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The vocabulary you choose in your creative writing goes a long way in improving your marks. Use this section to learn new words and upgrade your vocabulary to get those extra marks.

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What a Q2 looks like (text to go with it below)

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What a Q2 looks like (text to go with it below)

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In this section you can find a huge range of past papers, practice papers, mark schemes and manuals to work through.

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GCSE English manual-this will tell you everything you need to know about answering all questions on both papers. Use it to help you to complete the takeaway tasks

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GCSE English manual-this will tell you everything you need to know about answering all questions on both papers. Use it to help you to complete the takeaway tasks

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GCSE English Language P1P2 manual SUMMER 2025 2026- PRINTABLE (3)

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Planning grid/table to help with practising answering P2Q5

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Planning grid/table to help with practising answering P2Q5

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Full practice paper plus mark scheme and example answers

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Full practice paper plus mark scheme and example answers

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Practise key skills before working up to a full exam question

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If you're not sure how to revise, use this section to get tips and advice on revision strategies.

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The reading section on this booklet is quite helpful. Use the Question 5 stuff if you find it useful but remember we are only looking at ARTICLES this year.

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A formal letter has a conventional structure. The sender's postal address goes in the top right hand corner. The recipient's postal address is written to the left and slightly below this with the date underneath.

A letter then opens with the greeting 'Dear...' If you do not know the name of the person you are writing to (for example if you were emailing a company about a product, rather than a particular person that works there), the convention is to start your letter with: 'Dear Sir/Madam'.

The initial paragraph usually outlines the overall aim of the letter, and the conclusion summarises the main points.

Conventionally, there are different ways to end a letter, depending on the addressee.

If you have named the recipient at the start, (eg Dear Mr Banks/Dear Freya) your letter ends with 'Yours sincerely'.

If you haven't named the recipient at the start (eg Dear Sir/Madam) your letter ends with 'Yours faithfully'.

In a formal letter, the convention is to use . The tone of your letter will vary depending on your purpose.

Here is an example of a job application letter (minus the sender's postal address and recipient's address). The writer's overall purpose is to the reader of their suitability for the role.

20th July 2016

Dear Mr Hopkins,

I am writing in response to the recent advertisement for the position of sales assistant that has become available in your shop. I would like to be considered for the position.

I am currently working in a local coffee shop, where I am responsible for the service and distribution of food and drink to customers. I am a key holder for the premises, and my daily duties include taking orders, dealing with customer queries and managing the till takings at the end of the working day. I work as part of a small team to ensure that the needs of the customers are met.

Before working in the coffee shop, I spent several years working as a sales assistant in a bookshop. In this role, I gained extensive experience of organisation, stocktaking and meeting specific requests for customer orders. In this full-time role, I developed interpersonal skills and confidence within customer service.

In addition to this I can offer competent skills with Microsoft Office software and I am currently completing an evening course in accounting. I have included details of my GCSE qualifications in my attached CV.

Thank for you taking the time to read my application; I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Marisa Ahmed

The opening paragraph outlines the purpose of the letter to the recipient. The writer then explains their previous experience in sales and refers to their qualifications to show that they are suitable. The closing paragraph refers back to the overall purpose, and assumes that the writer expects to hear from the recipient - this shows confidence.

Formal language is used and the writer ends her letter with 'yours sincerely' because she has used her recipient's name at the start.

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Writing a letter - Writing non-fiction - AQA - GCSE English Language Revision - AQA - BBC Bitesize

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A formal letter has a conventional structure. The sender's postal address goes in the top right hand corner. The recipient's postal address is written to the left and slightly below this with the date underneath. A letter then opens with the greeting 'Dear...'

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Use this for the example questions!

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Not sure where to start with revision?  Look at this sheet to pick a focus/task.

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If you want to do some work but not a whole paper, use these takeaway tasks.

These are short, practice questions.

There are no mark schemes or examples attached. They are simply, short tasks to build your skills.

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Use the worksheet to practise writing a letter before the November resit.

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Spelling, punctuation and grammar are all assessed as part of Q5. This section is full of quizzes, tips, lessons, videos and more to help you improve your SPaG acccuracy.

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A visual reminder of how to write an article

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Blank copy for you to help structure your article writing.

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P2Q 2 3 4 GENERIC REVISION PLANNING TEMPLATE

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Use this prompt and the matching video to write an article

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Use this text to answer the attached questions.

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Use the text to attempt the question.

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Paper 2 Question 5 practice planning grid

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Paper 2 Question 5 practice planning grid

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Practise the online comprehension quizzes to improve your reading skills

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ReadWorks | Award-Winning, EdTech Nonprofit Organization

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ReadWorks is an edtech nonprofit organization that is committed to helping to solve America’s reading comprehension crisis.

