AS Eng Paper 1 Qu 1a) How to prepare for success.
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Paper 1 Qu 1a) How to answer Qu 1 a) Paper 1 Cambridge AS Level English Language
AS Eng Paper 1 Qu 1a) How to prepare for success.
- 1. AS ENGLISH LANGUAGE: PAPER 1 PASSAGES FOR COMMENT: APPROACHING ‘DIRECTED WRITING’ QUESTIONS QUESTION 1a)
- 2. WHAT IS A DIRECTED WRITING TASK? A directed writing task is a piece of writing based on either: ● The style and language of the original passage, or ● The material of the original passage
- 3. Directed writing may involve: ● Adapting a piece of writing for a similar task, but maybe with a different content, using the same language and style ● Rewriting a passage with a different purpose and/or viewpoint (for example from the perspective of a different character mentioned in the passage) using the same material In the exam you will be asked to write between 120 and 150 words for a directed writing task.
- 4. SAME STYLE, DIFFERENT CONTEXT Tasks might ask you to remain ‘in role’ as the same speaker or writer of the original passage, keeping a similar style and language, but changing the topic, focus or content of the writing.
- 5. From this you can see that the task tells you: ● The writer/role: ● The purpose/type of text: The length (120-150 words) ● The content/context:
- 6. SAMPLES: PAPER 1 2024 PAPER 1 2023
- 7. MORE SAMPLES: PAPER 1 2022 PAPER 1 2021
- 8. Tips TEXT CONVENTIONS: Paper 1, students are required to write in a specific form, audience, and purpose (FAP) based on the reading passage provided in the exam.
- 10. Key Exam Strategy: ● READ examples of the different FORMS of text used in the exam (see the list on the next slide) ● Always tailor language, tone, and structure to the form, audience, and purpose (FAP). ● Read the question prompt carefully: it will tell you the form to write in and give clues about the tone and audience. ● Recognise and analyse Language, form and structure ● Apply these skills to your own writing
- 11. Key s e f h E a n : ● Candidates need to ensure that they read a wide range of material from a diverse range of sources, such as advertisements, brochures, leaflets, editorials, news stories, articles, reviews, blogs, investigative journalism, letters, podcasts, (auto)biographies, travel writing, diaries, essays, scripted speech, narrative writing, and descriptive writing.
- 12. Key s e f h E a n : ● Candidates need to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the linguistic elements and features of texts, such as parts of speech/word classes, vocabulary, figurative language, phonology, morphology, rhetorical devices, voice, aspect, tense, modality, narrative perspective, word ordering and sentence structure, paragraph and text-level structure, formality/informality of tone, and pragmatics.
- 13. Key s e f h E a n : ● Candidates should develop an intimate knowledge and understanding of the conventions and discourses associated with a diverse range of genres, styles and contexts, enabling them to respond reflectively, analytically, discursively and creatively, as is appropriate to the task or context.
- 14. Key s e f h E a n : ● Question 1(a), the accompanying instructions and text provide the context and background information to guide the candidates as they produce their Directed Response. ● Candidates should use these to make carefully considered choices of appropriate lexis, register and tone to suit the task set and ensure they achieve the highest possible standards of accuracy and expression in their writing.