How to revise for your English Language Paper 2 exam : 16 March

How to revise for your English Language Paper 2 exam : 16 March

English Language Paper 2 1 hour 45 mins Section A: Viewpoint Reading 2 texts Question 1: Find 4 true statements from a list of True/False (4 marks/ 5 minutes) Question 2: Summary of ideas in both texts (8 marks/10 minutes) Question 3: Language Analysis in one text (12 marks/15 minutes) Question 4: Comparison of viewpoints across both texts (16 marks/20-25 minutes) Section B:Viewpoint Writing Spend 5-10 minutes planning/proofreading and 35 minutes writing You should write 2-3 sides of A4 There is no choice of question. You will be asked to complete a viewpoint piece based on a statement. You will be asked whether you agree or disagree with the statement and asked to explain why. (24 marks for content and organisation 16 marks for technical accuracy)

Question 5 argue/persuade writing 40 marks, 45 mins Skills tested in this question: Content and organisation (24 marks) Vocabulary, language features, structure, different types of sentences, paragraphing Technical accuracy (16 marks) Spelling, punctuation, grammar, consistent use of tense agreement

No choice of question There will be a statement about a topic. This is usually linked to the reading material. The question will ask you to write something related to this statement. You could be asked to argue for or against the ideas in the statement in which case your writing would need to show clearly which side you agree with. Or you could be asked to give your opinion which means you could give a more balanced argument. No matter what the task, you will need to use PERSUASIVE LANGUAGE in your response to attempt to persuade your reader to agree with your opinion.

Statement Parents today are over-protective. They should let their children take part in adventurous, even risky, activities to prepare them for later life.

Statement Parents today are over-protective. They should let their children take part in adventurous, even risky, activities to prepare them for later life. There are lots of phrases in here that you could use to give you ideas of things to write about. We ll look at them again shortly.

Task Write an article for a broadsheet newspaper in which you argue for or against this statement.

Task FORMAT AUDIENCE who reads this kind of newspaper? Write an article for a broadsheet newspaper in which you argue for or against this statement. PURPOSE

Statement Parents today are over-protective. They should let their children take part in adventurous, even risky, activities to prepare them for later life. What ideas might you get from rereading the statement? How will these activities prepare them for later life? Examples? What skills might they gain? Are parents over-protective? Yes or no. Give examples to justify your opinion. Should children take part in adventurous activities? Risky activities? What examples might you give? Or why WON T these activities prepare them for later life? What examples could you give?

Planning How has this student planned their work? What have they considered?

Persuasive devices to remember to use Planning How has this student planned their work? What have they considered? Structural devices such as a heading/title Considered some of the ideas given in the statement Specific examples they might use

Look at how this student annotated the question and then planned some ideas

From the statements provided, which THREE are the strongest and you would definitely use to help you answer this question? Would there be any you would not use? Why? Parents today are over-protective. They should let their children take part in adventurous, even risky, activities to prepare them for later life. Write an article for a broadsheet newspaper in which you argue for or against this statement. Create a headline for your article. You need 3 4 STRONG ideas to support your views

Techniques to support viewpoint 1. Rhetorical questions 2. Powerful adjectives 3. Statistics/Facts 4. Anecdotes 5. Exaggeration/Hyperbole 6. Formal tone 7. Direct address 8. List of three 9. Alliteration 10. Similes and metaphors 11. Short sentences 12. Repetition 13. Punctuation eg exclamatory sentences, hyphens, semi-colons 14. Counter argument 15. Quotes from experts

Structure of an effective viewpoint piece: this will work every time! P1: Give a definition, short explanation of the topic linked to the statement P2: give your strongest reason why you agree or disagree explain using viewpoint language features P3: give another reason why you agree or disagree P4: use counter argument explain another view and then shoot it down! P5: support your viewpoint with anecdotes, direct address? P6: conclude with your strongest viewpoint again - perhaps use a quotation or expert

Developing your point It s really important that you write about your ideas in detail, using viewpoint techniques EFFECTIVELY and APPROPRIATELY it certainly isn t about using a set number or in a set order. Studies show that taking away risky, but organised fun is devastatingly detrimental to the growth and development of our young ones. Dr Harvey Spector, who has a PhD in child development at Harvard University has recently concluded an in depth study into how and why children seem to be developing heartbreaking and torturing illnesses of the mind. Although Dr Spector did not set out to investigate this particular issue, his results are almost frighteningly relevant. More than three-quarters of children aged 5-17 years of age who suffer from severe psychiatric disorder such as social anxiety, separation anxiety, selective mutism and/or symptoms of paranoia who were inpatients of paediatric wards in 2016 had confirmed that they had never participated in what we call risky activities. What persuasive techniques can you see here?

What can you as a student do to help your revision Know the exam structure and timings Know your own strengths and weaknesses, based on practice questions Learn your subject terminology Prepare for revision and attend! English revision is on Monday after school.

Grade Run/reports The next report will be before the Easter holiday. The predicted grade for English Language will be based around the mock exams for Language Paper 1 (7 Feb) and Language Paper 2 (16 March) The predicted grade for English Literature will be based on the mock exam from December.

Revision materials There are materials on the Student Drive for every aspect of the Language and Literature exams. There are checklists which you can use to help you plan your revision.

How can you support your child to prepare for their Literature exam? Use the revision cards /workbooks to test their knowledge of key terms or texts Post it note key quotes Make sure they are re-reading the main ideas from the texts using the workbooks, revision guide or online versions Test your child on subject terminology Make sure your child attends revision sessions and ask them what they have done

Workbooks/Study Packs These are available for all of the Literature texts all students have been given one for each text and can work through these as revision homework.

English Literature

Poetry Additional resource to help with revision. Please bring these to Monday night revision if you are doing poetry.