Memoir/biography/autobiography

• Engels
• Further Education (Key Stage 5)

Goals for today 

Stucture in paper 2 responses 

Teams materials 

Paper 1 text type example and exploration questions 

Vocabulary acquisition 

Examiners' feedback on this text 

Plan a paper 1 

1. What text type is this? Give evidence which confirms your decision. 

2. Comment on the prison metaphor. 

3. Comment on the handwritten text and the interplay between that and the rest of the text. 

4. Why could you describe this text as didactic? What evidence do you have to support that idea? 

5. Note a mood word that you think applies to this text. Is there a change in mood? If so, explain. 

6. Note any lexical fields that you can find in the text. 

7. Note any metaphors that you can find. What is the effect? 

8. What is the effect of the first-person narration? 

Guiding question

Comment on the writer's values and assumptions. How does the writer's handwritten note complement the rest of the extract?