QUESTIONS, SKILLS AND STRATEGIES

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GCSE English Paper Two,

Questions, Skills and Strategies

GCSE ENGLISH PAPER TWO

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PAPER 2 Paper 2 - question 1 assessment objectives

• Trueorfalsestatements…• Identifyandinterpretexplicitandimplicit informationandideas• (4 marks)

Paper 2 - question 1 skills

• Locateaspecificpartofthetextusing thegivenlinenumbers• Readandunderstandtheselectedtext• Inferandinterpretexplicitandimplicitinformation• Identifythe4statementswhicharetrue fromtheselectedtext

Paper 2 - question 1 strategies to answer the question

• Definethetermsexplicit,implicit,infer andinterpretusingadictionary• Highlighttheselectedtext• Readselectedtextcloselyandfind keywords/statements• Considerwhatyoucaninferfrom thewords/statements• Tickwhichstatementsaretrueand crosswhichstatementsarefalse• Shadeinthetruestatements

Paper 2 - question 2 assessment objectives

• Writeasummary…• Synthesisofexplicitandimplicit informationandideas• (8marks)

Paper 2 – question 2 skills

• Explainthesimilaritiesordifferences inferredbetweentwotexts• Selectquoteswhichidentifythese similaritiesordifferences• Comparethequoteshighlightedfromeachtext• Explainwhatthequotesimply/suggest• Createasummarythatreferstobothtexts

Paper 2 – question 2 strategies to answer the question

• Usereadingstrategies• Useadictionarytolookupthemeaning ofunknownwords• Useacomparativetable/resourceto identify4similaritiesordifferencesinbothtexts• Highlight4quotesthatrelatetothesimilarities ordifferences• Useyoursummaryhandouttowriteup yourfindings• Stateeachpointusingacomparative sentencestarter• Useanappropriateconnectivetolinkyourideas• Useaninferencesentencestartertosay whatthesimilarityordifferencemeans

Paper 2 - question 3 assessment objectives

• Howdoesthewriter’suseoflanguage…• Commenton,explain,analyse• (12 marks)

Paper2–question3skills• Identifystriking/unusualkeywords,phrases orsentenceforms• Identifylanguagedevices• Explainwhatistheintendedeffectonthe readerofthekeywords,phrasesor sentenceforms

Paper 2 – question 3 strategies to answer the question

• Re-readthetextidentifiedinthequestion• Highlightthesectionoftext• Underlinearangeoffeatures (4-6words,phrasesorsentenceforms)• Useyourglossarytolabelthekeywords, phrasesandsentenceforms• Visualiseandfeeltheintentionoftheword, phraseorsentenceform–whatdoesitmake youthink;howdoesitmakeyoufeel?• UsePETERtostructureyourresponse• Usethesentencestarterstostructure yourresponses• Usemodelanswerstoreviewand improveyourresponses

Paper 2 - question 4 assessment objectives

• How the writers present…• Comparewriters’ideasandperspectives, andhowtheyareconveyed• (16 marks)

Paper 2 – question 4 skills

• Identifykeywords,phrasesorsentences formsthatarerelevanttothequestionand supportyourviews• Nametheword,phraseorsentenceform• Explainwhateffect/impressiontheword, phrase,sentenceformorstructuralfeature hasonyou,thereader.• Identifyandexplainthesimilarities and/ordifferencesbetweentheideasin bothtexts,• Useconnectivestoshowcomparison

Paper 2 – question 4 strategies to answer the question

• Identifythepurposeandfocus• Useyourlanguageandstructureglossaries• Highlightthekeywords,phrases,sentence formsandstructuralfeatures• Usebubblethinkingtoplanideas• Visualiseandfeelthewriter’sintention oftheword,phraseorsentenceform• Useconnectivessheettoaddconnectives toshowcomparison• Usesentencestarters• Usemodelanswerstoreviewandimprove yourresponses

Paper 2 - question 5 assessment objectives

• Writeaboutyourownviews• Communicateclearly• Organiseinformation• Usearangeofvocabandsentences• Accuratespellingandpunctuation• (40 marks)

Paper 2 - question 5 skills

• Decidewhetheryouagreeordisagree with the statement• Planyouridea• Useambitiouswords,phrases,sentence formsandstructuralfeaturestocreate impactonthereader• Writeundertimedconditions• Identifyerrorsinyourownwork

Paper 2 – question 5 strategies to answer the question• Highlightthepurposeandform-Doyou agreeordisagree?• Mindmapyourideas• Planyourwriting• Bemindfulofthetime-youneedto write2pagesofwriting• Proofreadyourwork• Usemodelanswerstoreviewand improveyourresponses

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