IGCSE English Language To learn the exam skills

IGCSE English Language • To learn the exam skills required for the IGCSE paper question 2 • To explore exemplar responses and identify what is required to get a C grade or above • To practice a response

Home Learning • Annotate the paragraph needed for part (b) of the question.

How to guarantee success in this paper… 6 steps to that Magic C grade! 1. Take in a highlighter 2. Open the paper! 3. Next to Q 3 draw a big number 15 4. Read Q 1 – underline who you are supposed to be and highlight the bullet points 5. Read Passage A 6. Don’t read passage B until you come to passage B

This is question two it is worth 10 marks Re-read the descriptions of: Paper 2 (a) O’Neill’s fall in paragraph 3; (b) Dean Potter in paragraph 5. Select words and phrases from these descriptions, and explain how the writer has created effects by using this language. 2 hours long 2 texts to read 3 questions to answer 40%

Paragraph 3! WHICH ONE IS IT?

Paragraph 3 Potter doesn’t wait for his partner to reach the safety of the permanent metal peg at the top of the first stage, but instead starts climbing straight away. This is a risky procedure, but it’s the fastest way to climb. Five minutes later, the two are already 200 feet up, and my neck is sore just from watching them. As I back away from the Nose to get a better view, I hear it – a horrible scrabbling of hands and feet on rock, followed by a desperate yell: “Falling!” Looking up, I see O’Neill dropping through space, arms flailing, legs splaying like a manic puppet out of control. Suddenly, he jerks to a stop. This puppet now looks as though someone, out of pity, has cut all of his strings except one, and he hangs there, stunned, after plunging more than 25 feet. I can’t believe he hasn’t hit the bottom.

Qu. 2 – writer’s effect an example The writer creates the image that Dean Potter is like an animal. The writer says that “With his wide -set brown eyes, prominent and slightly batteredlooking nose, tumbling mane and barrel chest” he With your climbed the mountain. The writer describes Dean highlighters, Potter in a way which suggests he is like a lion with a “tumbling mane. ” This creates the image identify that Dean. PEEL is the “king” of rock climbing much like a lion is the “king of the jungle. ” Additionally Dean again like a lion is brave, physically strong, someone to be feared as well as admired. With your highlighters, identify PEEL!

Peer assessment 1) Did my partner make a relevant point about O’Neill’s fall? 2) Did my partner integrate a relevant quotation? 3) Did my partner explain the effect of the quotation? 4) Did my partner link their explanation to the question? /4