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this ultimate guide to question 2 from
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the ocr gcse english language paper 1
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will show you exactly what you need to
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do to get full marks
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after explaining the mark scheme in
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straightforward english i will include
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useful phrases that you can plonk
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straight into your own response
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before moving on to an actual past paper
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question
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from november 2018 i will show you how
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to annotate the text before giving you
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the opportunity to write your own
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response
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my model six out of six response will
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then appear on screen
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and i'll talk you through how it
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achieved the criteria in the top bands
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of the mark scheme
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and show you the examiners indicative
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contents
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but practice really does make perfect
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and so i will then give you a second
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opportunity to write a perfect six out
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of six
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similarity response with a question
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coming this time from
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an adapted past ed excel gcse paper
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i will share a response for this as well
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for you to compare with your own
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before concluding the video with final
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crucial tips
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and advice let's get you high marks for
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ocr gcse english language paper one
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question two you're watching scofield on
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shakespeare
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so there are six marks for this question
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in which you need to show how well you
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can synthesize
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ideas from different parts of both texts
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what exactly do we mean by synthesize
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well for me it means efficiently
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combining different ideas from
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different places in the text together
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you also need to show a perceptive
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understanding of similarities between
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the two
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texts note differences are not required
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and will not be credited
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and when making these points about the
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similarities
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you need to be writing in detail
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and using short pertinent embedded
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quotations
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when writing about similarities you may
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find these phrases on screen helpful
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similarly both passages an obvious
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similarity is
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in the same way
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time now to do some practice here's the
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question from the november 2018 paper
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one
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we are asked in both texts the writers
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describe their jobs
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what are the similarities between their
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experiences of work
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draw on evidence from both texts to
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support your answer
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now for the texts you need to read them
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probably the easiest thing for you to do
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is download the november 2018 reading
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booklet
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from the ocr website you're watching on
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screen now
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how to do this however i will also
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display the text on
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individual slides within this video
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which will proceed at five second
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intervals
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in case you would prefer to read the
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text this way
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either way get reading
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when approaching these questions even
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those for which only a relatively
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low number of marks are available do
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plan or be a briefly
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annotate think your annotations could
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look something like those about to
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appear on screen
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press pause when they appear if you
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would like to scrutinize
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in more detail
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hopefully that's given you some really
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good ideas time now to write
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your response in the exam booklet you
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are given one side of a4 to complete the
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response
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for which six marks are available
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it can be tricky to estimate timings for
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individual sections
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but of course you have two hours for the
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full exam and there are a total of 80
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marks available
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mathematically speaking a bit crude you
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would expect to spend
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no more than 10 minutes on this get
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cracking
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press pause the extracts will appear
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again at brief
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intervals
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how did you get on appropriately
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detailed no
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waffle plenty of synthesized points
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about the similarities with supporting
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quotations from both passages
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well here's what i wrote
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in text one the wages are so fearfully
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low
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and similarly in text 2 the suggestion
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that in the future he will gain a
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sizable rise
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from the living wage implies that his
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current salary is significantly below
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the figure
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considered sufficient for an adult to
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live on
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both texts refer to long working hours
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the author of text 1 talks of having to
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work so many hours
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whilst in text 2 he refers to long shift
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patterns including sometimes working
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until midnight on friday
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another similarity is that both work
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environments are considered unhealthy
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although for different reasons in text
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two working in a fast food restaurant is
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likely to make you pile on the pounds
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whereas even more dangerously in text
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one the intensive work environment may
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hurry
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some of the workers to their graves
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finally both writers emphasize the
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importance of government intervention
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in their workplaces in text one the
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writer implicitly criticizes
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the inadequacy of governments merely
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inquiring
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and reporting as opposed to taking
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action
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whilst in text 2 the reference to the
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government bringing in the living wage
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implies that prior to this some fast
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food employers
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may have been paying in adequate wages
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how does this response meet the top band
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of the mark scheme
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well firstly note the way i synthesize
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appropriate ideas and evidence from a
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number of different parts of the two
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texts
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there are six embedded quotations on
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screen now within just three sentences
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here's where they come from within the
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two texts
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note also the perceptive understanding
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of similarities
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as seen here when i point out the
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unhealthiness of both work environments
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but for different reasons i'd imagine
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that it's pretty difficult to work in
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mcdonald's and avoid eating a lot of
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unhealthy rubbish
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more seriously for those working in that
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factory in
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crew death could ensue
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finally note the sharp detailed focus on
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the question
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and the regular comparisons about
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similarities
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as seen in words and phrases such as
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another similarity
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both writers and whilst
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remember also that the examiner is given
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some indicative content
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some suggestive points that a candidate
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might make to help them with their
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marking
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these are only suggestions but press
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pause to read them through
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aficionados of these single question
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gcse videos
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may have expected me to be issuing you
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now with a
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cheery probably cheesy conclusion
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not one bit getting a grade nine is all
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about practice
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so have a go at this question which i
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have plundered and adapted from a past
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ed excel paper
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in both texts the writers show people
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experiencing change
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what are the similarities between the
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writers experiences
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and feelings drawn evidence from both
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texts to support
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your answer
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now for the texts as before you need to
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read them
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as before you can see before your own
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eyes exactly how to get hold of these
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texts within a pdf format
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it's the edexcel june 2017
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paper 2 which you are after
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alternatively
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you can just refer to the extracts which
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will appear on individual
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slides within this video after i have
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stopped
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whistling on either way
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get reading
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time to get on with it write your
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response aiming to make your points
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about the similarities even more precise
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succinct and detailed
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where necessary allow yourself up to 10
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minutes
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press pause as usual the text will
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reappear
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in case you require them
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time to share my own response to this
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question
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in both texts the writers have moved to
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new locations
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in which space is far more limited in
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text 1
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the writer states that storage space is
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at a premium
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whilst in text 2 the writer has moved
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into a much smaller house
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with two small but ship shaped bedrooms
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and a tiny downstairs room
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when moving to their new locations it
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was difficult for both writers to decide
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what to take with them and what to leave
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behind
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for instance in text two the writers
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stared in amazement at the junk she
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needed to sort through
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and in text one far more extremely the
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writer had to pick out
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the barest essentials to serve her for
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the next seven years
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additionally both writers considered
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underhand means of bringing extra items
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with them
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in text 1 we hear about the possibility
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of secreting a few more things
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which is unlikely to be successful
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whereas more successfully in text 2 a
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husband appears to have been hoodwinked
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i've also sneaked in one classy fold-up
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finally both writers share a sense of
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loss about their change in circumstances
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although the writer of text 2 is clearly
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trying to make the best of things
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the final word of the piece honest hints
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that she probably
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does feel the changes are a bit sad
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similarly the writer of text one is
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clearly dissatisfied with her life
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as shown by questions such as what on
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earth for
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which angrily highlight the
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pointlessness of trying to break
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any of the multitude of ridiculous rules
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so good lord what is required to get six
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out of six for this question
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well you need to be concise with your
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phrasing and pick out a minimum of
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three similarities between the two texts
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use short
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embedded quotations to back up your
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choices and
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aim to pick out some of the more
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interesting implicit similarities
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as well as those more obvious explicit
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ones
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good luck with it all and many thanks
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for watching scofield
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on shakespeare
