GCSE ENGLISH PAPER TWO QUESTIONS, SKILLS AND STRATEGIES · Paper 2 - question 4 assessment...
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QUESTIONS, SKILLS AND STRATEGIES
A guide to help you with
GCSE English Paper Two,
Questions, Skills and Strategies
GCSE ENGLISH PAPER TWO
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PAPER 2 Paper 2 - question 1 assessment objectives
• Trueorfalsestatements…• Identifyandinterpretexplicitandimplicit informationandideas• (4 marks)
Paper 2 - question 1 skills
• Locateaspecificpartofthetextusing thegivenlinenumbers• Readandunderstandtheselectedtext• Inferandinterpretexplicitandimplicitinformation• Identifythe4statementswhicharetrue fromtheselectedtext
Paper 2 - question 1 strategies to answer the question
• Definethetermsexplicit,implicit,infer andinterpretusingadictionary• Highlighttheselectedtext• Readselectedtextcloselyandfind keywords/statements• Considerwhatyoucaninferfrom thewords/statements• Tickwhichstatementsaretrueand crosswhichstatementsarefalse• Shadeinthetruestatements
Paper 2 - question 2 assessment objectives
• Writeasummary…• Synthesisofexplicitandimplicit informationandideas• (8marks)
Paper 2 – question 2 skills
• Explainthesimilaritiesordifferences inferredbetweentwotexts• Selectquoteswhichidentifythese similaritiesordifferences• Comparethequoteshighlightedfromeachtext• Explainwhatthequotesimply/suggest• Createasummarythatreferstobothtexts
Paper 2 – question 2 strategies to answer the question
• Usereadingstrategies• Useadictionarytolookupthemeaning ofunknownwords• Useacomparativetable/resourceto identify4similaritiesordifferencesinbothtexts• Highlight4quotesthatrelatetothesimilarities ordifferences• Useyoursummaryhandouttowriteup yourfindings• Stateeachpointusingacomparative sentencestarter• Useanappropriateconnectivetolinkyourideas• Useaninferencesentencestartertosay whatthesimilarityordifferencemeans
Paper 2 - question 3 assessment objectives
• Howdoesthewriter’suseoflanguage…• Commenton,explain,analyse• (12 marks)
Paper2–question3skills• Identifystriking/unusualkeywords,phrases orsentenceforms• Identifylanguagedevices• Explainwhatistheintendedeffectonthe readerofthekeywords,phrasesor sentenceforms
Paper 2 – question 3 strategies to answer the question
• Re-readthetextidentifiedinthequestion• Highlightthesectionoftext• Underlinearangeoffeatures (4-6words,phrasesorsentenceforms)• Useyourglossarytolabelthekeywords, phrasesandsentenceforms• Visualiseandfeeltheintentionoftheword, phraseorsentenceform–whatdoesitmake youthink;howdoesitmakeyoufeel?• UsePETERtostructureyourresponse• Usethesentencestarterstostructure yourresponses• Usemodelanswerstoreviewand improveyourresponses
Paper 2 - question 4 assessment objectives
• How the writers present…• Comparewriters’ideasandperspectives, andhowtheyareconveyed• (16 marks)
Paper 2 – question 4 skills
• Identifykeywords,phrasesorsentences formsthatarerelevanttothequestionand supportyourviews• Nametheword,phraseorsentenceform• Explainwhateffect/impressiontheword, phrase,sentenceformorstructuralfeature hasonyou,thereader.• Identifyandexplainthesimilarities and/ordifferencesbetweentheideasin bothtexts,• Useconnectivestoshowcomparison
Paper 2 – question 4 strategies to answer the question
• Identifythepurposeandfocus• Useyourlanguageandstructureglossaries• Highlightthekeywords,phrases,sentence formsandstructuralfeatures• Usebubblethinkingtoplanideas• Visualiseandfeelthewriter’sintention oftheword,phraseorsentenceform• Useconnectivessheettoaddconnectives toshowcomparison• Usesentencestarters• Usemodelanswerstoreviewandimprove yourresponses
Paper 2 - question 5 assessment objectives
• Writeaboutyourownviews• Communicateclearly• Organiseinformation• Usearangeofvocabandsentences• Accuratespellingandpunctuation• (40 marks)
Paper 2 - question 5 skills
• Decidewhetheryouagreeordisagree with the statement• Planyouridea• Useambitiouswords,phrases,sentence formsandstructuralfeaturestocreate impactonthereader• Writeundertimedconditions• Identifyerrorsinyourownwork
Paper 2 – question 5 strategies to answer the question• Highlightthepurposeandform-Doyou agreeordisagree?• Mindmapyourideas• Planyourwriting• Bemindfulofthetime-youneedto write2pagesofwriting• Proofreadyourwork• Usemodelanswerstoreviewand improveyourresponses
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