Paper 2 Question 4: comparing perspectives — AQA GCSE English Language 8700
AQA GCSE English Language · 8700
Paper 2 Question 4: comparing perspectives
Paper 2 reading questions
What you need to know
The 16-mark question: comparing the writers' ideas and perspectives and how they convey them, across both whole sources, from June 2026 commenting on their methods.
Comparative paragraphs that link perspective, method and context, in about 15 minutes.
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.
