Component 02 Questions 5 and 6: the creative writing task — OCR GCSE English Language J351
OCR GCSE English Language · J351
Component 02 Questions 5 and 6: the creative writing task
Component 02 writing
What you need to know
Component 02 Questions 5 and 6 (40 marks, answer one): Question 5 gives the title for a story, and Question 6 asks you to write about a time or a place from your own experience, each with three bullet points to cover, linked loosely to the theme of the reading texts.
How it is marked: 24 marks for AO5 (communication and organisation) and 16 for AO6 (vocabulary, sentences, spelling and punctuation), why retelling one of the reading texts scores poorly, and planning, writing and checking in the time left after Section A.
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 stories of fear at night, 'The Monkey's Paw' and 'The Empty House', 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.
