Paper 2 Question 3: language — AQA GCSE English Language 8700
AQA GCSE English Language · 8700
Paper 2 Question 3: language
Paper 2 reading questions
What you need to know
The 12-mark language question on one source.
The worked example uses two linked sources about working underground in coal mines: from George Orwell's 'The Road to Wigan Pier' (1937), and children's evidence to the 1842 Children's Employment Commission, both printed in the lesson.
What separates the levels, in our own words, and a model answer with the level and mark an examiner would give, and why.
A weaker and a stronger answer to the same task side by side, with what lifts the weaker one to the next level.
Sentence starters for the question and a short checklist of the steps, for students aiming at Grade 4 and above.
