1. English Language: Paper 2 – Section A PERSPECTIVE READING

2. Perspectives: Viewpoints:
Identify true statements about an article
Summarise differences between articles
Analyse language
Compare two texts’ different attitudes in detail

3. STRUCTURE OF THE EXAM 4 questions 2 non-fiction sources
Sources will be linked by a common theme, but one will be a 19th Century text, and the other will either be a 20th or 21st Century text.
One of the main aims of the paper is to compare viewpoints on similar topics, but at different time periods.

4. Spend 15 minutes reading the two sources
SECTION A STRUCTURE
Spend 15 minutes reading the two sources
QUESTION
MARKS
TIME SPENT
1 – True or False 4
Reading time
2 – Difference Summary 8
10 minutes
3 – Language Analysis 12
15 minutes
4 – Attitude Comparison 16
20 minutes

5. QUESTION 1 – True or False
Question 1 will provide a choice of 8 different statements about a Source.
Choose the 4 true statements
Read Source 1, which is a newspaper interview with the parents of a woman who was killed in a train crash 15 years earlier known as the Paddington Rail Disaster, which occurred in London on October 5th, 1999.

6. Question 1: Choose four statements below which are TRUE.
A: The accident was caused by a train passing through a red signal. B: Juliet Groves usually travelled by car. C: In her accountancy exams, Juliet Groves had come in the top ten of students in the country. D: Mobile phones rang from the dead bodies. E: Juliet Groves’ body was the first victim to be found. F: Network Rail was fined in G: The First Great Western train was travelling to Waterloo. H: Denman Groves did not realise that his daughter had been in Paddington.

7. Question 1: Choose four statements below which are TRUE.
A: The accident was caused by a train passing through a red signal. B: Juliet Groves usually travelled by car. C: In her accountancy exams, Juliet Groves had come in the top ten of students in the country. D: Mobile phones rang from the dead bodies. E: Juliet Groves’ body was the first victim to be found. F: Network Rail was fined in G: The First Great Western train was travelling to Waterloo. H: Denman Groves did not realise that his daughter had been in Paddington.

8. Question 1: Choose four statements below which are TRUE.
This article is taken from , May 7th Choose the 4 true statements. A: Most nurses feel that their patients are not at risk because of staff shortages. B: Most people who responded to the survey are confident in their working environment. C: The majority of nurses think that there is too much paperwork in the NHS. D: Many hospitals are forced to use agency staff at night, weekends and Bank Holidays. E: Most nurses would recommend being a Nurse to their children. F: Over 80% of Nurses do not feel they have enough time for the patients. G: The survey was organised by the BBC News. H: One factor in hospitals being placed in ‘special measures’ is the lack of staff.

9. Question 1: Choose four statements below which are TRUE.
This article is taken from , May 7th Choose the 4 true statements. A: Most nurses feel that their patients are not at risk because of staff shortages. B: Most people who responded to the survey are confident in their working environment. C: The majority of nurses think that there is too much paperwork in the NHS. D: Many hospitals are forced to use agency staff at night, weekends and Bank Holidays. E: Most nurses would recommend being a Nurse to their children. F: Over 80% of Nurses do not feel they have enough time for the patients. G: The survey was organised by the BBC News. H: One factor in hospitals being placed in ‘special measures’ is the lack of staff.

10. CREATING QUESTION 1 Read the article assigned to your group.
Come up with 8 statements - 4 that are true are 4 that are false. Write the statements down on your piece of paper.
Swap your questions and article with another group, and answer

11. Home Learning Find your own non-fiction article.
Write your own Question 1- 4 true statements and 4 that are untrue.
Date Due: NEXT FRIDAY