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GCSE English Language
Component 2
,Component 2-Aims of Session
• Brief reminder of Reading and Writing
assessment objectives
• To consider the Principal Examiner’s key
messages and lessons learnt (June 2019 series)
• To focus on Reading skills of analysis (AO2) and
evaluation (AO4)
• To review a number of candidate responses
focusing on Q02, Q04 and Q22 (the prom letter)
with marking exercises
• To consider possible approaches to teaching
transactional writing and resources available
, COMPONENT 2 ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES – READING
• Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas
AO1
(assessed in Question 11 and 13)
• Select and synthesise evidence from different texts
(assessed in Question 15)
AO2 Explain, comment on and analyse how writers use language and structure to
achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to
support their views
(assessed in Question 12 )
AO3 Compare writers' ideas and perspectives, as well as how these are
conveyed, across two or more texts
(assessed in Question 16)
AO4 Evaluate texts critically and support this with appropriate textual references
(assessed in Question 14)
Each Reading question targets ONE assessment objective.
, Component 2 Reading:
Principal Examiner’s Key Messages
• Read the instructions at the start of each question carefully
to avoid answering on the wrong text
• Don’t lose marks in Q11 and Q13 by not reading the
question properly
• Remember the mark tariff per question and plan time
accordingly e.g. synthesis question is worth 4 marks and
should be dealt with fairly quickly
• Keep the focus of the question firmly in mind e.g. the focus
for Q16 was ‘the day of the rescue’
• Support points with appropriate evidence
GCSE English Language
Component 2
,Component 2-Aims of Session
• Brief reminder of Reading and Writing
assessment objectives
• To consider the Principal Examiner’s key
messages and lessons learnt (June 2019 series)
• To focus on Reading skills of analysis (AO2) and
evaluation (AO4)
• To review a number of candidate responses
focusing on Q02, Q04 and Q22 (the prom letter)
with marking exercises
• To consider possible approaches to teaching
transactional writing and resources available
, COMPONENT 2 ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES – READING
• Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas
AO1
(assessed in Question 11 and 13)
• Select and synthesise evidence from different texts
(assessed in Question 15)
AO2 Explain, comment on and analyse how writers use language and structure to
achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to
support their views
(assessed in Question 12 )
AO3 Compare writers' ideas and perspectives, as well as how these are
conveyed, across two or more texts
(assessed in Question 16)
AO4 Evaluate texts critically and support this with appropriate textual references
(assessed in Question 14)
Each Reading question targets ONE assessment objective.
, Component 2 Reading:
Principal Examiner’s Key Messages
• Read the instructions at the start of each question carefully
to avoid answering on the wrong text
• Don’t lose marks in Q11 and Q13 by not reading the
question properly
• Remember the mark tariff per question and plan time
accordingly e.g. synthesis question is worth 4 marks and
should be dealt with fairly quickly
• Keep the focus of the question firmly in mind e.g. the focus
for Q16 was ‘the day of the rescue’
• Support points with appropriate evidence
