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Information packs being distributed
this evening:
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Your child’s mock paper: GCSE English
Exemplar responses from HVC students
Revision pack and past paper
Please ensure you have
these before the
presentation begins
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General advice to examiners from the
Chief Examiner at AQA
 There are 4 Bands of
marks available for each
question
 Each Band covers 2
notional grades
 Candidates do not need
to do everything to get
into the next Band.
Award a Band on a
‘best fit’ basis.
 Candidates may do one
or two bullet points well
enough to compensate
for complete lack of
another bullet
 ‘If in doubt go higher on
the mark’
3 unseen non-fiction sources thematically linked
Q1.
Q2.
Q3.
Q4.
Source 1 – retrieval/inference
Source 2 – headline/picture linked to text
Source 3 (literary in style) – inference
‘Comparison’ of two texts: Source 3 + the
candidate’s choice – focus is language and
comparison
8 marks
8 marks
8 marks
16 marks
Question 1 – Source 1 (8marks)
• A ‘what?’ type question • Candidates need to
show understanding of
• Emphasis on retrieval
From
reading
the
article,
what
do
you
CONTENT
of information
about
issues
the
• This
question
DOES NOT
•understand
For Band 4, there
needs the
want a comment on
to be a has
comment
or Facebook?
writer
with
language or
inference (reading
presentational features
between the lines) as
well as retrieval
Question 1 – Source 1 (8marks)
• Bullet 1 is related to
‘understanding’
• Bullet 4 is related to
‘support’ (relevant
quotes/references)
• The best way for ‘D’
grade candidates to get
into Band 3 is through
sufficient ‘retrieval’ to
demonstrate
‘understanding’
• To access Band 4, a
candidate must add
some
inference/interpretation
into their response
General feedback – Q1
• Responses are too brief (need to be 1 ½ sides
MINIMUM
• Need to focus on the wording of the question: issues
the writer has with Facebook
• More comment from across the whole text
• Need more interpretation/personal response
Question 2 – Source 2 (8 marks)
• Emphasis is on ‘explain’, Candidates must focus on
‘effect’, ‘link’
4 things:
Read the
article.
• Candidates
do not
have Explain
• Effect ofhow
words the
in the
to address each
headline
headline
andaspect
picture are
effective and
equally but must
• How they link with the
the
text.
addresshow
both they link to
text
• Effect of details in the
picture
• How they link with the
text
Question 2 – Source 2 (8 marks)
The first bullet ‘Effect of
words in the headline’ is
almost a LANGUAGE
question in disguise –
candidates must choose
specific words in the
headlines and text to
comment on.
The question is not looking
for vague comments on
‘bold’, ‘colourful’, ‘attention
grabbing’ etc. It is NOT a
presentational features
question. Students must
describe and comment on
the specific details they can
see in the image and text.
What to avoid…
It grabs our
attention
It makes the reader
want to read on
It hooks the reader
In the article the headline is
effective because now we know
what the text is about so when we
read the text we already have an
idea of what it is about.
As soon as you read the
headline you know what the
article is going to be about.
The headline is effective as it is
bold, eye-catching and easy to
read. It is linked to the text as
it is explaining what the text is
saying but in a shorter way.
This is effective as it makes the
reader want to know more
about the article before they
actually begin to read it.
The fact that it is written in big
and bold draws you into the rest
of the article and makes it
effective because it is hard to
miss it and it grabs your
attention.
The title gives the reader an insight to
what the article is about but doesn’t give
too much away so the reader will have to
continue reading to understand the full
story.
The picture is colourful and is showing
that the text is about. This is effective
because when you read the article you
would want to have an image drawn in
your head. The image is there so you
can imagine it as you read. It is also
effective as it emphasises what the
article is about.
General feedback – Q2
• Do not link the headline to the picture
• Some students did not mention the picture at all
• Need to zoom in on 4-6 specific details in the
picture
• If you notice the use of alliteration say:
“Alliteration is a typical feature of newspaper
headlines to engage the reader with the idea
of…”
Question 3 – source 3 (8 marks)
• Key word is ‘Explain’
• Bright candidates
Now
read
SOURCE
3,
‘Stranded
on
Vanuatu’,
which
sometimes
fall
down
by
• Emphasis is on
is an
extract from a non-fiction
book LANGUAGE
analysing
‘inference’
and its effect on the
(interpretation or
Explain
some– of
and feelings the
comment)
notthe
justthoughtsreader.
writer
has whilst he is on the
island. is NOT
retrieval
• Language
relevant to this
• Band 4 responses need
question
to acknowledge
changes that take place
General feedback – Q3
• Misunderstanding of the focus and talking about the
READER and talking about language features.
