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

Read again the first part of Source A from lines 1 to 10.

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 children at the primary school and the ragged school behave very differently.

Use details from both sources to write a summary of the differences between the behaviour of the children at the two schools.

How does the writer use language to describe Sister Brendan?

Compare how the writers convey their different attitudes to the two schools.

In your answer, you could:

• compare their different attitudes

• compare the methods the writers use to convey their different attitudes

• support your response with references to both texts.

Write a speech for your school or college Leavers’ Day to explain what you think makes a good education.

(24 marks for content and organisation 16 marks for technical accuracy)