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Read one article every day

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Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.

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I Asked 75 Examiners for their Number 1 GCSE Exam Tip (Part 1)

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Use this app to build vocabulary and practice finding the connotations of words. Also available on the apple store.

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Word to Word: Fun Brain Games, Offline Puzzle Game - Apps on Google Play

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Test your mastery of English words, crossword puzzles, idioms, trivia, anagrams!

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GCSE English Language - AQA - BBC Bitesize

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Easy-to-understand homework and revision materials for your GCSE English Language AQA '9-1' studies and exams.

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Hints, tips, guides and prompts to improve reading and writing skills.

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Laura Maines (lauramaines4591) - Profile | Pinterest

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Laura Maines | English Lecturer
Riverside College

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Guides and sentence starts to help get you writing articles, speeches, essays and more.

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17 Non-fiction Writing ideas | writing, non fiction writing, fiction writing

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May 22, 2020 - Explore Laura Maines’s board “Non-fiction Writing” on Pinterest. See more ideas about writing, non fiction writing, fiction writing.

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P2Q 2 3 4 GENERIC REVISION PLANNING TEMPLATE

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Click on the link to see the word of the day. Use this word in a sentence today!

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What It Means

Pandemonium refers to a situation in which a crowd or mass of people act in a wild, uncontrolled, or violent way because they are afraid, excited, or confused.

// Pandemonium ensued when a power failure knocked out the city's traffic lights during rush hour.
See the entry >
pandemonium in Context

I went to the ______ store to buy a birthday card.

Did You Know?

When John Milton needed a name for the gathering place of all demons for Paradise Lost, he turned to the classics as any sensible 17th-century writer would. Pandæmonium, as the capital of Hell is known in the epic poem, combines the Greek prefix pan-, meaning "all," with the Late Latin daemonium, meaning "evil spirit." ( Daemonium itself traces back to the far more innocuous Greek word daímōn, meaning "spirit" or "divine power.") Over time, Pandæmonium (or Pandemonium) came to designate all of hell and was used as well for earthbound dens of wickedness and sin. By the late-18th century, the word implied a place or state of confusion or uproar, and from there, it didn't take long for pandemonium to become associated with states of utter disorder and wildness.

Test Your Vocabulary

Fill in the blanks to complete a word meaning "hell" or "eternal damnation": p _ r _ i _ _ o n.

VIEW THE ANSWER

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When John Milton needed a name for the gathering place of all demons for Paradise Lost, he turned to the classics as any sensible 17th-century writer would. Pandæmonium, as the capital of Hell is

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Help with your spelling, punctuation and grammar.

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May 20, 2020 - Explore Laura Maines’s board “SPaG” on Pinterest. See more ideas about english writing, english vocabulary, english grammar.

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Can be used with any exam or practice paper.

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P2Q4 Task - Compare 'The Dark Knight' Reviews

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P2Q4 Task - Compare 'The Dark Knight' Reviews

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Both sources are reviews of The Dark Knight. Source A is a negative review and source B is a positive review. Read both and complete the P2Q4 practice question.

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Student answers to P2Q4 that have been annotated and graded by AQA. Remember to try and aim for Level 3.

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Shorter sources for a quicker practice task. P2 Q1 and Q2 practice.

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P2Q 2 3 4 GENERIC REVISION PLANNING TEMPLATE

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How to write a summary of the differences/similarities.

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AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 2 (2024 onwards)

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Language Paper 2 -- Preparation Booklet UPDATED STUDENT

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2 Surprising Things You MIGHT Want to Avoid in Your Exam Article (AQA English Language P2Q5)

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AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 3 (updated & animated)

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AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 4 (updated & animated)

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AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 (updated & animated)

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Study Time #9: English Language Paper 2, Question 5

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Click on the link to test your spelling and vocabulary. Try the different difficulty levels to see what suits you best. Make sure you select the English language instead of the American!

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A unique Spelling Test, Spelling Quiz, and Spelling Practice application will quickly and effortlessly build English vocabulary and improve listening skills. No more mistyped words with our Spelling Lessons, no more issues with reading or listening comprehension.

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Complete each quiz to help make your vocabulary more ambitious

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Complete each quiz to help make your vocabulary more ambitious

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QUIZ 1

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This KS2 English quiz challenges you in improving vocabulary. One part of improving vocabulary is learning to spell correctly. Have you ever looked at a dictionary and wondered if anyone could possibly know all the words it contains? There are at least 250,000 words in English - so you'll have quite a task to learn them all! English uses so many words that, although a word might have many synonyms, each has a slightly different meaning. You can nearly always find a word to say exactly what you want to say. So, no more excuses for boring word choices!

