Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision Section A: Reading What could you be assessed on? Mini whiteboards please – ready to share! Preparation for GCSE language mock 1

Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision Do you know the structure of the exam? Do you understand what each question entails? Can you create a set of revision notes to prepare for the mock? Preparation for GCSE language mock 1

Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision GCSE Language Paper 1 Explorations in creative reading and writing1 hour 45 min 01) List 4 things….. 4 marks 02) How does the writer use language 8 marks 03) How does the structure interest the reader 8 marks 04) Statement: Do you agree? 20 marks Section A One source

Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision AO1 Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas Select and synthesise evidence from different texts AO2 Explain, comment on and analyse how written texts use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support their views AO3 Not assessed on this paper AO4 Evaluate texts critically and support this with appropriate textual references Preparation for GCSE language mock 1

Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision What does retrieve mean? 01) List 4 things….. 4 marks

Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision Retrieve – pick out quotes from the text. These are the easiest four marks on the paper! Have a go on the following slide: List 4 things you learn about the speaker’s father? 01) List 4 things….. 4 marks

Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision My father was a master storyteller. He could tell a fine old story that made me hold my sides with rolling laughter and sent happy tears down my cheeks, or a story of stark reality that made me shiver and be grateful for my own warm, secure surroundings. He could tell stories of beauty and grace, stories of gentle dreams, and paint them as vividly as any picture with splashes of dialogue. His memory detailed every event of ten or forty years or more before, just as it had happened yesterday. 01) List 4 things….. 4 marks List 4 things you learn about the speaker’s dad.

Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision How many language techniques can you remember? Make a list! 02) How does the writer use language 8 marks

Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision Which is better: explain or analyse? Why? Explain: Give reasons why Analyse: Examine closely, breaking it down and inferences and showing how parts contribute to the whole 02) How does the writer use language 8 marks

Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision The exam board state you need to: Show detailed and perceptive understanding of language Analyse the effects of the writer’s choices of language Select a judicious range of quotations Use sophisticated subject terminology accurately 02) How does the writer use language 8 marks

Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision By our fireside in our northern home or in the South where I was born, I learned a history not then written in books but one passed from generation to generation on the moonlit porches and beside dying fires in one-room houses, a history of great- grandparents and of slavery and of the days following slavery; of those who lived still not free, yet who would not let their spirits be enslaved. From my father the storyteller I learned to respect the past, to respect my own heritage and myself. 02) How does the writer use language 8 marks AO2 Explain, comment on and analyse how written texts use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support their views

Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision This question assesses how the writer has structured a text. Structural features can be: At a whole text level e.g. beginnings / endings / perspective shifts At a paragraph level eg. topic change / single sentence paragraphs At a sentence level e.g. sentence length 03) How does the structure interest the reader 8 marks Analyse again!

Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision By our fireside in our northern home or in the South where I was born, I learned a history not then written in books but one passed from generation to generation on the moonlit porches and beside dying fires in one-room houses, a history of great- grandparents and of slavery and of the days following slavery; of those who lived still not free, yet who would not let their spirits be enslaved. From my father the storyteller I learned to respect the past, to respect my own heritage and myself. AO2 Explain, comment on and analyse how written texts use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support their views 03) How does the structure interest the reader 8 marks

Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision You will need to evaluate the text critically and give a personal response. Examiner top tip: To get all the marks for question 4, you need to provide a personal evaluation of the text and back it up with detailed evidence – use a range of short examples from the text to show what you have based your opinion on. 04) Statement: Do you agree? 20 marks

Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision A student, having read this section of the text, said; “The writer makes the character’s feelings really clear. It feels as if you really get to know him”. To what extent do you agree? 04) Statement: Do you agree? 20 marks He was a complex person, yet he taught me many simple things, things important for a child to know: how to ride a horse and how to skate; how to blow soap bubbles and how to tie a kite knot that met the challenge of the March winds; how to bath a huge faithful dog named Tiny. In time, he taught me the complex things too. He taught me of myself, of life. He taught me hopes and dreams. And he taught me the love of words. Without his teachings, without his words, my words would have not been. AO4 Evaluate texts critically and support this with appropriate textual references

Bronze– identify skills required Silver – interpret the exam questions Gold – plan your response to the mock exam Platinum – prepare through revision What could our top tips be for this element of the exam? How do you feel about it? What do you already know? Preparation for GCSE language mock 1