1. Language Paper 1
Section A

2. Assessment Objectives
AO1 – Identify and select relevant information (question 1)
AO2 – Comment on and analyse language in texts (question 2)
AO2 – Comment on and analyse structure in texts (question 3)
AO4 – Evaluate texts (question 4)

3. Marks and Timings 40 marks 40 minutes writing
15 minutes reading and planning.

4. Question 1
List FOUR things.
4 marks
4 minutes

5. Question 2
Analyse language.
2 x PELE
8 marks
8 minutes

6. Question 3
Analyse structure
3 x PEE
8 marks
8 minutes

7. Question 4 Evaluate the opinion/statement in the question 4 x PELE
Avoid I, me, my, etc.
16 marks
16 minutes

8. Language Paper 1
Section B

9. Assessment Objectives
AO5 – Content, organisation, audience and purpose.
AO6 – Technical accuracy, varied vocabulary, varied punctuation, varied sentence length.

10. Marks and Timings 40 marks 40 minutes writing 5 minutes planning.
24 marks for AO5
16 marks for AO6
40 minutes writing
5 minutes planning.

11. Narrative or Description
A choice of two questions
Narrative or narrative
Description or description
Narrative or description
A narrative will have a story.
A description will focus on details but nothing will really happen.