Question 3 Paper 1 - A Perfect Method?
Below is a full mark model answer for Question 3 for the 2020 June Paper (Rosie exam). You might want to read the question and the Source first, so the answer will make sense to you.
Question 3, 2020
You now need to think about the whole of the source.
This text is from the beginning of a novel.
How has the writer structured the text to interest you as a reader?
You could write about:
• what the writer focuses your attention on at the beginning of the source
• how and why the writer changes this focus as the source develops
• any other structural features that interest you.
[8 marks]
The Source
The Method
This method is the one First Rate Tutor uses.
I thought I would give it to you as it probably fits with what you have been taught in school.
Students are generally taught to write 2 paragraphs, and to have a paragraph structure. First Rate does it like this:
In my masterclass I colour-code my model paragraphs so my students see the:
P (blue),
E (red),
E (explain) (black),
L (link) (purple).
This is called the PEEL method, and is the same method she teaches for all the reading questions.
First Rate Tutor’s Model Answer:
What do you think? Clearly this will score 100%, 8 out of 8 marks. Does the method make sense to you?
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I figure seeing this method will let you see whether this method makes it crystal clear how to get the grade. This is a Masterclass which has been helping students gear up for the 2025 Language Paper 1 & 2 Exams – that’s First Rate Tutors’ Sunday 5pm classes.
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🎓 I use a different method, but I am not teaching any online language papers.
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Hi Mr Salles,
This all seems very good, but I was wondering how I could link this to your video, where you said to try to use as many "this suggests" as the marks in the question (in this case, 8). Would you use a similar beginning and end (point, evidence, and link) but then chuck a few "this suggests" in with the analysis?
I was also wondering, because it is quite difficult to do four "this suggests" per paragraph, should I try to add an extra paragraph or two, or could I possibly add an extra piece of evidence to my two main paragraphs and analyse it (creating a PEEEEL paragraph, I guess)?
Hi Mr Salles
It all makes sense to me but...
Is the reference to the Cinderella outfit a stray piece of language analysis?
Like as in the link to it suggests her youthful and innocent but this has been stained as it seems to be based on the semantic field of Cinderella (which is surely a language feature?).
Where is the line between language analysis and structural features, or am I getting this horribly wrong.
Thanks for your help.