 Hello and welcome back to another GCSE revision lesson. Now the English language paper two exams are taking place in just a few days. And what does that mean? Whilst on the one hand, that means you don't have that much time to prepare for these exams. Actually the other side of it is that freedom is so tantalizingly close. Okay. So if you're currently in year 11, you are about to get to the other side of freedom after Monday's exam. So of course what you want to do is finish off strong. You need to know what your examiner is going to be looking for and how to optimize this time that you've got left over in order to really make sure that you finish off these exams strong when you are sitting in front of your language paper two exams on Monday morning. So as you can see behind me, I have created essentially a brief table going over quickly timings, frameworks for all five questions, as well as what examiners are specifically after when it comes to assessment objectives. Make sure you are very, very clear on all of these things because the aim of the game is to make sure you get that great mark at the end of your exams. But how do you get that and secure that mark? You need to know what your examiners are looking for. Okay. So you need to also be really, really clear on the different assessment objectives. Okay. Now guys, remember that I do have a free document where I've basically summarized all of this information as well as the different forms for question five. So this is a letter speech and article. I've put that in the description link. If you want to download that, you can download it for free. Just click through to that link. So without wasting any more time and with that waffling some more, let's begin by being clear on timings. It's really, really important to manage your time so that you don't run out of time, especially for the big markets for the question four and the question number five. So remember for this final exam, you will have one hour 45 minutes. This exam is quite challenging because you literally have exactly the same amount of time as language paper one, but you're doing double the work. Okay. You're doing double the reading and especially for questions two and four. You are comparing both sources that you're given. Okay. So remember that in one hour, 45 minutes, you're given two sources. You've got answer for questions based on those sources. And then of course, question five is your nonfiction writing now. How do you manage that time? Remember to spend the first 10 minutes of the exam firstly flicking through the question paper, getting a lay of the land, highlighting the keywords from questions one to five so that you can kind of be processing this information. And then within that same 10 minutes, making sure that you're working on your speed reading so that you can read through both sources, but you're selecting the relevant bits of information that go with the questions. Okay. After you're done with that first initial 10 minutes, remember for question number one, which is the multiple choice question worth just four marks, spend a max of five minutes on that question, and then you move on. It tends to ask you to look at source A and really specific line numbers. Question number two, which is your first comparison question. You were asked to write a summary of either similarities or differences between the two texts. This question is worth eight marks. Therefore spend 10 minutes on this question. Try to aim to write at least one comparison paragraph, if not two, depending on your speed. Question three should come as a little bit of a relief because you then ask to look at just one source, either the modern source or the Victorian source, but it's just the one source. It's actually quite similar to question two of language paper one because it asks you to find how the writer uses language to show whatever the keywords in the question ask you to talk about. Okay. Now this question is worth 12 marks to make sure you spend 13 minutes on this question aimed to write at least two pill paragraphs, if not three. That's question number three. Now question number four is now your second chunky comparison question. Okay. Now this question tends to ask you to talk about writer's viewpoints, thoughts, feelings, perspectives from both extracts. Okay. This question is worth 16 marks, but you're working very, very hard for these 16 marks. And I would suggest allocating at least 17 minutes and aiming to write at least two, if not three comparative paragraphs where you're talking about source A and source B. Remember in question two and four, you need to integrate your analysis of both sources. Okay. Don't write one paragraph about source A and then a second paragraph about source B. That's not integrating and that's not comparative. You need to, in the same paragraph, talk about both sources. Otherwise you're not comparing. You need to make sure also for question number four, you are also, when you're explaining how the writers are showing either the similar viewpoints and perspectives of the different viewpoints and perspectives, how they're doing so using language and structure techniques. Okay. So you need to make sure you're weaving all of these things together when you're answering question number four. That's why it's really challenging and you're working really hard for these 16 marks. Now the fifth and final question, which is worth half of the overall paper's marks is worth 40 marks in this paper, is where you've got your nonfiction extract to write. Okay. So you're given, you don't get a choice unlike a paper one. In question number five, you're given a statement and this statement tends to be on a topical issue. What I mean by topical issue is it tends to be stuff that you maybe hear about, you know, journalists and stuff talking about on the, on TV, on radio, even on TikTok, whatever, right? It's like a topical issue. Our qualifications worth, you know, doing is social media good or bad for you. It's usually just a topical issue. You're given the statement and then you're asked what extent do you agree? You're either asked to reduce a letter, speech on article and you need to write about it, not only presenting your perspective, but also counter arguments. Therefore, for this question, as it's worth half of the overall paper's marks, spend 50 minutes on this question. The first 10 minutes of this 50 minutes should be you planning your response, thinking about your reasons and your counter arguments because this is a debate. Then the remaining 40 minutes actually writing out your response, or you can spend 35 minutes writing out your response and then five minutes checking the entire paper to see if you've not made any obvious errors. Okay. That's timings. Now let's talk about frameworks for all five questions. I am going to be going into more detail, but this is just a general idea of the entire paper and the different frameworks in a nutshell. Okay. So remember that question number one is really straightforward. Okay. Question one shouldn't even stress you out. It's a multiple choice question. So just make sure you're just selecting information from the right line numbers that you're given. Question two, which is the summary question. You are asked to summarize either similarities or differences between both texts. You don't need to talk about techniques in this question. However, you need to integrate whether they're similar or different. So try to aim to write at least one chunky peel paragraph point evidence explanation link in your points or say in source B evidence or say in source B explanation source, say in source B