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GCSE English Paper 1

GCSE English Paper 1. Organisation of Paper 1. 2 sections: Section A and B (27 marks for each section) Section A assesses your ability to READ and COMPARE Non-Fiction and Media texts. Remember to write on the texts – highlight, underline , annotate . Spend 1 hour on this section.

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GCSE English Paper 1

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  1. GCSE English Paper 1

  2. Organisation of Paper 1 • 2 sections: Section A and B (27 marks for each section) • Section A assesses your ability to READ and COMPARE Non-Fiction and Media texts. • Remember to write on the texts – highlight, underline, annotate. • Spend 1 hour on this section

  3. Organisation of Paper 1 • Section B assesses your ability to WRITE to Argue, Persuade, Advise. • Remember to PLAN your ideas carefully into a clear SEQUENCE. • Spend 45 minutes on this section

  4. Ways to succeed in Section A: Focus on HOW the writers use LANGUAGE • Types of sentences: commands, statements, questions, argument, fact or opinion, bias • Voice: first, second, third person • Facts and Opinions

  5. Ways to succeed in Section A: Focus on HOW the writers use LANGUAGE • Tone: formal, informal, humorous, serious, sarcastic, persuasive • Vocabulary: complex, technical, descriptive, emotive • Discourse markers: introduction, types of connectives, conclusion

  6. Ways to succeed in Section A: Focus on HOW the information is STRUCTURED: • Chronological or non-chronological • Headings, sub-headings • Bite-size chunks, boxed text • Numbers, bullet points, lists • Length of paragraphs

  7. Ways to succeed in Section A Focus on HOW the information is PRESENTED: • Page layout • Text/font style and size • Columns, frames, boxes • Illustrations, images, diagrams • Charts, graphs, maps • Colour • Logos, symbols

  8. Ways to succeed in Section A: When writing your answer remember the PEE method • Make a POINT • Use EVIDENCE to support your point • EXPLAIN what the evidence shows

  9. Ways to succeed in Section A: One question always asks you to COMPARE the views given in both texts.

  10. TIMING • Remember MARKS EQUAL MINUTES! • Look carefully at the marks given for each question. • Don’t spend too long on a question with few marks.

  11. How to succeed in Section B: Section B assesses your ability to WRITE to Argue, Persuade, Advise. • Argue: aims to put forward a point of view • Persuade: aims to get someone to do something • Advise: aims to tell someone how to do something

  12. Ways to succeed in Section B When planning remember: PALL • Purpose – What should it do? • Audience – Who is it for? • Language – What vocabulary / tone is best? • Layout – How should it look on the page?

  13. Ways to succeed in Section B • Spend 5 minutes at the end of the exam checking your spelling, punctuation and grammar.

  14. Good Luck!

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