1. English Language Paper 2: Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives
Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing
Exam: 1 hr 45 50%
Section A:
Non Fiction and Literary Non Fiction 19th Century and 20th/21st Century - 2 extracts/4 questions including comparison
Choose four statements below which are TRUE.
Use details from both sources. Write a summary of the differences between...
How does the writer use language to…?
Compare how the two writers convey their different attitudes to…
Section B:
Writing to Present a Viewpoint – 1 question
Writing to argue or describe. For example:
‘Homework has no value. Some students get it done for them; some don’t do it at all. Students should be relaxing in their free time.’
Write an article for a magazine arguing for or against homework.
Exam: 1 hr 45 50%
Section A:
Prose Fiction 20th/21st Century – one extract/4 questions
List four things from this part of the text about…
How does the writer use language here to describe…?
How has the writer structured the text to interest you as a reader?
A student, having read this section of the text said: “The writer brings the very different characters to life for the reader. It is as if you are inside the coach with them.” To what extent do you agree?
Section B:
Descriptive or Narrative Writing – Choice of two questions
Either: Write a description suggested by this picture…
Or: Write the opening part of a story about…
Speaking and Listening
Non-examination Assessment
Presentation and Discussion to be assessed on: presenting; responding to questions and feedback; use of Standard English

2. English Literature Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry
Exam: 2 hrs 15 60%
Section A:
Modern Texts - JB Priestley An Inspector Calls; Dennis Kelly DNA; Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go; William Golding Lord of the Flies – 1 question from a choice of two.
Example question: How and why does Sheila change in An Inspector Calls?
Write about:
* How Sheila responds to her family and the Inspector
* How Priestly presents Sheila by the way he writes
Section B:
Poetry – Love and Relationships/Power and Conflict –
1 comparative question on a named poem that is printed in the paper and one other poem of the student’s choice.
Compare the way poets present ideas about ………………. in ‘named poem’ and in one other poem from the conflict cluster.
Section C:
Unseen Poetry – 2 poems and 2 question
In ‘named poem A’, how does the poet present the speaker’s feelings about...?
In both ‘named poem A’ and ‘named poem B’ the speakers describe feelings about ……………………..
What are the similarities and/or differences between the ways the poets present those feelings?
Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th Century Novel
Exam: 1 hr 45 40%
Section A:
Shakespeare - Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet; Much Ado About Nothing – 1 question based on an extract
Starting with this speech, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents…
* How Shakespeare presents ……………….. in the speech
* How Shakespeare presents ………………… in the play as a whole.
Section B:
19th Century Novel - Mary Shelley Frankenstein; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Sign of Four; Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – 1 question based on an extract
Starting with this extract how does the writer present…?
Write about:
* How the writer presents ………………. in the extract
* How the writer presents ………………. in the novel as a whole.