Eduqas GCSE English Language Component 2

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Eduqas GCSE English Language

Component 2

Friday 10th June 2022

How do you feel yesterday's exam went?

Now it's time to prepare for your Component 2 exam.

How long is the Component 2 exam (excluding extra time)?

1. 1 hour
2. 1 hour 45 minutes
3. 2 hours
4. 45 minutes

How much of your overall grade is the Component 2 exam worth?

1. 40%
2. 50%
3. 100%
4. 60%

What will you be given in Section A?

1. 2 non-fiction texts to read, written in different centuries
2. 1 non-fiction text to read
3. 1 fiction text to read
4. 2 fiction texts to read, written in different centuries

How many questions do you have to answer in Section A?

1. 5
2. 3
3. 1
4. 6

What is the additional skill you are being tested on in Section A (compared to the first exam)?

1. Evaluate
2. Compare
3. Language techniques
4. Search and find

Which are the 10 mark questions in Section A?

1. Q2, 4, 6
2. Q1, 3, 5
3. Q2, 3, 4
4. Q3, 4, 5

Which 2 questions in Section A will be on the 21st Century text?

1. Q2 and Q4
2. Q1 and Q2
3. Q3 and Q4
4. Q5 and Q6

Which 2 questions in Section A will be about the 19th Century text?

1. Q3 and Q4
2. Q1 and Q2
3. Q5 and Q6
4. Q2 and Q4

Which 2 formats of writing will you have to do in Section B?

1. A formal letter and a guide
2. A formal letter and a newspaper article
3. A formal letter and a speech
4. A formal letter and a magazine article

Approximately how long, excluding extra time, do you have to complete each piece of writing?

1. 60 minutes
2. 15 minutes
3. 30 minutes
4. 1 hour

How many marks is each piece of writing worth?

1. 40
2. 20
3. 10
4. 80

What are your biggest concerns about the Component 2 exam?

Component 2 Section A

Q	AO	Text	Marks	Time
1	AO1: search and find	21st	3	5 mins
2	AO2: how the writer uses language to achieve effects	21st	10	15 mins
3	AO1: search and find	19th	3	5 mins
4	AO4: evaluate texts	19th	10	15 mins
5	AO1: summarise information from 2 texts	Both	4	5 mins
6	QO3: compare information from 2 texts	Both	10	15 mins

Q	AO	Text	Marks	Time
1	AO1: search and find	21st	3
2				10 mins
3	AO1: search and find	19th		5 mins
4			10
5	AO1: summarise from 2 texts		4	5 mins
6		Both		15 mins

5 mins

AO2: how the writer achieves effects using language

AO4: evaluate texts

21st

10

3

10

19th

15 mins

AO3: compare texts

both

C2:A Q1 and Q3 = search and find questions

These questions are normally divided into 3 parts, part a, b and c.

Each answer is worth 1 mark.

You only have to write the answer (you do not have to write in complete sentences).

You are being tested on your ability to scan quickly for explicit and implied information.

We are going to use the 2019 exam paper: "Miners"

Q1 is about the 21st Century text: "Miners Rescued from Chilean Mine". You will be given this as a separate resource booklet.

Q1 (a): What was the name of the rescue capsule?

Q1 (b): How did the miners let the rescuers know they were still alive?

Q1 (c): Where were the men taken once they had been brought to the surface?

They were brought to the surface in a rescue capsule nicknamed 'Fenix 2' through a 28-inch wide escape shaft that had taken two months to drill. Scenes of jubilation erupted every time a miner arrived at the surface of the San Jose Mine.

On August 22nd, the rescuers' drill finally broke through the ceiling of the miners' shelter. The miners attached a message to send back to the rescuers, letting them know they were all alive. Soon after, the rescuers began sending the miners supplies through narrow plastic tubes including food, water and medicine.

The men all recovered after undergoing exhaustive tests in Copiago hospital. President Pinera ordered an overhaul of safety regulations in the wake of the accident.

What was the nickname of the rescue capsule?

How did the miners let the rescuers know they were still alive?

Where were the men taken once they had been brought to the surface?

We are going to use the 2019 exam paper: "Miners"

Q3 is about the 19th Century text: an account of a mining accident in "The Penny Review" called "Extraordinary Rescue."

This will be printed on a page in your question paper.

Q1 (a): What caused the coal mine to collapse?

Q1 (b): What detail does the writer give that shows the rescue attempt never slowed or stopped?

Q1 (c): What gave the rescuers hope that the miners were still alive?

On a Monday morning, whilst the miners were in the coal mine underneath, a sudden collapse of the earth took place owing to the roof supports that were much too weak to support the enormous weight above. Eleven men were at work below and the tunnels were instantly filled with the falling earth and rock; consequently all hope of escape was cut off and the men's lights extinguished by the violent blast of air that followed.

It was agreed that the only hope of saving the men was driving a new hole through the earth, through the solid coal and into the farther end of the mine. This was work of great labour and difficulty as near 100 yards of solid coal needed to be cut through. Working gangs were formed and this frantic work was instantly commenced by men cutting away with their picks, others clearing away the coal - each man immediately having his place taken by fresh hands when he began to tire. The hole became a tunnel and day and night the work proceeded with increasing desperation.

On the following Sunday morning, one week from the collapse, a rumour spread that the men working in the tunnel had heard sounds from within, like the distant tapping of hammers.

What caused the coal mine to collapse?

What detail does the writer give that shows the rescue attempt never slowed or stopped?

When a man began to tire, another immediately took his place

OR

The work proceeded day and night

What gave the rescuers hope that the miners were still alive?

They heard a distant tapping of hammers 

OR

The rescuers could hear sounds from within

What do you need to remember when answering questions 1 and 3 on 10th June?