AQA English Language Paper 1 Writing for a Grade 9
Structure! 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED
Terms in this set (8)
Section A = Q1, Q2, Q3 & Q4
Section B = Q5
You will have 1 hour 45 minutes to answer the questions!
Q1 - 4 minutes
Q2 - 10 minutes
Paper Overview
Q3 - 10 minutes
Q4 - 25 minutes
Q5 - 45 minutes
(You must spend maximum 15 minutes planning and annotating quotes)!
You may choose to do the bigger mark questions first e.g. Q5 -> Q4 -> Q3 -> Q2 ->
Q1 so that in case you lose time, you at least get the bigger marks. To avoid losing
time, do a lot of practice papers and try to write with joined writing!
. List 4 things from the given text (e.g. lines 1-15)
Question 1
. Do not use quotes from the text - you must put the quotes in your own words
Question 2 Use the structure ~
PEEL x 2-3
How does the writer use language ... (P = Point
Explain, comment on - use quotes, analyse E = Evidence
E = Explain
You must include: L = Link)
. words and phrases
. language features and techniques
. sentence forms (e.g. compound/ simple/
complex sentences, clauses, etc...)
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