By improving your vocabulary, you will have a better understanding of the English language and be able to write much more interesting stories.

Stretch your vocabulary by trying this English quiz.

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KS2 Improving Vocabulary | How to Spell Correctly

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It's good to improve your vocabulary but make sure that you learn how to spell new words correctly! This can make all the difference to any piece of writing.

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P2Q 2 3 4 GENERIC REVISION PLANNING TEMPLATE 2023 2024

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Paper 2 Question 5 practice planning grid

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Paper 2 Question 5 practice planning grid

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Punctuation: complete the punctuation quiz to see how to make your sentence structure secure

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Punctuation: complete the punctuation quiz to see how to make your sentence structure secure

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This KS2 English quiz takes a look at punctuation. Punctuation includes commas, question marks, full stops and exclamation marks. Punctuating properly is very important if you take care with your punctuation your reader will easily understand what you've written - Wait a minute! That's not right. How about this: Punctuating properly is very important. If you take care with your punctuation, your reader will easily understand what you've written.

When composing a piece of writing, don't forget to read through to make sure you have added punctuation where needed. Otherwise, your teacher will have a hard time reading your work.

Test your punctuation skills with this quiz.

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The use of punctuation marks like commas, apostrophes and full stops makes your writing easy to read. Without them it can be quite a challenge! This fun KS2 English quiz, created especially for children in Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6, asks them to correct the mistakes in the given sentences.

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Spelling: complete the homophone quiz to make sure you know the difference between their, they're and there

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Spelling: complete the homophone quiz to make sure you know the difference between their, they're and there

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This KS2 English quiz challenges you on the words their, they're and there. 'Their', 'they're' and 'there' are same sounding words or homophones, although they are spelt differently and have different meanings. 'Their' is a possessive pronoun - it means that something belongs to 'them'; 'they're' is the contraction of 'they are'; and 'there' is used to mean a place or position.

It's easy to get these three words mixed up, but once you remember what each of them mean, you'll never make the mistake again. If you don't get full marks first time in this quiz, try it again until you know for sure which of the three options is correct.

Play this quiz all about the use of their, they're and there.

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Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings. Three words that are often confusing for KS2 students are Their, They're and There. In this quiz written specifically for children in Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 we clarify their meanings so they don't make the same mistake.

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Spelling: complete the homophone quiz to ensure you know the difference between your and you're

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Spelling: complete the homophone quiz to ensure you know the difference between your and you're

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This KS2 English quiz will test you on the words your and you're. Your is a possessive pronoun whilst you're is a contraction of 'you are'. In writing, people often confuse 'you're' and 'your' because they are homophones - the two words sound the same. But 'you're' is a contraction of the words 'you are', whereas 'your' is a possessive pronoun meaning something belongs to you.

Just like the words in our KS2 English quiz titled Their, They're and There, it's important to know which one to use correctly. Once you fully know the meaning of each, then you'll have no trouble using the right one every time!

See if you know the difference by trying this English quiz.

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The words Your and You're are homophones. They sound the same but have different meanings. One is the possessive form of You (Your mum) and the other is a contraction of You are (You're silly). This KS2 English quiz for Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 pupils finds out if they know the difference.

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QUIZ 2

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This KS2 English quiz challenges you in improving vocabulary. One part of improving vocabulary is learning to spell correctly. Have you ever looked at a dictionary and wondered if anyone could possibly know all the words it contains? There are at least 250,000 words in English - so you'll have quite a task to learn them all! English uses so many words that, although a word might have many synonyms, each has a slightly different meaning. You can nearly always find a word to say exactly what you want to say. So, no more excuses for boring word choices!

By improving your vocabulary, you will have a better understanding of the English language and be able to write much more interesting stories.

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KS2 Improving Vocabulary | How to Spell Correctly

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QUIZ 3

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This KS2 English quiz takes another look at improving vocabulary. Knowing and using synonyms for 'ordinary' words can really improve your vocabulary. It's not enough just to have a collection of wonderful words in your vocabulary. You also need to know when to use them! Are you able to select exactly the right word for any occasion?

It's important to know the meaning of words before you use them. If you are not quite sure of the meaning, your writing or speech may not make much sense! So when you discover a new word that you like, ensure that you double-check its meaning in a dictionary as well as learning how to spell it correctly.

Improve your vocabulary by trying this challenging picture quiz. If you haven't played our first two quizzes on the same subject, you might want to try them first. Good luck!

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KS2 Improving Vocabulary | How to Learn New Words

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The best way for children in KS2 to learn new words and improve their vocabulary is to read as often as they can. The more words they know, the better their own writing will be.

