GIVE BACK: PAPER 1
(SECTION A)
Warning: not a real paper!
As usual, a passage of non
fiction
 Taken from an old AQA Pre-release 2010
 Prerelease can be found on the blog post
 Questions are also on the post, together with marks to
be awarded
Q1
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Pall
Pall of smog
Smog
Cloud of murk
THINKING
AHEAD:
PALL: a cloth to
wrap dead bodies
Q2
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The key, as in all these questions is “in your own words”
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Do not quote. The examiner is testing your ability to understand, not to cherry pick
buzzwords.
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The focus are the “conditions prevalent in the run up…” Not the truth or otherwise of
what is said, and not the detail of the scientific analysis.
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4 marks for 4 separate ideas
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PREVALENT: widespread or in general use at the time
Q3
 1 mark – short answer
 Thinking of TRAPPERS: Polls and statistics should have
come to mind here.
 A short quotation nails the mark
 Any answer showing recognition of the shift from descriptive
writing to a more factual tone, with a quotation, would get
the single mark on offer.
 Veracity: Truth
Q4
 12 Marks on offer – 1/5th of the paper… or 14% of the entire
IGCSE
 You need to analyze by quoting and explaining – PEE all
over this one.
 Ideally 4 PEARLS will get the marks
 Think TRAPPERS and apply…
 Do not be afraid to use material from the earlier questions
 USE THE BULLETS – new paragraph for each.
IDEAS
 Emotive Language: Use the opening three paragraphs
here. Look for words or phrases chosen for a
reaction…
BULLETS…
 Fact and Opinion
 You have already discussed Statistics… now give a
brief analysis of the writing and remember that use of
trustworthy sources is vital.
 His point of view is that things are bad, but that the
Chinese will not acknowledge this fact.
Try to use the whole piece
Here, the writer evaluates his thoughts
and reaches a conclusion: This is a
result of good things in the Chinese
economy.
Consider how his language choice shows
His POV that there is a real positive to
be found in the modern Chinese society.
This is not the only time , but you might like to look at the use of the 1st
person plural here.
It suggests some form of complicity between writer and reader and helps
to get his view across because we begin to trust him.