Transcript The Writer’s Voice

The Writer’s Voice
Edexcel
GCSE
Section 2
Last Minute Revision
Section 2
• One question from a choice of two
– Reflect on ideas / issues / experiences /
events
– Write in a form; newspaper article / formal
report / magazine review /
– Make sure language suits particular
audience
– Consider counter-arguments / alternative
points of view.
Assessment Objectives.
• Write clearly, effectively, imaginatively
– Using and adapting forms
– Selecting appropriate vocabulary
Suitable for audience and purpose
– Organise information into structured and
sequenced sentences
- Use variety of language and structural
features
– Range of sentence structures.
– Accurate punctuation and spelling
F.L.A.P
• Form: Letter, Leaflet, Article, Speech.
• Language: Formal or informal?
• Audience: Who are you writing for?
– Adults, parents, children, teenagers,
professionals?
• Purpose: Why are you writing?
– persuade, comment, inform, explain?
Language Choices:
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Write the text for a speech to be given to parents in which you advise
them of the many pressures on teenagers today and explain what help
they need from parents;
• Your kids’/children’s/teenagers’ experience is incredibly /
very different from what you lived through just a few years
ago. Each day they are pushed / pressured / encouraged to
work and behave in certain ways that you most likely have
never imagine / believe / considered. School is all about
results, friends are all about the right code of behaviour and
family is about being cared for whilst seeming to be
mature/grown up/independent. There is no place where your
kids/ children/ teenagers can relax, as they are always being
judged / tested / pressured.
Choose which word you would use in each case and explain why…
Question
• Write an article persuading teachers to
be more sympathetic to how students
feel in the time leading up to
examinations.
• Quickly plan your answer using F.L.A.P.
Structural Features
• Presentational Devices:
E.g. heading, sub-headings?
• Discourse Markers
– Firstly, Secondly, Finally
– Overall, Furthermore, Conversely, Alternatively.
• Linking Paragraphs/Ideas:
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Therefore,
However
Although
Topic Sentences
The main reason ... Another reason
Language Features
• Rhetorical Devices
– Facts/Opinions
– Emotive Language
– Personal Pronouns
– Hyperbole
– Rhetorical Question
• Long / Short Sentences
Punctuation For Effect
• Write down all the punctuation you can
think of….
• Exclamation marks
• Question marks
• Ellipses
• Dashes / Brackets (extra info)
• Speech Marks
• Semi-Colon
• Colon
Effective Openings:
• Write your opening sentence…make it powerful!
• Question: Why do you insist on portraying all
teenagers as criminals?
• Controversial: It isn’t teenagers who are
committing crimes, 73% of offences committed
last year were by 20-25 year olds.
• Humorous / Ironic: I am fifteen years old and
I can write in full sentences. Surprised?
• Blunt: Your presentation of teenagers is unfair.
Sample Paragraph:
Write a letter to students arguing that a term-time trip would be a good idea
• Some may argue with me that taking time
out of a term to go abroad is nothing but
an upset as it takes time out of the
curriculum to go and enjoy yourself well.
Well they are wrong because we have
tried this scheme in other schools in your
area and the success rates in GCSE were a
big improvement as before they averaged
at 20 – 30% but now they are achieving
60-75% achieving A*-C.
• The advantages of travelling abroad in
school time is that students to see what
travelling abroad is like. They to now what
to do at the airport and what to do when
booking a hotel. Pupils get to travel round
the resort on their own and can find
things.
Examiner’s
Comments:
Some sense of
structure but there
is no real
connection
between the first
and second
paragraph.
Good use of stats
and facts but
language choices
are not strong
enough in terms of
tone.
D Grade
Sample Questions:
1. Your local council is planning some changes and have
asked you to write a review of the community
facilities for young people.
-Write a review which suggests future improvements
2. Write an article for an information guide
recommending a place of interest in the UK that
might be enjoyable to visit.
3. Write a magazine article for parents with the title
“What makes a good school”?
4. Write a speech on the topic of “Stress of Modern
Life” to be given to a group of your peers.
A – A*
• No ______, no _______, no _________.
• Start/End each paragraph with a question
• End with a quote! (make it up if you have
to)
• Find the right word!!!
• Creative punctuation
• Hyperbole
• Creative similes
• Perceptive / Precise / Efficient – Get to
the Point.
Choose someone you know and
answer the following question….
You want to nominate your friend for “teenage
hero” of the year award. Write your nomination
in the form of a persuasive letter to the judges.
• For the purposes of this task, you can make up the reasons!
• Demonstrate as many of the skills we have looked at as
possible.