Revision Guide
Y9 English Language
Reading and Writing Skills
This question will ask you to explore a character or
relationship in ‘Of Mice and Men’… Explore how the
character or relationship are conveyed through the
language used.
(16 Marks)
• You will be given an extract. Read the text,
ACTIVELY READING and highlighting relevant
information in response to the question. FIND a
good PIECE OF TEXTUAL EVIDENCE.
• You will need to produce your P.E.E.E.E. response
based on your findings.
• You will have 25 minutes to complete this task
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Example
Bothmenglancedup,fortherectangleofsunshineinthe
doorwaywascutoff.Agirlwasstandingtherelookingin.She
hadfull,rougedlipsandwide-spacedeyes,heavilymadeup.
Herfingernailswerered.Herhairhunginlittlerolledclusters,
likesausages.Sheworeacottonhousedressandredmules,
ontheinstepsofwhichwerelittlebouquetsofredostrich
feathers.‘I’mlookin’forCurley,’shesaid.Hervoicehada
nasal,brittlequality.
Georgelookedawayfromherandthenback.‘Hewasinhere
aminuteago,buthewent.’
‘Oh!’Sheputherhandsbehindherbackandleanedagainst
thedoorframesothatherbodywasthrownforward.‘You’re
thenewfellasthatjustcome,ain’t ya?’
‘Yeah.’
Lennie’seyesmoveddownoverherbody,andthoughshedid
notseemtobelookingatLennieshebridledalittle.She
lookedatherfingernails.‘SometimesCurley’sinhere,’she
explained.
Engage in detail with
the events described
in the text
Answer the question by
making a strong point.
Then use evidence from
the text to back up your
answer. Finally, explain,
in detail, how your
evidence proves your
point. If you want to
develop your answer,
consider:
What it makes you feel as a
reader
What techniques the writer
has used to help you imagine
What the writer intended you
to feel/understand/believe
Make a strong POINT
Find good EVIDENCE
which you can say plenty
about
Make a clear and
detailed
EXPLANATION
Of how your evidence
proves your point 3
Explore and ANALYSE
Section B:
• This task will ask you to describe (16 Marks) – 20
minutes
10 marks for content, 6 marks for technical
accuracy
Revise these language techniques:
They will help you find examples of language
techniques for question 3 but they will also help you in
your writing questions in Section B
Descriptive Techniques
Use of the senses
Similes
Metaphors
Noun phrases / adjectives
Adverbs
Onomatopoeia
SECTION B – WRITING (before you write
anything)
1. Establish what TYPE of text you need to produce,
who are the AUDIENCE you are writing to, and
what PURPOSE your writing needs to have.
2. PLAN your response – get as many ideas down
as possible, and think of an order which you will
write them in.
3. Write down all the different language features you
can remember to ensure you use these
throughout your writing. (Remember different
types of features for different types of writing)
SECTION B – WRITING (whilst writing)
Use a range of
language features
for impact, and which
suit the task and
purpose
Use a range of
different sentence
openings and
sentence types for
impact
Use appropriate,
sophisticated,
ambitious
vocabulary
Use a range of
punctuation for
impact
Use paragraphs
accurately and for
impact (eg. 1 word or 1
sentence paragraphs)
Create your own visual revision guide for the writing
section.
1.Think of as many different language features you
would use for:
•Writing to inform / explain
•Writing to argue / persuade
•Writing to describe
2. Create a revision map of what process you will
take to ensure you get as high marks as possible in
the writing section
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Personal Pronouns (me, my, I)
Collective Pronouns (We, us, our)
Imperatives (commands)
Rhetorical questions
Figurative language & imagery: similes/metaphor/
personification etc.
Word play & puns
Whichlanguage
Power of 3
featureswould
Alliteration
Anecdote / personal experience
youdefinitelyuse
Facts & Statistics
whenwritingto
Exaggeration & hyperbole
inform/explain/
Repetition
describe?
Humour / irony / sarcasm
Sensory language (5 senses)
Whichlanguage
Emotive language
featureswould
Expert / informed opinions
youuseforargue
Superlatives (-est or most…)
/persuade?
Lists
Whatistherangeofpunctuationyouneedto
beabletouseaccuratelyandforimpact?
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Whataretherangeofsentenceformsyou
knowandcanuseforimpact?
SCC1?
Whataretherangeofdifferentsentence
openingsyoucanusetovaryyoursentence
typesandwriting?
ISPACE
• Uses complex
grammatical structures
and punctuation with
success
• Organises writing using
sentence demarcation
accurately
• Employs a variety of
sentence forms to good
effect including short
sentences
• Shows accuracy in the
spelling of words from
an ambitious
vocabulary
• Uses standard English
consistently
RANGE OF SENTENCE OPENINGS (ISPACE)
– Accurate AND for impact:
I – ingwords(verbs)
S – simile
P – preposition(place)
A – adverb(-lywords)
C – connective
E– edwords(verbs)
Mark Scheme – Top Marks Answers will..
• Communicate in a way which is convincing, and
increasingly compelling
• Form, content and style are consistently matched to
purpose and audience, and becoming assuredly
matched
• Engages the reader with structured and developed
writing, with an increasingly wide range of integrated
and complex details
• Writes in a formal way, employing a tone that is
appropriately serious but also manipulative, subtle and
increasingly abstract
• Uses linguistic devices, such as the rhetorical
question, hyperbole, irony and satire, in a consciously
crafted way that is increasingly sustained
• Shows control of extensive vocabulary, with word
choices becoming increasingly ambitious