Passage A
Question 1:
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Own words summary
o Meanings
o Examples
How/why
Defining words/phrases as writer uses
Question 2
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Journal entry – address bullet points
o 200-300
Question 3
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Notes – bullet points
Summary – continuous writing (150)
Marking Criteria
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R1: explicit meanings
R2: implicit meanings and attitudes
R3: analyze, evaluate facts, ideas, opinions
R4: understanding of how writers achieve effects
Exam Overview
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Read questions – highlight vocabulary to find in text
Read through text – read for sense
Read through text – find highlighted vocabulary in context
Question 1
o Synonyms
o General meaning + why the writer has chosen it – what is the implied
meaning and how has the writer done this?
Question 2
o Highlight specific examples to use in your writing – use examples to write
own ideas
Question 3a
o Notes – use phrases: features + history
o Check for numbers (it could describe something about the place/object, or
maybe talk about an important date)
o Check for descriptors – e.g. biggest, highest
Question 3b
o Refer to notes
o What voice/register
o Adjectives