Descriptive Writing, Mocks and Homework for w/b 31/01

Okay everyone, just a quick note on your mock exam which is scheduled to take place on the 14th and 15th of February (looks like it'll be split over two periods, even though it's only one paper).

The paper you will be sitting is English Paper 2. It has two parts.

• writing to inform/explain/describe
• cluster 2 poetry

We've already started preparing for it in class and will continue to do so. At the moment I think we'll sit our roleplay assessments just before the half term, after the exam - that way we don't have to use up valuable preparation time.

Homework

You have a few pieces of homework to complete this week.

• Presentation & Layout 2 (purple booklet)
• Language Analysis 2 (purple booklet)
• A descriptive writing question (see below)
• Practise for your roleplay assessment

The descriptive writing questions you can choose for your homework are:

• Describe a city, real or imagined.
• Describe a journey by plane, train, bus or car.
• Describe the view from your bedroom window.

Remember to use varied sentences, descriptive words, similes and metaphors, connectives, sensory language, a clear structure and the 'zoom in' method.