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Materials for Assessment

Files you will need for the exam

• AQA...

Materials for Assessment

Files you will need for the exam

• AQA GCSE English Language Exam Paper 1 Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing
• AQA Paper 1 Source A
• AQA Paper 1 Source B

Files you will need to mark the exam papers

• Section A Mark Scheme Paper 1 Explorations
• Section B Mark Scheme Paper 1 Explorations

Live Scripts

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Moderation

Serving Suggestions

How do you know that your department moderation of paper 1 is reliable? These materials have been develop to complement this mock exam in the following ways.

1. For teachers’ moderation we have links to videos where you can read the examples, marks and explanations. Use the links below to watch a video of a script being ‘live’ marked, then ‘mystery’ ones where you are tested on your marking. This can be completed by your department as part of their moderation and is an improved version of what AQA do for...

Paper One

Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing

Introduction

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• AQA English Language Fiction Reading Anthology | Childhood Part 1

‘The aim of this paper is to engage students in a creative text, reading a literature fiction text in order to consider how established writers use narrative and descriptive techniques to capture the interest of readers’.

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Paper One

Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing

Introduction

This resource has been broken into two parts to make it easier for you to cut, paste and edit. Please click on the link below to find the other half of this resource.

AQA English Language Unseen Fiction Reading Anthology | Childhood Part 2

‘The aim of this paper is to engage students in a creative text, reading a literature fiction text in order to consider how established writers use narrative and descriptive techniques to capture the interest of readers’.

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Paper One

Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing

This resource has been broken into two parts to make it easier for you to cut, paste and edit. Please click on the link below to find the other half of this resource.

This resource has been broken into two parts to make it easier for you to cut, paste and edit. Please click on the link below to find the other half of this resource.

• AQA English Language Fiction Reading Anthology | Place and Time Part 2

Paper One

Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing

Introduction

‘The aim of this paper is to engage students in a creative text, reading a literature fiction text in order to consider how established writers use narrative and descriptive techniques to capture the interest of readers’.

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Materials for Assessment

Files you will need for the exam

• AQA GCSE English Language P1 Explorations Mark Scheme The Feet Afoot Section A
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Materials for Assessment

Files you will need for the exam

• AQA GCSE English Language P1 Explorations Mark Scheme List 42b Section A
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Paper 1 Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing

Edusites English Practice Paper


Time Allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes

Materials


For this paper you must have:

• Source A
• Source B

Instructions

• Answer all questions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided
• Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross out any work you do not wish to be marked
• You must refer to the insert book provided
• You must not use a dictionary

Information

• The marks...

8700/1

Paper 1 Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing

Edusites English Practice Paper


Time Allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes

Materials


For this paper you must have:

• Source A
• Source B

Instructions

• Answer all questions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided
• Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross out any work you do not wish to be marked
• You must refer to the insert book provided
• You must not use a dictionary

Information

• The marks...

Materials for Assessment

Files you will need for the exam

• AQA GCSE English Language P1 Explorations Mark Scheme School Days Section A
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Materials for Assessment

Files you will need for the exam

• AQA GCSE English Language P1 Explorations Mark Scheme The Breakout Section A
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Section B: Writing

You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Write in full sentences.

You are reminded of the need to plan your answer.

You should leave enough time to check your work at the end.
You are going to enter a creative writing competition.
Your entry will be judged by a panel of people of your own age.

Either:

Write a description of a mountain suggested by this picture

Or:

Write the opening of a story that begins with two people who have met for the first time.

(24 marks for content and...

Section B: Writing

You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Write in full sentences.

You are reminded of the need to plan your answer.

You should leave enough time to check your work at the end.
You are going to enter a creative writing competition.
Your entry will be judged by a panel of people of your own age.

Either:

Write a description of a bike ride suggested by this picture

Or:

Write a story that begins with the sentence: ‘Of all the places to end up, this was the last place I expected to be.’

(24...

Section B: Writing

You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Write in full sentences.

You are reminded of the need to plan your answer.

You should leave enough time to check your work at the end.
You are going to enter a creative writing competition.
Your entry will be judged by a panel of people of your own age.

Either:

Write a description suggested by this picture

Or:

Write a story that begins with the sentence: ‘Nothing could have prepared them then for what was about to happen that afternoon…’

(24...

8700/1

Paper 1 Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing

Edusites English Practice Paper


Time Allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes

Materials


For this paper you must have:

• Source A
• Source B

Instructions

• Answer all questions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided
• Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross out any work you do not wish to be marked
• You must refer to the insert book provided
• You must not use a dictionary

Information

• The marks...

8700/1

Paper 1 Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing

Edusites English Practice Paper


Time Allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes

Materials


For this paper you must have:

• Source A
• Source B

Instructions

• Answer all questions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided
• Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross out any work you do not wish to be marked
• You must refer to the insert book provided
• You must not use a dictionary

Information

• The marks...

8700/1

Paper 1 Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing

Edusites English Practice Paper


Time Allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes

Materials


For this paper you must have:

• Source A
• Source B

Instructions

• Answer all questions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided
• Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross out any work you do not wish to be marked
• You must refer to the insert book provided
• You must not use a dictionary

Information

• The marks...

8700/1

Paper 1 Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing

Edusites English Practice Paper


Time Allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes

Materials


For this paper you must have:

• Source A
• Source B

Instructions

• Answer all questions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided
• Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross out any work you do not wish to be marked
• You must refer to the insert book provided
• You must not use a dictionary

Information

• The marks...

8700/1

Paper 1 Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing

Edusites English Practice Paper


Time Allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes

Materials


For this paper you must have:

• Source A
• Source B

Instructions

• Answer all questions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided
• Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross out any work you do not wish to be marked
• You must refer to the insert book provided
• You must not use a dictionary

Information

• The marks...

8700/1

Paper 1 Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing

Edusites English Practice Paper


Time Allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes

Materials


For this paper you must have:

• Source A
• Source B

Instructions

• Answer all questions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided
• Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross out any work you do not wish to be marked
• You must refer to the insert book provided
• You must not use a dictionary

Information

• The marks...

Section B: Writing

You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Write in full sentences.

You are reminded of the need to plan your answer.

You should leave enough time to check your work at the end.
You are going to enter a creative writing competition.
Your entry will be judged by a panel of people of your own age.

Either:

Write a description suggested by this picture

Or:

Write a story that begins with the sentence: ‘Of all the places to end up, this was the last place I expected to be.’

(24 marks for...

This resource takes a Language Paper One extract, and provides exemplar answers for every question, and every band, along with helpful explanations of how to interpret the mark scheme.

This could be used in a number of ways

Department Moderation

See video links to examiner talking you through this paper

• As a mock paper for your whole cohort to sit, and the exemplar responses will mean that department marking will be accurate and consistent

In Class

• In class when going through different responses to really focus on the difference between...