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 specificpurposes

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, grammaticalstructures, sentences, punctuation and spelling.

PLAN TO MEET THESE OBJECTIVES

Step One:  Know what you must do!  Read the task carefully.  Underline or highlight the wordsin 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 inRomeo and Juliet)

Your example:

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Step Two: Get your ideas flowing!  Step two is all about thinking and writing quickly:  blast thepage with ideas in the form of lists or words/quotations thrown all over the place.  The orderdoes not need to be logical at this point.

For example:

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Step Three: Order, order, order!  In other words, collate your ideas into a structure.  At thispoint, it is vital that you identify the theme of each paragraph, write out the topic sentence andlist the quotes/references that you will make.  Applying key terminology and discourse markersis always wise to do at this point.  Let me show you how I would sort out the notes from steptwo.

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?

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Editing: