Paper 1
AOs
AO1 Reading
Candidates will be assessed on their ability to:
R1 demonstrate understanding of explicit meanings
R2 demonstrate understanding of implicit meanings and attitudes
R3 analyse, evaluate and develop facts, ideas and opinions, using appropriate support
from the text
R4 demonstrate understanding of how writers achieve effects and influence readers
R5 select and use information for specific purposes.
AO2 Writing
Candidates will be assessed on their ability to:
W1 articulate experience and express what is thought, felt and imagined
W2 organise and structure ideas and opinions for deliberate effect
W3 use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures appropriate to context
W4 use register appropriate to context
W5 make accurate use of spelling, punctuation and grammar.
AO3 Speaking and Listening
Candidates will be assessed on their ability to:
SL1 articulate experience and express what is thought, felt and imagined
SL2 present facts, ideas and opinions in a cohesive order which sustains the audience’s
interest
SL3 communicate clearly and purposefully using fluent language
SL4 use register appropriate to context
SL5 listen and respond appropriately in conversation.
Comprehension
● explain the meaning of the phrases - definitions and synonyms (no analysis) in the
context of the text
● make sure you bring out and find the implicit meanings that are specifically asked for by
the question
Summary writing
Read the question before reading the insert
- Make your list of points + check if they are all relevant to the question
- If the question includes two bullet points, first write an answer for the first point, then the
other (but write in the same paragraph - may not be in equal numbers)
- Write numbers next to points in order to reorder the points
Vocabulary questions
2 (c): select one quote [1 mark] in order to give an answer to the specific question [2 marks for
analysis] - convert to writer’s effect question
Select 1 quote, AO3 of literature (why that word is selected), writer’s effect type answer to
the question - discussion of the mood created/atmosphere created by the writer’s use of
that phrase
2 (d): two paragraphs taken from the text to analyse
- Pick exactly 3 images from each paragraph
- Analyse the effect of each image
- Analyse the word choices and the effects created
meaning + connotation of a word/phrase
e.g. Paragraph 10:
In Paragraph 10, the writer’s continuous use of sea and marine related imagery is able to
emphasise the beauty of the surrounding environment of the Ocean Hotel. The use of the
kinesthetic imagery and personification ‘swirling fingers of sea anemones’ compares the
anemone to human hands in order to give a sense of their movement and skin-like texture.
Another phrase that the writer has effectively employed is ‘flashed like firecrackers’, a simile that
emphasises the brightness and intensity of the coral. The soft assonance of ‘f’ sound highlights
the contrast between the
Extended Response (PAFTV)
- Letters (Formal and informal)
- Newspaper report
- Journal
- Speech - DA FORESTI
- Interview
- Magazine article
- Formal report
R1 demonstrate understanding of explicit meanings
R2 demonstrate understanding of implicit meanings and attitudes
R3 analyse, evaluate and develop facts, ideas and opinions, using appropriate support from the
text.
W1 articulate experience and express what is thought, felt and imagined
W2 organise and structure ideas and opinions for deliberate effect
W3 use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures appropriate to context
W4 use register appropriate to context
W5 make accurate use of spelling, punctuation and grammar.
- Use effective register for the audience and purpose
- Language sounds appropriate for the response
- Emphasise whatever relationship you may have with the audience in your content
- Summarise the content details in your own words (use explicit information)
- Infer implicit information and develop the answer
Paper 2
10 min reading + planning
45 min writing
5 min proof-reading
Evaluation of the text:
- Understanding the implicit attitudes and ideas of the writer’s argument
Structure of each paragraph (in argumentative)
● Argument (taken from Text A) include the point that favours the stand you have taken +
explain why (use points from the text)
● Counter-argument and explain it
● Refute to counter-argument (use hypophora - give a question and answer yourself)
In discursive, do not take a stand in the introduction, but hint at the side that you favour by the
time you reach the conclusion
Persuasive: another form of argumentative, but tone and formality may change
