2 x PDF booklets (41 pages and 51 pages)
KS4
Years 10-11
These AQA English Language revision booklets contain structure guidance for Paper 1 and Paper 2.
They offer students guidance on how to approach writing answers for each question on both papers. Students can use this advice to build their confidence in crafting their responses.
The AQA English Language revision booklets cover:
- What Paper 1 and Paper 2 look like
- Structure guidance for Paper 1 and Paper 2
- Overviews of all questions, with advice and exemplar responses
- Practice questions to have a go at, with extracts included
Paper 1: Explorations in creative reading and writing
AQA English Language Paper 1 tests students’ ability to read and analyse one fiction text. They are also required to produce a piece of creative writing, using a stimulus to support.
Extracts include:
- The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
- Stoner by John Williams
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Paper 2: Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives
AQA English Language Paper 2 tests students’ ability to read and analyse two non-fiction texts, often from contrasting periods in time. They’re also required to produce a piece of non-fiction writing.
Extracts include:
- Observer article about homework
- Two letters from the 1800s
- Glastonbury Festival report from a Sunday newspaper
- 1839 article by Charles Dickens about Greenwich Fair
- Extract from a 1967 essay about the Aberfan landslide
- Extract from a Victorian newspaper article about an earthquake
Matthew Moore is an English teacher, head of department and a GCSE and A-Level examiner. Please note that the extracts in these resources come from a variety of sources. Browse more GCSE English Language revision resources.
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