English Language Paper 2 Section A PERSPECTIVE READING

English Language: Paper 2 – Section A PERSPECTIVE READING

Perspectives: Viewpoints: • Identify true statements about an article • Summarise differences between articles • Analyse language • Compare two texts’ different attitudes in detail

STRUCTURE OF THE EXAM • 4 questions • 2 non-fiction sources • Sources will be linked by a common theme, but one will be a 19 th Century text, and the other will either be a 20 th or 21 st Century text. • One of the main aims of the paper is to compare viewpoints on similar topics, but at different time periods.

SECTION A STRUCTURE Spend 15 minutes reading the two sources QUESTION 1 – True or False 2 – Difference Summary 3 – Language Analysis MARKS 4 8 12 TIME SPENT Reading time 10 minutes 15 minutes 4 – Attitude Comparison 16 20 minutes

QUESTION 1 – True or False • Question 1 will provide a choice of 8 different statements about a Source. • Choose the 4 true statements Read Source 1, which is a newspaper interview with the parents of a woman who was killed in a train crash 15 years earlier known as the Paddington Rail Disaster, which occurred in London on October 5 th, 1999.

Question 1: Choose four statements below which are TRUE. A: The accident was caused by a train passing through a red signal. B: Juliet Groves usually travelled by car. C: In her accountancy exams, Juliet Groves had come in the top ten of students in the country. D: Mobile phones rang from the dead bodies. E: Juliet Groves’ body was the first victim to be found. F: Network Rail was fined in 2002. G: The First Great Western train was travelling to Waterloo. H: Denman Groves did not realise that his daughter had been in Paddington.

Question 1: Choose four statements below which are TRUE. A: The accident was caused by a train passing through a red signal. B: Juliet Groves usually travelled by car. C: In her accountancy exams, Juliet Groves had come in the top ten of students in the country. D: Mobile phones rang from the dead bodies. E: Juliet Groves’ body was the first victim to be found. F: Network Rail was fined in 2002. G: The First Great Western train was travelling to Waterloo. H: Denman Groves did not realise that his daughter had been in Paddington.

Question 1: Choose four statements below which are TRUE. This article is taken from www. nursingtimes. net , May 7 th 2014. Choose the 4 true statements. A: Most nurses feel that their patients are not at risk because of staff shortages. B: Most people who responded to the survey are confident in their working environment. C: The majority of nurses think that there is too much paperwork in the NHS. D: Many hospitals are forced to use agency staff at night, weekends and Bank Holidays. E: Most nurses would recommend being a Nurse to their children. F: Over 80% of Nurses do not feel they have enough time for the patients. G: The survey was organised by the BBC News. H: One factor in hospitals being placed in ‘special measures’ is the lack of staff.

Question 1: Choose four statements below which are TRUE. This article is taken from www. nursingtimes. net , May 7 th 2014. Choose the 4 true statements. A: Most nurses feel that their patients are not at risk because of staff shortages. B: Most people who responded to the survey are confident in their working environment. C: The majority of nurses think that there is too much paperwork in the NHS. D: Many hospitals are forced to use agency staff at night, weekends and Bank Holidays. E: Most nurses would recommend being a Nurse to their children. F: Over 80% of Nurses do not feel they have enough time for the patients. G: The survey was organised by the BBC News. H: One factor in hospitals being placed in ‘special measures’ is the lack of staff.

CREATING QUESTION 1 • Read the article assigned to your group. • Come up with 8 statements - 4 that are true are 4 that are false. Write the statements down on your piece of paper. • Swap your questions and article with another group, and answer

Home Learning 1. Find your own non-fiction article. 2. Write your own Question 1 - 4 true statements and 4 that are untrue. Date Due: NEXT FRIDAY