English Language Paper 2

Question 1:

What do you need to know? 

What do you understand about?

12 minutes and 8 marks 

key skills:

- understanding, support, overview of the issue and or topic 

Question 2:

What do I need to know? 

12 minutes and 8 marks 

comment on the headlines and images and how they link with the text 

Question 3: 

What do I need to know? 

Explain some of the thoughts and feelings the writer and or narrator has... 

12 minutes and 8 marks

key skills:

- inference, support, overview of the text

Question 4: 

What do I need to know? 

20 minutes and 16 marks 

compare the ways language is used for effect

Question 5:

What do I need to know? 

Inform, explain, describe: 3 paragraphs 

16 marks: 10 for content, 6 for accuarcy 25 minutes 

Question 6: 

What do I need to know?

Argue, persuade, advise: 4 paragraphs 

35 minutes, 24 marks, 16 for content, and 8 for accuarcy