1. Paper 1 Skills Standard Level

2. Paper 1 Skills at Standard Level Commentary on a single text: Text 1 or 2 Consists of non-literary texts May include a visual text Commentary on a single text: Text 1 or 2 Consists of non-literary texts May include a visual text

3. Paper 1 Skills at Standard Level 2 guiding questions per text 5 minutes silent reading 1 hour and 30 minutes exam duration 25% of the final grade 2 guiding questions per text 5 minutes silent reading 1 hour and 30 minutes exam duration 25% of the final grade

4. Paper 1 Skills at Standard Level Typical Paper 1 Texts: Tabloid newspaper articles Letter to an editor Infomercial for charity Extract from an autobiography Texts tend to have one or more of the four purposes: PERSUADEENTERTAIN INSTRUCTINFORM Typical Paper 1 Texts: Tabloid newspaper articles Letter to an editor Infomercial for charity Extract from an autobiography Texts tend to have one or more of the four purposes: PERSUADEENTERTAIN INSTRUCTINFORM

5. Paper 1 Skills at Standard Level Questioning the text

6. Paper 1 Skills at Standard Level Annotating Text: Some Tips. You will notice in the sample annotations that the student writes three letters. T = text type, A = audience, and P = purpose. It is good to make focused notes on these three aspects of the exam text(s) and others. Notice that the sample annotations are made with three coloured highlighters, a pen and pencil. The candidate draws arrows, underlines text and circles key words. What annotating techniques will you use during your Paper 1 exam? Annotating Text: Some Tips. You will notice in the sample annotations that the student writes three letters. T = text type, A = audience, and P = purpose. It is good to make focused notes on these three aspects of the exam text(s) and others. Notice that the sample annotations are made with three coloured highlighters, a pen and pencil. The candidate draws arrows, underlines text and circles key words. What annotating techniques will you use during your Paper 1 exam?

7. Paper 1 Skills at Standard Level

8. Thesis statements, outlines and introductions Previously you were invited to 'question the text'. If you were a lawyer and you could put your text 'on the stand' what kind of case could you make? This may seem like a strange question to ask, but it is a very pertinent one. After all, for Criterion C you are assessed on your ability to develop an argument. And this argument, also known as a 'thesis statement', should start to take shape after you have made your annotations. In other words once all the evidence is laid out before you, it is easier to see where your case is going. Thesis statements, outlines and introductions Previously you were invited to 'question the text'. If you were a lawyer and you could put your text 'on the stand' what kind of case could you make? This may seem like a strange question to ask, but it is a very pertinent one. After all, for Criterion C you are assessed on your ability to develop an argument. And this argument, also known as a 'thesis statement', should start to take shape after you have made your annotations. In other words once all the evidence is laid out before you, it is easier to see where your case is going.

9. Paper 1 Skills at Standard Level

10. Thesis statements The thesis statement usually appears at the end of the opening paragraph. It contains the driving message of your commentary, and it guides the examiner by indicating the scope of your commentary. The claim that you make in your thesis statement does not have to be groundbreaking. Perhaps you will argue that the text is biased. You may argue that it is successful in appealing to its target audience. In this thesis statement you can indicate a few ways in which the author achieves his or her purpose. These 'ways' or 'aspects' may refer major stylistic features of the stimulus text. Thesis statements The thesis statement usually appears at the end of the opening paragraph. It contains the driving message of your commentary, and it guides the examiner by indicating the scope of your commentary. The claim that you make in your thesis statement does not have to be groundbreaking. Perhaps you will argue that the text is biased. You may argue that it is successful in appealing to its target audience. In this thesis statement you can indicate a few ways in which the author achieves his or her purpose. These 'ways' or 'aspects' may refer major stylistic features of the stimulus text.