English/English Language ExamUnderstanding and Producing Non-

Fiction Texts

Higher Paper

Time: 2 hours 15 minutesMarks: 80

Question 1: Summarising Read Question 1 so you know the

focus of your summary. Q1 is worth 8 marks.

Spend 5 minutes reading Source 1. As you read, underline/highlight any phrases which relate to the question. Aim to find 8 phrases.

Spend 10 minutes writing your summary of Source 1. Aim to make 8 points.In the first paragraph, the writer...

Question 2: Lay-out and Presentation

Read Question 2 so you know which presentational features you have to analyse. Q2 is worth 8 marks.

Spend 5 minutes reading Source 2 and decide what its purpose is.

Spend 5 minutes writing about the effect of the heading. What effect do particular words have on you?

Spend 5 minutes describing the picture. How does the picture make you feel?

Question 3: Inference Read Question 3 so you know whose thoughts

and feelings you are going to explore. Q3 is worth 8 marks.

Spend 5 minutes reading Source 3. As you read, underline/highlight any phrases which reveal the person’s thoughts and feelings. Aim to find at least 5 phrases.

Spend 10 minutes explaining how the person feels. Aim to make and explain 5 points.

In the first paragraph, the writer feels...I know this because they say...This means...

Question 4: Use of Language Read Question 4 so you know which Sources

you are going to compare. Q4 is worth 16 marks.

Spend 5 minutes reading the first Source. Decide what its purpose is, and highlight places where techniques for that purpose are used. Aim to find 4 techniques.

Spend 5 minutes reading the second Source. Decide what its purpose is, and highlight places where techniques for that purpose are used. Aim to find 4 techniques.

Spend 15 minutes writing your comparison. Aim to write about at least 6 techniques altogether.

Question 4: Use of Language

The purpose of Source 1 is...The purpose of Source 2, on the other hand, is...1. What is the writer

writing about?2. How do they

write about it?3. Quote!4. What does it

make you think of/feel like?

1. What is the writer writing about?

2. How do they write about it?

3. Quote!4. What does it

make you think of/feel like?

On the other

hand, In Source

2...

Question 6: Long Writing Task Read Question 6, which is worth 24 marks. Spend 5 minutes planning.

• Identify your target audience.• List the techniques of the purpose you are

writing for.• List the presentational devices of the form

you will use.• Decide the formality and tone of your register.• Make a plan for at least 4 sections of content.

Spend 10 minutes writing each section of your answer.

At the end of each section, check your spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Question 5: Short Writing Task Read Question 5, which is worth 16 marks. Spend 4 minutes planning.

• Identify your target audience.• List the techniques of the purpose you are

writing for.• List the presentational devices of the form

you will use.• Decide the formality and tone of your register.• Make a plan for at least 4 sections of content.

Spend 4 minutes writing each section of your answer.

At the end of each section, check your spelling, punctuation and grammar.