English Language

3.1.1

• Analysing a writer's choice of vocabulary
• Drawing inferences from texts
• Identifying and interpreting explicit information and ideas
• Identifying bias and misuse of evidence
• Reading in different ways for different purposes
• Reflecting critically and evaluatively on text
• Summarising ideas from a single text
• Synthesising information from more than one text
• Using subject terminology to analyse language and structure

3.1.1 / Paper 1

• Evaluating texts critically with textual references

3.1.1 / Paper 1 Section A

• Analysing form and structure of a text

3.1.1 / Paper 2

• Comparing two or more texts critically

Paper 1 Section A

• Analysing characterisation and atmospheric description
• Analysing narrative perspective and point of view
• Reading 20th-/21st-century literature fiction

Paper 2 Section A

• Reading 19th-century non-fiction texts
• Reading 20th-/21st-century non-fiction and literary non-fiction

NEA

• Planning a spoken presentation for audience and purpose

NEA / 3.1.3 / AO7

• Preparing and delivering a formal spoken presentation

NEA / 3.1.3 / AO8

• Responding to questions and feedback

NEA / 3.1.3 / AO9

• Using spoken Standard English

3 / 4.1

• Using Standard English appropriately in writing

3.1.2

• Citing evidence and quotation effectively
• Creating emotional impact in writing
• Maintaining a consistent point of view across a text
• Using rhetorical devices for persuasive effect

3.1.2 / AO5

• Producing clear and coherent writing for purpose and audience
• Selecting structural and organisational features for impact

AO6

• Accurate spelling and punctuation (SPaG)
• Using a range of sentence structures
• Using a wide and varied vocabulary

Paper 1 Section B

• Descriptive writing
• Narrative writing

Paper 2 Section B

• Writing to present a viewpoint