Preparation for GCSE language mock 2 What is the difference between fiction and non fiction? How about texts between 19th and 21st Century? Discuss please – ready to share! Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision

Preparation for GCSE language mock 2 Do you know the structure of the exam? Do you understand what each question entails? Can you create a set of revision notes to prepare for the mock? Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision

01) Tick 4 statements….. 4 marks GCSE Language Paper 2 Writer’s viewpoints and perspectives 1 hour 45 min Section A Two sources 01) Tick 4 statements….. 4 marks 02) Write a summary 8 marks 03) How is language used 12 marks 04) Compare both sources 16 marks Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision

Preparation for GCSE language mock 2 AO1 Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas Select and synthesise evidence from different texts AO2 Explain, comment on and analyse how written texts use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support their views AO3 Compare written ideas and perspectives and how they are conveyed AO4 Not assessed on this paper Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision

Preparation for GCSE language mock 2 Read through the two sources: Source 1: A 21st Century online article called, ‘The Pontfadog oak was the oldest of the old, revered, loved … and now mourned’ by John Vidal Source 2: 19th Century Extracts from ’Night Walks’ by Charles Dickens: on being Homeless Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision

Recap: What does ‘read for meaning’ mean? 01) Tick 4 statements….. 4 marks Recap: What does ‘read for meaning’ mean? Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision

01) Tick 4 statements….. 4 marks This is testing your ability to read and understand the sources. These are the easiest four marks on the paper! Read the source: an online article called, ‘The Pontfadog oak was the oldest of the old, revered, loved … and now mourned’ by John Vidal Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision

The news was on Facebook by dinner time 01) Tick 4 statements that are true 4 marks The news was on Facebook by dinner time The Pontfadog tree was 1,200 years old The tree was struck by lightning The second largest tree in Britain Oldest tree in Wales The villagers were proud of the tree The tree had previously survived flooding 20 locals gathered around the tree Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision

The news was on Facebook by dinner time 01) Tick 4 statements that are true 4 marks The news was on Facebook by dinner time The Pontfadog tree was 1,200 years old The tree was struck by lightning The second largest tree in Britain Oldest tree in Wales The villagers were proud of the tree The tree had previously survived flooding 20 locals gathered around the tree Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision

What does a summary look like? What do you think it should contain? 02) Using the two sources, write a summary 8 marks What does a summary look like? What do you think it should contain? Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision

STATEMENT EVIDENCE INFERENCE X2 02) Using both sources, write a summary 8 marks STATEMENT EVIDENCE INFERENCE X2 Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision

02) Using the two sources, write a summary 8 marks Using the two sources, write a summary of the differences between Wales and England Source A……………………. Evidence……………… This shows that……………. However, Source B…………………… Evidence…………………… This shows that………… Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision

This question assesses how the writer has used language 03) How is language used 12 marks This question assesses how the writer has used language Words Phrases Language Features Language Techniques Sentence Forms Analyse again! Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision

03) How is language used 12 marks By our fireside in our northern home or in the South where I was born, I learned a history not then written in books but one passed from generation to generation on the moonlit porches and beside dying fires in one-room houses, a history of great-grandparents and of slavery and of the days following slavery; of those who lived still not free, yet who would not let their spirits be enslaved. From my father the storyteller I learned to respect the past, to respect my own heritage and myself. STATEMENT EVIDENCE IMPACT AO2 Explain, comment on and analyse how written texts use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support their views Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision

04) Compare the attitudes of both sources 16 marks For this question, you need to refer to the whole of source A together with the whole of source B. Compare how the writers convey their different ideas and perspectives of the events that they describe. In your answer, you could: compare their different ideas and perspectives compare the methods they use to convey their ideas and perspectives support your response with references to both texts. STATEMENT EVIDENCE IMPACT Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision

05) Writing to provide a viewpoint 24 marks – content and organisation GCSE Language Paper 2 Writer’s viewpoints and perspectives 1 hour 45 min Section B 05) Writing to provide a viewpoint 24 marks – content and organisation 16 marks – accuracy 40 marks Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision

Preparation for GCSE language mock 2 AO5 Communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, selecting and adapting tone, style and register for different forms, purposes and audiences. Organise information and ideas, using structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion of texts AO6 Candidates must use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision

05) Writing to provide a viewpoint 40 marks In section B of paper 2 you will be given a statement that expresses a point of view, and you will be asked to write a response to it, giving your own point of view. What you write about will be linked to the theme of the two texts you have read in Section A (the Reading Section) of the exam paper. Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision

Write a response to the following: ‘Young people do not look after their environment in the way they should do.” Write the text of a speech for a debate at your school or college in which you persuade young people to take more responsibility for protecting the environment. Shared write Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision

05) Writing a viewpoint 40 marks What should we aim to include? This will become part of your writing checklist. Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision

05) Writing to provide a viewpoint 40 marks “Homeless people only have themselves to blame: it is not the responsibility of the community to look after the weak or vulnerable.” Write a letter to your local MP arguing for or against the statement. Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision