Specification points
Edexcel International GCSE (9–1) English Language A (Modular) 4XEA1
27 points in 3 topics, with Edexcel's codes and titles.
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U1 Non-fiction Texts and Transactional Writing
- U1.A Section A: Non-fiction
- U1.A.1 The Danger of a Single Story – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- U1.A.2 A Passage to Africa – George Alagiah
- U1.A.3 The Explorer’s Daughter – Kari Herbert
- U1.A.4 Explorers, or boys messing about? – Steven Morris
- U1.A.5 127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Aron Ralston
- U1.A.6 Young and dyslexic? You’ve got it going on – Benjamin Zephaniah
- U1.A.7 A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat – Emma Levine
- U1.A.8 Beyond the Sky and Earth: A Journey into Bhutan – Jamie Zeppa
- U1.A.9 H is for Hawk – Helen Macdonald
- U1.A.10 Chinese Cinderella – Adeline Yen Mah
- U1.B Section B: Transactional Writing
U2 Poetry and Prose Texts and Imaginative Writing
- U2.A Section A: Poetry and Prose Texts
- U2.A.1 Disabled – Wilfred Owen
- U2.A.2 ‘Out, Out–’ – Robert Frost
- U2.A.3 An Unknown Girl – Moniza Alvi
- U2.A.4 The Bright Lights of Sarajevo – Tony Harrison
- U2.A.5 Still I Rise – Maya Angelou
- U2.A.6 The Story of an Hour – Kate Chopin
- U2.A.7 The Necklace – Guy de Maupassant
- U2.A.8 Significant Cigarettes (from The Road Home) – Rose Tremain
- U2.A.9 Whistle and I’ll Come to You (from The Woman in Black)
- U2.A.10 Night – Alice Munro
- U2.B Section B: Imaginative Writing