So we are nearing the Year 10 Literature Exam and there is a mock exam on Wednesday 26th March focusing on Unit 1 which is the Sunlight on the Grass Short Stories and Of Mice and Men.
The exam is 1 hour 30 minutes long and is split into two sections.
Section A has two questions and is on Sunlight on the Grass.
Section B has two questions and is on Of Mice and Men.
Essentially you have to try and create 4 mini-essays analysing and evaluating 3 quotations (though always try to aim for one more) for each mini essay.
There are some great resources kicking around the internet to help you with......
AQA Exam - An exam question a week - supersized edition
As you begin your exam preparation, you may want to start practising your timings over longer sections than individual questions. So I'm going to group all the questions together in one post which will give you a question per week or you can do chunks at a time.
My advice is always to start with the last questions first and work your way forward. That way you can ensure you spend 1hr 30 - 1hr 40 minutes on the questions with the most marks and then......
IGCSE Directed Writing: An exam question a week
We're going to look at the next option of writing you could be given: Discursive
This type of writing is where you create a balanced argument.You are trying to show that you can work from a wider viewpoint and understand a range of different opinions, which can be a tricky task.
For example - A discursive piece of writing on unhealthy food would have to show the positive sides of unhealthy food. You could discuss that:
Although unhealthy......
AQA - An exam question a week - Question 6
This question asks you to argue or persuade
It is important that you consider the form you are being asked to write in and the audience you are writing for. There are subtle differences in the form of web article and newspaper article and these would be conventions that you would be expected to follow.
Don't worry about spending time thinking up a headline or title (these are not wholly necessary) but think about the variation in tone you might......
Extended / Core - Directed Writing Question 2 - Narrative Exam Question
We're going to look at the next option of writing you could be given: Narrative
Unlike Descriptive writing you can write a story here but you need to keep it simple.
The simplest stories we're told are Nursery Rhymes and we can use these to give ourselves a 4 part structure.
Character in Danger (Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. You are an egg! Please show some common sense...)
Danger Strikes (Humpty Dumpty had a great fall... who saw that coming?)
Attempt......
AQA Question 5 - An exam question a week.
This question asks you to inform, explain or describe but in the higher tier it normally focuses on two of these purposes.
It is important that you consider the form you are being asked to write in and the audience you are writing for. There are subtle differences in the form of web article and newspaper article and these would be conventions that you would be expected to follow.
Don't worry about spending time thinking up a headline or title......
