GCSE English: Paper One Section A: Reading

You should spend 1 hour on this section • read all the questions carefully • read the texts provided; annotating and underlining key ideas

as you read • answer all the questions in full sentences using examples and

quotations to support your ideas • remember to pay attention to the number of marks awarded

for each question. Section B: Writing

(to argue, persuade or advise) You should spend 45 minutes on this section

• read the questions carefully and choose one • identify the audience, purpose and form • plan your work carefully; make sure you think about structure • write about two sides of A4 • remember to use paragraphs and check your work carefully.

Remember to expand your ideas fully. Use PEE to make your points effective...

Point

Evidence

Explanation /

Effect(s) (Effect intended by the writer/ effect on the reader/ effect on you)

Non-literature framework (SLAPP)

Structure/ form

Language

Audience

Purpose

Presentational devices

informal serious impersonal repetition Formal descriptive fact informative technical first Person opinion bias scientific third Person colloquial anecdote emotive humorous ironic puns

font slogans bold colour tabloid italics headlines quotations bullet points sub-headings pictures text wrap logos photographs charts slogans diagrams caption

How are the ideas in the text developed? How is the text or-ganised? What type of text is it? What kind of narrative does it use?

Who is the text written for? Age? Gender? Interests? Education?

What does the writing aim to do: Argue, persuade, advise, explain, describe, inform, instruct?

Spend 5 minutes planning...

Connectives as suggested by… alternatively... consequently… especially… finally… for example... however… in conclusion… in contrast… inevitably… instead… likewise… more importantly... overall… therefore… to show that… until...

Writing to argue... • balanced sentences… • countering opposing points of view... • formal language... • opinions and specific examples... • range and variety of points...

Writing to advise • always give good

reasons and evi-dence as to why your advice will work

• ensure that your advice is clearly laid out and easy to follow

• if possible, offer the reader a choice of options

• try to engage the reader from the start

• use a writing style which suits the audience.

Writing to persuade…

• alliteration… • attempt to

shock the reader…

• adjectives and adverbs...

• balance... • groups of three • metaphor... • mix 1st, 2nd

and 3rd person. • rhetorical ques-

tions...

Mind Maps

• create a mind map of your key ideas

• expand your ideas. Add notes about the content of each section and the tech-niques you will use.

• decide on your introductory point

• decide on your concluding point

• put your remaining ideas into a logical order to give your work a solid structure.

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