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EXPLORATIONS IN CREATIVE READING AND WRITING PAPER 1 EXPLORATIONS IN CREATIVE READING AND WRITING

Allow 45 minutes

WRITING

QUESTION

40 Marks DESCRIPTIVE WRITING Q 5 40 Marks DESCRIPTIVE WRITING

Write a description suggested by this picture OR Write a short story about…

WRITERS’ VIEWPOINTS & PERSPECTIVES PAPER 2 WRITERS’ VIEWPOINTS & PERSPECTIVES

Allow 45 minutes

40 Marks DESCRIPTIVE WRITING Q 5 40 Marks DESCRIPTIVE WRITING

AO5 Content and Organisation - 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. 24 marks

AO6 Technical Accuracy - Candidate must use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. (This requirement must constitute 20% of the marks for each specification as a whole.) 16 marks

40 Marks PERSUASIVE WRITING Q 5 40 Marks PERSUASIVE WRITING

‘Travel has limited benefits ‘Travel has limited benefits. It is absolutely right that parents should not be allowed to take their children out of school during term time for holidays.’ Write an article for an educational website in which you argue for or against this statement.