Paper 2 Questions 7 and 8: imaginative writing — Edexcel GCSE English Language 2.0 1EN2
Edexcel GCSE English Language 2.0 · 1EN2
Paper 2 Questions 7 and 8: imaginative writing
Paper 2 writing
What you need to know
The 40-mark writing task: Question 7 asks for an imaginative piece that begins with a given line, and Question 8 asks you to write about a time when you, or someone you know, faced what the question names, real or imagined, with two images to use or leave aside.
How it is marked: 24 marks for AO5 (communication and organisation) and 16 for AO6 (vocabulary, sentences, spelling and punctuation), and how to plan and write within Section B's 45 minutes.
A weaker and a stronger response to one task side by side, with the level and mark an examiner would give each for AO5 and AO6, and why.
The tasks follow on, by theme, from the two texts about surviving extreme cold used in the reading lessons.
How much to write in the time allowed: a complete, well-developed piece with a few minutes left to check it, and why extra length only helps when the quality holds.
