017-06-03 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "AQA - Anthology Zone - Character and voice". 2010-03-31. Archived from the original on 31 March 2010. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  11. ^ "AQA - Anthology Zone - Place". 2010-03-31. Archived from the original on 31 March 2010. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  12. ^ "AQA - Anthology Zone - Conflict". 2010-03-31. Archived from the original on 31 March 2010. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  13. ^ "AQA - Anthology Zone - Relationships". 2010-03-31. Archived from the original on 31 March 2010. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  14. ^ "Anthology: AQA Anthology of Poetry - poems past and present". www.aqa.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  15. ^ "Anthology: AQA Anthology - telling tales". www.aqa.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-06-28.

External links

AQA Anthology (2004)
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