1. GCSE

2. LANGUAGE

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

4. Allow 45 minutes

5. WRITING

6. QUESTION

7. 40 Marks DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
Q 5
40 Marks DESCRIPTIVE WRITING

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

9. WRITERS’ VIEWPOINTS & PERSPECTIVES
PAPER 2
WRITERS’ VIEWPOINTS & PERSPECTIVES

10. Allow 45 minutes

11. 40 Marks DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
Q 5
40 Marks DESCRIPTIVE WRITING

12. 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

13. 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

14. 40 Marks PERSUASIVE WRITING
Q 5
40 Marks PERSUASIVE WRITING

15. ‘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.