Exam Paper: Reading Passages (Extended) PART ONE Question 1: This question tests Reading Objectives R1–R3 (15 marks): understand and collate explicit meanings understand, explain and collate implicit meanings and attitudes select, analyse and evaluate what is relevant to specific purposes AND Writing Objectives W1–W5 (5 marks): articulate experience and express what is thought, felt and imagined order and present facts, ideas and opinions understand and use a range of appropriate vocabulary use language and register appropriate to audience and context make accurate and effective use of paragraphs, grammatical structures, sentences, punctuation and spelling. PLAN TO MEET THESE OBJECTIVES

Step One: Know what you must do! Read the task carefully. Underline or highlight the words in the task that 'steer‘ you/direct you on what to do. For example: How does Shakespeare create tension in Romeo and Juliet? (now I know that I need to discuss the techniques that Shakespeare uses to create tension in Romeo and Juliet) Your example: _________________________________________________________________ Step Two: Get your ideas flowing! Step two is all about thinking and writing quickly: blast the page with ideas in the form of lists or words/quotations thrown all over the place. The order does not need to be logical at this point. For example: _________________________________________________________________ Step Three: Order, order, order! In other words, collate your ideas into a structure. At this point, it is vital that you identify the theme of each paragraph, write out the topic sentence and list the quotes/references that you will make. Applying key terminology and discourse markers is always wise to do at this point. Let me show you how I would sort out the notes from step two. Planning: Three Steps

Create questions to answer to yourself that ensure that you have met the objectives: Have I ordered my response logically? Have I accurately conveyed the attitudes and information required? ______________________________________________________ Editing: