Animal Farm essay question

How the modern text question works: choosing one of two questions, writing about the whole novella, and the 4 marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar.
How to plan and structure an answer, using Animal Farm as the worked example, with a model answer and commentary.
A question set out as AQA sets it, with its wording and marks.
Paper 2 Section A: a choice of two essay questions on the whole novella, with no extract, closed book, about 45 minutes, and 4 marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Planning in a few minutes: a thesis statement that answers the question, then points from the beginning, middle and end of the novella, with context tied to the question.
A model answer of about 800 words on a question of the kind AQA sets.
The level the model answer would reach and why, with a Grade 5 and a Grade 8 paragraph side by side.

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