AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing June 2018 question paper 8700/1

List four things about Mr Fisher from this part of the source.

How does the writer use language here to convey Mr Fisher’s views on books and stories of the past?

You could include the writer’s choice of:

words and phrases

language features and techniques

sentence forms.

This text is from the beginning of a short story.

How has the writer structured the text to interest you as a reader?

You could write about:

what the writer focuses your attention on at the beginning of the source

how and why the writer changes this focus as the source develops

any other structural features that interest you.

A student said, ‘This part of the story, where Mr Fisher is marking homework, shows Tibbet’s story is better than Mr Fisher expected, and his reaction is extreme.’

To what extent do you agree?

In your response, you could:

consider your own impressions of what Mr Fisher expected Tibbet’s homework to be like

evaluate how the writer conveys Mr Fisher’s reaction to what he discovers

support your response with references to the text.