What should I do with it, I hear you ask? Well....do some of the following:
1) Copy it up into note form. Learn it. Try to write it from memory. Keep repeating that process until your can note it all from memory alone.
2) Make posters out of it and stick them in your bedroom. Other useful places include the back of your bedroom door (I bet you know what's there now - imagine how many times you look at it daily - make sure something useful to your success is on there instead).
3) Create mind maps based on the images.
Basically, you need to get to a position very quickly where you know this information off by heart.
Question Information:
Q1: What do I need to know?
What do you understand about...
12 minutes 8 marks
Key skills: understanding, support,
overview of the issue/topic.
1. Begin by identifying the writer’s
purpose: In this article, the writer is
exploring the issue of...
2. Aim to make at least 4 points using point, quote,
comment. Use one word quotations.
To target B4+ use
phrases like: this shows, indicates, suggests, emphasises,
indicates...
3. Sum up in a sentence: This article shows that people are ignoring
the threat posed by climate change.
2: What do I need to know?
12 minutes 8 marks
Comment on the headline and images
and how they link with the text
1. Begin by identifying the intended audience of the text- and the writer’s purpose.
2. Now look at the language choices
in the headline - comment on the vocabulary.
3. Identify the techniques - explain how they support the writer’s purpose.
Remember to use technical terms and to use quotations.
4. Now focus on the image. Look at it critically- how does
it support the writer’s purpose?
5. Sum up:
how does the headline and image affect
the reader?
*in the headlines, look for alliteration,
wordplay/puns, rhetorical qs, ellipsis - comment on why they are there. Always comment on
any punctuation. With the image,
look at the way it is cropped, composed & coloured.
Finally-
consider: do headline and image contrast
or complement each other?
Q3: What do I need to know?
Explain some of the thoughts and
feelings the writer/narrator has...
12 minutes 8 marks
Key skills: inference, support, overview of the text.
1. Begin by summing up the
character/writer’s feelings: In this
article the writer feels...
2. Aim to make at least 4 points using point, quote,
comment. Use one word quotations.
3. Sum up in a sentence: Finally, the character feels....
To target B4+
use phrases like: this shows, indicates, suggests, emphasises,
indicates...
Comment on word choice and connotation: the word “longing”
suggests the character’s need to...
Comment on punctuation if it gives information about the character’s feelings: the repeated question marks indicate the
character’s anxiety...
Q4: What do I need to know?
20 mins 16 marks
Compare the ways language is used for effect
1.
Compare the writer’s purpose.
In text 1 the writer’s purpose is to entertain; however, in text 3
the writer’s purpose is to inform....
2. Compare
the overall tone and link to purpose.
In text 1, the writer uses an informal tone to emphasise the
humorous approach to the topic whereas in text 3 the writer uses a formal tone
to match the serious purpose...
3
.Compare similarities:
similarly, in addition, also, furthermore.
In text 1 the writer uses alliteration to emphasise ....similarly,
in text 2 alliteration is used to draw attention to...
4.
Compare differences:
however, although, whereas, unlike
In text 1 the writer uses a rhetorical question ironically to create
humour whereas in text 3 the writer uses a rhetorical question to engage the
reader...
*Always support points with brief examples
*Always evaluate the effect of techniques:
to emphasise, draw attention to, contrast,
create humour, engage, provoke, entertain, inform, instruct, surprise, create impact, satirise,
remember,
Q5: What do I need to know?
Inform, explain, describe: 3
paragraphs
16 marks: 10 for content, 6 for
accuracy 25 minutes
Structure:
1. Introduce
2. Develop
3. Conclude
Aim to impress the examiner with your
wit and originality!
Use a range of techniques,
connectives, punctuation, sentence structures and vocabulary.
Q6: What do I need to know?
Argue, persuade, advise: 4 paragraphs
35 mins 24 marks 16 for content, 8
for accuracy
Plan by
identifying 5 points for/5 points against the topic...
1.Introduction
Make your view on the topic clear
immediately. Begin with a strong statement
2.Main
section
Build your argument with a series of
powerful points.
3.
Dismiss the opposition- forcefully!
Anticipate objections to your views and
obliterate them!
4.
Conclusion
Finally
/ in conclusion...
Save your strongest point until last to
make maximum impact. Use a persuasive technique to conclude.
*Use standard English and a formal style
throughout. No abbreviations or slang. Aim to vary vocabulary, techniques,
connectives and sentence structures. See ESSSAY
SKELETON for examples.
*Include a range of persuasive
techniques:
Contrast, exaggeration. facts
& figures, I/you/we, rhetorical questions, irony, repetition,
rule
of 3,lists, humour, sarcasm...Structural things for Q5+6 - 1 word sentences used for specific and crafted impact, dramatic paragraphs used for specific and crafted impact. Use devices appropriate to the purpose of the text e.g subheadings if it's to inform, bullet points if you're explaining etc. You should always start with impact and end with impact.
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