links or say in source B if you are speedy enough. Okay. So if you're as speedy as I am in speaking aim to write two chunky peel paragraph, what you're trying to do that in 10 minutes. Okay. If you can only manage one paragraph, do that in 10 minutes. Move on. Okay. So that's the approach for question number two. Make sure you are integrating your discussion about both sources. Question three, which is the language question. You're only talking about one source. How do you approach it with question number three? It's really important to make sure when you're taking the bits of evidence from either source A or source B, you are describing what language devices that they are illustrating. Okay. Try to aim to write at least two peel paragraphs, if not three, where you're talking about language devices relating to things like similes, oxymorons, metaphors, all of that stuff. Again, guys, I am going to be producing a video going over question number three. So don't sweat it if you can't remember some of the language techniques. Okay. However, generally aim to write at least two peel paragraphs for this question. Question number four, this is the final chunky comparative question here. Not only do you have to compare both sources, but you must mention technique language and structure for both writers with this question. Try to aim to write at least two, if not three, chunky comparison pill paragraphs. I keep on doing this because you are integrating your analysis. Okay. You're talking about source A, source B together in the same paragraph, not one paragraph for source A, one paragraph for source B, because you're not comparing. Okay. You are integrating it. Hence why the paragraphs become a little bit chunky. And when you're writing these paragraphs in your explanation, you need to talk about what techniques are the authors using to illustrate either the similar viewpoints or the different viewpoints. Okay. I would suggest write at least two comparison pill paragraphs, three, if possible, if you were fast enough. Question number five in terms of frameworks, remember that you're going to be asked to demonstrate an awareness of form. Okay. So question number five is the question that you get asked to write either a letter, speech or an article for all three you need to show and demonstrate an awareness of form. Okay. And letters layout is very different to speech and it's very different to an article. Letter, you've got your address, you've got your date, you've got there, and then you write your main points. You're sincerely at the end. Speech, you start off by addressing your audience. Ladies and gentlemen, fellow students, your main points, then you finish by thanking your audience. Article, start off with your headline, your main points, include your subheadings, and of course, also make it entertaining. Okay. That's really, really important. So that's for question number five. And of course, when you're writing your response and you're answering, you know, this debate, make sure you're using literary and persuasive devices. Literary devices are similes, oxymorons, metaphors and so on. Persuasive devices are making up statistics saying it's not only my opinion, actually, according to Cambridge University, 70% of people also think the same thing. That's a made up statistic. Or you can use an anecdote. You know, Sally Smith, who's a year 11 student, also experienced something similar last year when blah, blah, blah. You're given an anecdote. Or for example, you can even give a range of examples. Okay, for example, if you're talking about travel, you know, let's think about the budget airlines, Ryanair, EasyJet, etc. You're given examples. Okay, that's the frameworks for all five questions. Now let's finally talk about the assessment objectives. This is the aim of the game. You want to answer the question according to what the examiners are looking for. The examiners are reading your script and thinking, I'm looking for AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4, AO5 and AO6 from this script. Okay. What do they mean and how do they relate to each of the questions? Now, remember, question number one, the multiple choice, test your AO1. This is just your ability to find the relevant bits of information, identify it and then just select the correct, you know, the four statements that are true. That's really it for question number one, okay? Just select the right bits of information from the line numbers that you're given. That's AO1. AO, question two, also test your AO1 by also testing additional side of AO1, which is where you need to show that you can select and synthesize information. Basically, when you're writing your summary question, you want to show an awareness that when they're asking you, okay, show a summary of similarities or differences, when you're then selecting the bits of evidence, you're then saying, okay, this is why, you know, source A and source B is similar if you're asked to look at similarities or this is why source A and source B are different if you're asked to look at differences, okay? That's the other side of AO1 that's tested, but this is tested specifically for question number two. Question three, test your AO2. This is your awareness of subject terminology, alliteration, metaphor, similes, all of that stuff is tested in question number three. Question four, which is your second comparative question, but this one is a 17 marker, so you need to, you know, develop it far more. This question tests your AO3, which is can you effectively compare texts? Are you able to talk about source A and source B either the similarities in the right of viewpoints or the differences, but how they illustrate these similarities or differences through language or structural devices, okay? That's your AO3. Now, question number five, test your AO5 and your AO6. AO5 is, are you able when you're presenting your perspective on the statement that you're given, are you able to communicate effectively, are you able to communicate persuasively, are you able to say why you believe that perspective, but support it by saying, here's some statistics, here's an anecdote. Equally, AO5 tests your ability to demonstrate an awareness of form, purpose, and audience. Form is, can you show it's a letter versus a speech versus an article? Purpose is, you're writing always, your primary purpose is to inform your secondary purpose is to entertain. And of course, audience, you tend to write for a formal audience, okay? So, you know, use titles like sir, madam, MP, rather than just using someone's first name, okay? And of course, even when you end, for instance, say your letter, don't just end with your first name, okay, don't say kind regards, Barbara, it would be kind regards, Barbara, and Jiao, okay? That is AO5, AO6 is basically your spag point, spelling punctuation grammar, are you able to also, in your writing, your letter, article, or speech, are you able to show ambitious vocabulary, right, rather than saying, for example, words like sad, you can say things like melancholic, instead of happy, jovial, all of that type of advanced vocabulary. And of course, equally, are you able to use a range of short and long sentences in your writing? So, that's really it when it comes to, paper two, in a nutshell. Make sure you are very, very keenly aware when you're practicing these questions of these assessment objectives, they're very important because that's the aim of the game. You are writing this paper to make your examiners happy, that you've ticked all of the boxes, and they're like, great, I love this, here's your grade nine. Well done, you're done with English.