Language Paper 1 Revision Guide AQA

80 Pages·2017·4.6 MB·English

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In the exam there will be
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two sections:
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Section A: Reading

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1 fiction text
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4 questions
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Section B: Writing
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Choice of 2 questions
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It will take 1hour 45mins.
English Language Paper 1: Structure of the exam
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SectionA – Reading (45 mins)
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Question Marks Focus Method
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Q1 4 What you 4 bullet points answers. Simpleand straightforward extraction of facts.
learn/und No need for quotations or analysis.
erstand
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Q2 8 Analysis of 3 x PQA (or more)
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Analysis focuses on language devices, thec importance of words and sentence structures.
The focus is on the effect of language on the reader.
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Q3 8 Analysis of 3 x PQA (or more)
structure
Analysis focuses on structural devices, the importance of sequence –when things happen in

the extract and why - and how things change or develop. The focus is on the effect of
structure on the reader.
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Q4 16 Evaluatio This questionasks you to do two things:
n and  Form an opinion about the extract in response to a statement
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analysis  Analyse the writer’s methods (of both language and structure)
You should use PEDALto structure your response.
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What’s the difference between PQAand PEDAL?
PQA is a shorter, more concise wayiof answering the question. The point, device and quotation need not be separate and the
higher marks are in the quality of the analysis. The quotations can be much shorter (no more than 5 words at a time) and should
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be embedded into your own words to create a more fluid answer. For example…
Daphne du Mauriermetaphorically describes the ‘granite sky’ which suggests that the weather is grey and almost heavy, as if
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the clouds are oppressive and the weather is a negative influence. She also describes the hills being cloaked ‘in mist’. This
metaphor further emphasises the ominous atmosphere and the reader is left to imagine the mysterious atmosphere surrounding
the coach as you would be unable to see through the heavy mist.
PEDAL allows for a closer analysis of language devices and ensures that you are naming a device used whilst analysing its effect
in detail.
English Language Paper 1: Structure of the exam
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You are advised to spend 45 minutes on Question5.
Question Marks Focus Method
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5 40 Writingto Use FLAP to help you plan
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Produce a highlydescriptive piece rather than a
CHOICE OF TWO story – the focus should be on the way it is written
QUESTIONS rather than what you are writing abcout so don’t
venture into heavy dialogue.
Either: write a
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suggested by an
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will be somehow
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How to be successful in the Paper 1f exam:
1. Read the exam paper in fullr (very quickly)
2. Make sure you have a highlighter and a black pen to write with!
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3. Read the questions carefully before you read the text – highlight any key words devices.
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4. Answer the question in full, using these methods as a guide.
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HOW SHOULD I SPEND MY TIME? h
Add up the marks
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available: 4 + 8 + 8 + 20
suggests you spend 15
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minutes reading the
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They then suggest 45
Roughly, you should
minutes for questions 1-4
spend a maximum of:
and 45 minutes for
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question 5.
Q2 – 10 minutes
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How should you spend
Q4 – 21 minutes
each 45 minutes to
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Spend 5 minutes
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planning, 35 minutes
The exam board suggestsa spending 15 minutes reading. This is optional.
writing and 5 minutes
You could use this time to read both the source and the questions, or
proof reading.
to spend an extra 5 minutes on Q4 of section 1.
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Read the questions BEFORE you read the source so that you know Adjust this if you think you
what to look for. Read with a highlighter in your hand and pick out will need more time to
devices/words you think will be useful later.
proof read!
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• Read again the first part of the Source from lines…
• List four things from this part of the text about…
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Write in concise
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sentences – you are
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write two lines
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Usie key word This question only assesses AO1
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AO1 Identify and interpret explicit
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concise. and implicit information and
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ideas
Use only the lines
Select and synthesise
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read. evidence from texts
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Draw a quick box
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appropriate section
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wrong place!
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Then, highlight any
information you
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AO1 Identify and
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implicit information
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That was a trick question!
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Both would get 4 marks.
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But, which way of answering is more efficient?
Is it worth writing long sentences when you can still get marks for shorter, more precise answers?
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1. What do you need to remember to do when answeriong question 1?
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2. How will you specifically gain marks?

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3. How will you save time and answer efficiently?
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Now You Try
Have a go at the question 1 examples on the next pages…
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Extract from ‘The Hunger Games’
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Sixty seconds. That's how long we're required to stand on our metal circles before the sound of a gong
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releases us. Step off before the minute is up, and land mines blow your legs off. Sixty seconds to take in the ring
of tributes all equidistant from the Cornucopia, a giant golden horn shaped like a cone with a curved tail, the
mouth of which is at least twenty feet high, spilling over with the things thaht will give us life here in the arena.
Food, containers of water, weapons, medicine, garments, fire starters. Strewn around the Cornucopia are
other supplies, their value decreasing the farther they are from the horn. For instance, only a few steps from my
feet lies a three-foot square of plastic. Certainly it could be of somec use in a downpour. But there in the mouth,
I can see a tent pack that would protect from almost any sort of weather. If I had the guts to go in and fight
for it against the other twenty-three tributes. Which I have been instructed not to do.
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0 1 Read again the first part of the source.
List four things from this part of the source about the Cornucopia.
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