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A06: Commas (an easy way to impress the examiner)

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Use these tasks alongside the PPTs to catch up on any missed lessons.

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GCSE English manual-this will tell you everything you need to know about answering all questions on both papers. Use it to help you to complete the takeaway tasks

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GCSE English manual-this will tell you everything you need to know about answering all questions on both papers. Use it to help you to complete the takeaway tasks

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Paper 2 practice paper-broken down by question with guidance

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Paper 2 practice paper-broken down by question with guidance

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Paper 2 mini mocks/past papers by VOC AREA

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Paper 2 mini mocks/past papers by VOC AREA

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Paper 2 skills padlet-practice individual skills ready for the mock

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Paper 2 skills padlet-practice individual skills ready for the mock

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Section B: Writing

Question 5

A recent article in a national newspaper argued that animals should have the same legal rights as humans, including protection from harm and the right to live freely. Some people agree, believing that animals should not be used for food, entertainment, or scientific testing. Others argue that humans have the right to use animals for their benefit, as long as they are treated humanely.

Write 2-3 paragraphs of a speech for your school debating society in which you explain your viewpoint on this issue.

Success criteria:

-choose a persona

-consistently use adjectives and adverbs to show feeling and for impact

-3 x LD of your choice (ASTOMP/INDAFOREST)

-3 x ES of your choice.

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Section B: Writing

Question 5

Music and lyrics have the power to bring people together, regardless of background, language, or beliefs. Some argue that music is one of the most unifying forces in the world, while others believe it is becoming more divisive due to controversial lyrics and genres.

Write 2-3 paragraphs of an article for a newspaper in which you explain your viewpoint on the role of music in society today.

Success criteria:

-choose a persona

-consistently use adjectives and adverbs to show feeling and for impact

-3 x LD of your choice (ASTOMP/INDAFOREST)

-3 x ES of your choice.

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Section B: Writing

Question 5

Some people believe that entrepreneurship and starting a business are the best ways to achieve success, giving individuals control over their future and financial independence. Others argue that it is too risky and that people should focus on traditional career paths with stable jobs.

Write 2-3 paragraphs of a letter to a business magazine in which you explain your viewpoint on whether entrepreneurship is the key to success.

Success criteria:

-choose a persona

-consistently use adjectives and adverbs to show feeling and for impact

-3 x LD of your choice (ASTOMP/INDAFOREST)

-3 x ES of your choice.

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Brickwork:

Section B: Writing

Question 5

Brickwork has been a key part of construction for centuries, but some argue that modern materials like concrete and steel have reduced its importance. Others believe bricklaying remains vital in construction today.

Write 2-3 paragraphs for a construction magazine explaining your view on the role of brickwork in modern building.

Success criteria:

Choose a persona (e.g., bricklayer, construction manager).

Use adjectives and adverbs to add feeling and impact.

3 x LD of your choice (e.g., ASTOMP/INDAFOREST).

3 x ES of your choice.

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Joinery:

Section B: Writing

Question 5

Joinery creates functional and beautiful woodwork, but some feel mass-produced furniture has overshadowed it. Others argue that handcrafted woodwork is making a comeback.

Write 2-3 paragraphs for a home improvement magazine explaining your view on the relevance of joinery today.

Success criteria:

Choose a persona (e.g., joiner, interior designer).

Use adjectives and adverbs to add feeling and impact.

3 x LD of your choice (e.g., ASTOMP/INDAFOREST).

3 x ES of your choice.

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Public Services, 2-3 paragraphs. 20 mins!

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Public Services, 2-3 paragraphs. 20 mins!

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Section B: Writing

Question 5

The armed forces play a crucial role in protecting the country and responding to global crises. Some people believe that more funding should be given to support the military and its personnel, while others argue that the government already spends too much on defence and should focus on other public services.

Write 2-3 paragraphs of a speech to be delivered at a local community event in which you explain your viewpoint on the importance of the armed forces.

Success criteria:

-choose a persona

-consistently use adjectives and adverbs to show feeling and for impact

-3 x LD of your choice (ASTOMP/INDAFOREST)

-3 x ES of your choice.

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Section B: Writing

Question 5

Sport is often seen as a crucial part of society, promoting teamwork, discipline, and a healthy lifestyle. However, some argue that too much emphasis is placed on sport in schools and the media, while other important subjects and issues are overlooked.

Write 2-3 paragraphs of a letter to your local newspaper in which you explain your viewpoint on the role of sport in society.

Success criteria:

-choose a persona

-consistently use adjectives and adverbs to show feeling and for impact

-3 x LD of your choice (ASTOMP/INDAFOREST)

-3 x ES of your choice.