ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 1 Section A

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Here is everything that you need to know for Paper 1 Section A

Question 1 Spend 5 minutes—4 marks

List 4 things from…. about….

Find explicit information from a specified part of the text – likely to be the opening.

Useful videos: Q1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch-XgnluOf4

Question 2— FEAR Spend 10 minutes—8 marks

Example question 2

How does the writer use language in each example to show Shmuel’s feelings in lines 1-9? [8 marks] Consider - Words and phrases - Sentence forms - Language devices

Look for sentence forms to enhance mood and description.

Time constraints dictate that analysis should be concise: avoid overlong explanations, analysis.

You need to identify techniques and explain the effect concisely. EG Verb + effect You need to know and be able to refer to the basic parts of a sentence quickly: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun. You must use subject terminology. Sentence forms is a very difficult, possibly tenuous, area: look for short sentences for impact and complex to expand description / build momentum?

How do I respond to Q2?

3 x FEAR feature, evidence, analysis (your analysis MUST include picking out the key word and commenting on the effect!), reader SENTENCE OPENERS - The writer uses… (terminology) to show… (link to question) shown by… (evidence from the text) - This creates the effect of…. - This makes the reader…

Useful videos: Q2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0gDzLhfxRI

Question 3— Structure Spend 10 minutes, 8 marks

Example Question 3 How does the writer use structure to interest the reader? You should focus on… the focus at the beginning of the extract the change in focus as the extract progress any other structural features you find interesting

How do I respond to Q3?

3 x FEAR feature, evidence, analysis (your analysis MUST include picking out structural terminology and commenting on the effect!), reader

SENTENCE OPENERS - opens with/ at the beginning - the paragraph/ sentence foreshadows - establishes - viewpoint - perspective - focus on/ focus shifts to / focus narrows to - in the second half of the text - at this point - these two paragraphs juxtapose/ contrast/ contradict each other - zoom in - cuts to - shifts - concludes with - the ending reminds us of/ sums up the idea that

Look for sequence: how text begins – changes – ends. What is the focus and why?

Look for shifts: location, character, time, PoV, movement – why?

Useful videos: Q3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsNbIIz2zqg&t=2s

Question 4 — Agree with FEAR Spend 20-24 minutes— 20 marks

Example Question 4

Focus this part of your answer on the second half of the Source from ‘No, but when we were told we couldn’t live in our house we had to move to a different part of Cracow' to the end.

Lots of students have written reviews about this novel. One student wrote,

“This section which shows the relationship between the boys and their different experiences makes me feel sympathy towards Shmuel.”

To what extent do you agree? In your response, you could:

• consider your own impressions of their relationship • evaluate how the writer makes you feel sympathy towards Shmuel • support your response with references to the text. [20 marks

How do I respond to Q4?

3-4 X FEAR (just like Q2 but with more detail in analysis)

SENTENCE OPENERS - One of the key ideas to support this interpretation would be the fact that… - This interpretation could be said to be true due to… - One of the key methods the writer uses here is….

Justify a response to a statement and explain how this is conveyed in text

Use quotations to explain why character or setting is effective. Refer to language and structure and how it brings text alive. Students need to think about why a text is structured in this way – what is the focus and why?

Look for patterns of images (repetition, contrasts..) and movement in a text (in–out, zoom in or out, journeys, change of focus..)

Subject terminology is more difficult for structure: Sequence: opening, middle, conclusion, zooms in or out, focus Shifts: narrative perspective, pattern, motif, contrast, repeated…

Useful videos: Q4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeLS4hgfIzY

Suggested task: complete all 4 questions on a paper and time yourself. Try to meet the timings. 15 MINS READING, Q1=5, Q2=10, Q3=10, Q4=20 5 MINS PROOF READ