AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2: Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives June 2017 question paper 8700/2

Read again the first part of Source A from lines 1 to 17.

Choose four statements below which are true.

• Shade the circles in the boxes of the ones that you think are true.

• Choose a maximum of four statements.

• If you make an error cross out the whole box.

• If you change your mind and require a statement that has been crossed out then draw a circle around the box.

The ways the boys spend their time playing as young children is different.

Use details from both sources to write a summary of the different activities the boy in Source A enjoys and the boy in Source B enjoyed when he was young.

How does the writer use language to describe his son?

Compare how the writers convey their different perspectives and feelings about their children growing up.

In your answer, you could:

• compare their different perspectives and feelings

• compare the methods the writers use to convey their different perspectives and feelings

• support your response with references to both texts.

Write an article for a broadsheet newspaper in which you argue for or against this statement. (24 marks for content and organisation 16 marks for technical accuracy)