OCR GCSE English Language Communicating Information and Ideas June 2023 question paper J351/01

Question 1 is about Text 1, Shilling Cookery for the People by Alexis Soyer.

Look at lines 1–6.

Identify the word that describes the people Alexis Soyer visited.

Give two ways in which philanthropic individuals have tried to help the poorest people.

Explain the help Alexis Soyer thinks that the poorest people still need.

Question 2 is about Text 1, Shilling Cookery for the People by Alexis Soyer and Text 2, You Are What You Eat by Gillian McKeith.

Both texts are by writers who want to help people.

What other similarities do these texts share?

Draw on evidence from both texts to support your answer.

Question 3 is about Text 2, You Are What You Eat by Gillian McKeith.

Look at lines 12–25.

Explore how Gillian McKeith uses language and structure to persuade the reader to trust her advice.

Support your ideas by referring to the text, using relevant subject terminology.

Question 4 is about Text 1, Shilling Cookery for the People by Alexis Soyer and Text 2, You Are What You Eat by Gillian McKeith.

‘Both texts are just about the benefits to individual people of changing what they eat.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

In your answer you should:

• discuss what we learn about people changing what they eat

• explain how far you agree that both texts are mainly about individual people changing what they eat

• compare the ways the texts present the benefits of people changing what they eat.

Support your response with quotations from Text 1 and Text 2.

5* Write a talk for parents advising them how to help their children eat healthier food.

You should:

• describe some difficulties children have with eating healthily

• explain the benefits of eating healthier food

• describe how to convince children to eat healthier food.

OR

6* A magazine for young people publishes a regular column with the title ‘That was when my journey began.’

Write an article for the magazine to describe a moment when you changed your ideas about life.

You should:

• explain what you used to think about life before that moment

• describe the moment that changed your ideas

• explain how your life has changed since that moment.

Write the number of the question you have chosen to answer.