Question 2 – interpretations The question is assessing the following skills. AO1 Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas Select and synthesise evidence from different texts. You should spend 8 minutes on this question and aim for two developed paragraphs.

Paper 2 Q2: AO1 Paper 2 Q2 tests AO1 skills using two texts. To be successful at the top level of the MS, students need to: Select a judicious range of textual detail – connected to the focus of the question Synthesise the detail from both texts, in order to… Provide a perceptive interpretation.

Paper 2 Q2: AO1 You need to refer to source A and source B for this question. Qu: The things to see and do at Glastonbury Festival and Greenwich Fair are different. Use details from both sources to write a summary of the differences. Task: Underline/highlight the key words of the question.

Paper 2 Q2: AO1 (synthesis) You need to refer to source A and source B for this question. The things to see and do at Glastonbury Festival and Greenwich Fair are different. Use details from both sources to write a summary of the differences.

Victorian Entertainment - Background For centuries the word 'freak' has been used cruelly to describe people born with 'abnormal' features, or those able perform extraordinary physical acts by contorting or misshaping their bodies. Exhibitions of live human curiosities had appeared in travelling fairs, circuses and taverns in England since the 1600s. These included so-called giants, dwarves, fat people, the very thin, conjoined twins and even people from exotic climes. Freak shows were a particularly popular form of entertainment during the Victorian period, when people from all classes flocked to gawp at these unusual examples of human life.

The Victorian Fair As the industrial revolution progressed, improvements in transport links built to move industrial products out of the thriving factories and also to move in the raw materials from around the Empire plus these new centres of population encouraged enterprising Showmen to bring large festivals to towns in which they had not been seen before. These improvements in transport plus the newly developed mechanised and steam driven rides such as the Carousel Horses, Waveswingers and Revolving Chairs became very popular and the rides and attractions replaced the previous “Freak Shows” and entertainers that had been found before. 

Finding the overlaps You need to think about an area in which the two texts have an area of overlap. What do they do that is similar/different?

Questions to ask yourself 1. Pick out the point of connection in the question. 2. Search out the textual details relevant to the focus (or parameters) of the question. 3. Independently ask yourself: If this is so, what does this lead me to infer/realise/appreciate about what I’ve been asked to focus on? 4. Bring the two sets of details (and implied meanings) together in your own writing.

Making Inferences What does this suggest to me about (what people did for fun or entertainment)? What might I imply from this about (…)? What does it make me realise (...)? You should be using phrases like This might suggest to me that… You could infer from this that…

Formulating a response The S.Q.I method Text mark or list details from both texts – to cover the requirement for details (in this question about different things to see and do). Then: Make clear statements about the connections (in this case differences) Quote details Make an inference from the quotation which shows understanding.

Two Approaches You could either: Write a single, integrated paragraph as a response to both sources. Write two connected (or linked) paragraphs as their preferred response to both sources.

Example answer Both Glastonbury and Greenwich have a focus on outdoor fun, but whereas modern crowds can enjoy the mud and camp out at Glastonbury in ‘a series of tents …’ which could be chaotic because “some lose their moorings” or go there to be entertained by bands like “Coldplay and The Killers”, at Greenwich the crowd went for treats to eat like “spice nuts” and “pennyworths of pickled salmon”. This might suggest people have more leisure time to spend at Glastonbury than the crowd at Greenwich who seem to be enjoying a rare day out…

Example answer Both Glastonbury and Greenwich have a focus on outdoor fun, but whereas modern crowds can enjoy the mud and camp out at Glastonbury in ‘a series of tents …’ which could be chaotic because “some lose their moorings” or go there to be entertained by bands like “Coldplay and The Killers”, at Greenwich the crowd went for treats to eat like “spice nuts” and “pennyworths of pickled salmon”. This might suggest people have more leisure time to spend at Glastonbury than the crowd at Greenwich who seem to be enjoying a rare day out…

Task: Write a full answer to the question. 10 Minutes.

Peer assess Using the mark scheme give your partner a mark out of 8. WWW EBI