• Checking inferences matches the character’s feelings
in the text
• Got to comment on start, middle and end of the text
and shift in tone.
Question 4 – Source 3 + one other (16 marks)
• Thisyou
is the
hardest
• Candidates
are being
Now
need
to refer to SOURCE
3, ‘Stranded
on
questionand
on the
Reading
to do a comparison
Vanuatu’,
EITHER
SOURCE 1asked
OR SOURCE
2.
section
and language analysis.
However, language
•You
Key
words
are:
‘used
for
are going to compare the use
of language
in
TWO
analysis
is
much
more
effect’ and to a lesser
texts,
one‘compare’
of which you have chosen.
important.
extent,
• Emphasis is on analysis of
Compare
the within
ways in which language is used
LANGUAGE
forcontexts
effect in the two texts. Give some examples and
analyse
the effects are.
• Focus what
is on SPECIFIC
words and phrases
Question 4 – Source 3 + one other (16 marks)
• Source 3 must be the
basis of the answer as it
is always LITERARY in
style and lends itself
better to language
analysis
• Maximum mark for
ignoring instructions
and writing about
Sources 1 & 2 is 12
marks (Band 3)
• If candidates only write
about Source 3, the
maximum mark is 9
Question 4 – Source 3 + one other (16 marks)
• Band 3 and 4 are only
accessible if the
candidate offers a range
of appropriate
quotations .
• Frequent short quotes
are essential. The first
quote should appear in
the first sentence.
• The first piece of
interesting language
is “_____”, which
creates the idea
that________.
• Candidates must avoid
feature spotting and
ensure they link
language to effects.
The only way you
can analyse
language is to
quote
The key to success in this question is the structure of the answer and quotes.
Source 3 is a descriptive piece of writing that focuses on the character’s thoughts
and feelings through the use of imagery and lots of specific detail about their
experiences. Whereas Source 2 has the features of a typical article such as a headline
that uses a pun/alliteration (etc.) and a factual, informative tone.
Source 3
How are
they
different?
Short compare/contrast
Source 1 or 2
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There is going to be a Summer Festival in your area and the
organisers are asking for ideas about what to put on.
Write a letter to the organisers which describes what you would
like to include and explains why your ideas would appeal to the
community. (16 marks)
The following quotation is from an article in a
national newspaper:
‘Young people today have become obsessed with social
networking sites which are a bad influence and can take over
their lives. These sites should be banned.’
Write an article in reply in which you agree or disagree with the
quotation. (24 marks)
General feedback for the writing tasks
• Use the basic genre features – what type of text is it?
• Are any of the sources on the same topic? Can they
be used for ideas?
• Plan
• Always answer 6 before 5
• Learn vocabulary phrases in revision guides
• Tick off punctuation as you use it
General
feedback Q5
There is going to be a Summer Festival in your
area and the organisers are asking for ideas
about what to put on.
Write a letter to the organisers which
describes what you would like to include and
explains why your ideas would appeal to the
community. (16 marks)
Letter:
• Forgotten to use Dear / Yours sincerely…
• Begin with a personal anecdote/”Can you imagine…”
then link to the task
• Often too short - has to be 1 ½ sides minimum
• Tick off punctuation on top of sheet as they use them
– on back of insert
General feedback Q5
& Q6
The following quotation is
from an article in a
national newspaper:
‘Young people today have
become obsessed with
social networking sites
which are a bad influence
and can take over their lives.
These sites should be
banned.’
Write an article in reply in
which you agree or disagree
with the quotation. (24
marks)
Article:
• Headline
• Never begin: “I agree with
this statement…”
• Learn vocab phrases
• Too short – has to be
minimum 2 ½ sides
• Use the sources for ideas
Highlight on source – 5
things to steal/tone/
structure
• But you can’t copy obvious
phrases
Anti-social Media!
Don’t begin: I agree with this statement.
Instead: Without a shadow of a doubt, it is clear that
social media should be banned. The universal
consensus on this issue is that teenagers are wasting
their lives staring blankly into a screen waiting for the
latest inane update to some minor celebrity’s
boyfriend/girlfriend status.