Component 1 Question 5: evaluating a view of the text — Eduqas GCSE English Language C700
Eduqas GCSE English Language · C700
Component 1 Question 5: evaluating a view of the text
Component 1 reading questions
What you need to know
The 10-mark AO4 question: how far you agree with a statement about a character or the story, using the last section and the passage as a whole, and showing how the writer creates your thoughts and feelings.
Choosing a clear direction for the argument and keeping to it, rather than assuming a balanced answer is always best, and covering the whole text.
The worked example uses Saki's complete short story 'The Open Window' (1914), printed in the lesson.
What separates the mark ranges, 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.
