Language Paper 1 Section A Assessment Objectives AO

Language Paper 1 Section A

Assessment Objectives • AO 1 – Identify and select relevant information (question 1) • AO 2 – Comment on and analyse language in texts (question 2) • AO 2 – Comment on and analyse structure in texts (question 3) • AO 4 – Evaluate texts (question 4)

Marks and Timings • 40 marks • 40 minutes writing • 15 minutes reading and planning.

Question 1 • List FOUR things. • 4 marks • 4 minutes

Question 2 • Analyse language. • 2 x PELE • 8 marks • 8 minutes

Question 3 • Analyse structure • 3 x PEE • 8 marks • 8 minutes

Question 4 • Evaluate the opinion/statement in the question • 4 x PELE • Avoid I, me, my, etc. • 16 marks • 16 minutes

Language Paper 1 Section B

Assessment Objectives • AO 5 – Content, organisation, audience and purpose. • AO 6 – Technical accuracy, varied vocabulary, varied punctuation, varied sentence length.

Marks and Timings • 40 marks • 24 marks for AO 5 • 16 marks for AO 6 • 40 minutes writing • 5 minutes planning.

Narrative or Description • A choice of two questions • Narrative or narrative • Description or description • Narrative or description • A narrative will have a story. • A description will focus on details but nothing will really happen.